Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Watkins and Simpson

From Graces Guide

of 12, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London, W. C., and Port Street, Evesham, Worcestershire.

Wholesale Seed and Bulb Merchants

Established in 1876 by Alfred Watkins and James Simpson (d. 1895).

Incorporated as a private Limited Company in 1910.

1914 Directors: Alfred Watkins (Governing Director), John Macrae Bridgeford, and Arthur Howard. Premises: Shops and Counting House, 12, Tavistock Street, extensive Warehouses for Vegetable Seeds, Mercer Avenue, Long Acre; Flower Seeds, Exeter Street, with 100 acres of Trial and Selecting Grounds at Twickenham and Feltham, Middlesex. Specialities: Vegetable, Agricultural, and Flower Seeds.

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