William Paul
1822–1905
Nurseryman. Founded the Royal Nurseries, Waltham Cross, 1860. The firm specialised in roses. Author of The rose garden (1848). Collected books on horticulture. One of the first recipients of the Victoria Medal for Horticulture, 1897. Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, 1875.
Sources
Banister 2012, pp. 205–8
R. Desmond 1994
Bibliography
Banister, Kate. 2012. Salads and ornamentals: a short history of the Lea Valley nursery industry. In Hertfordshire garden history vol. 2, edited by Deborah Spring. Hatfield: University of Hertfordshire Press.
Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis and the Natural History Museum. Bristol, Pa.: Taylor & Francis.
