[1834] Catalogue of agricultural and horticultural seeds, to be had of S. Maine, Seedsman, No. 449, West Strand, London, opposite Hungerford Market

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Title: [1834] Catalogue of agricultural and horticultural seeds, to be had of S. Maine, Seedsman, No. 449, West Strand, London, opposite Hungerford Market

Scope & content: Copy 1: Includes handwritten note which appears to be a list of potential catalogues to purchase, possibly at auction. The note is written in black ink, some words illegible, on blue paper loosely inserted: Bernard Quaritchs Cat. nr. 179, 1898, nr. 721 Catalogue Mc Aslans Nursery, Glasgow, 1791, Forest trees, Shrubs & Flowers, Gordon & Co., London, Hardy Shrubs &c., Anderson & Co., Edinburgh, Fruit & Forest Trees, Telford's Catalogue, York 1793. nr. 719 contained another lot of foreign and English, the earliest being 1816.

John McAslan established the business in 1717 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was succeeded by Robert Austin and Alexander McAslan, the son of John, who traded as Austin & McAslan. They were the proprietors of the Little Govan Nursery, Glasgow. The firm remained in the hands of their descendants until 1860 when James Hunter acquired the business. He was succeeded by his son Alexander N. Hunter. In 1923 the business had offices and a warehouse located at 89 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, with nurseries at Cathcart, Glasgow, covering about 50 acres and seed stores at Wallace Street, Glasgow. The firm employed over 100 staff. It was subsequently incorporated as a limited liability company, as Austin & McAslan Ltd. In 1957 the firm's head office was located at 106 Salkeld Street, but the business transferred to Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1960s. It is unclear as to when the company ceased trading

Firm address: No. 449, West Strand, London, England. Opposite Hungerford Market

Usage terms: Public Domain. Handwritten note: Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)