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Lee and Kennedy
Lee and Kennedy were prominent nurserymen in three generations at The Vineyard, in Hammersmith, west of London.〔Biographical entries concerning the Lees and Kennedys are in Ray Desmond, ''Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists'', 1994; the firm's history is in Eleanor Joan Willson ''James Lee and the Vineyard Nursery, Hammersmith'', 1961.〕
"For many years," wrote John Claudius Loudon in 1854〔Loudon, ''Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum'', Vol. 1 (1854:78)〕 "this nursery was deservedly considered the first in the world." The partnership was originated with a nurseryman, Lewis Kennedy (''c''1721 — 1782), who was gardener to Lord Bolton at Chiswick and had the nursery called "The Vineyard" at Hammersmith.〔"At the beginning of the last century this vineyard produced annually a considerable quantity of Burgundy wine", notes Loudon in his brief biographical notice in ''Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum'', Vol. 1 (1854:78f).〕 Kennedy went into partnership about 1745 with James Lee (Selkirk, 1715 — 25 July 1795), the Scottish gardener, who having apprenticed with Philip Miller at the Chelsea Physic Garden〔George William Johnson, ''A History of English Gardening, Chronological, Biographical, Literary, and Critical'' 1829:216; noted in the obituary of Charles Lee, ''The Gardeners' Chronicle, 25 January 1899:56.〕 was gardener to the Duke of Somerset at Syon House, nearby, and to Lord Islay, later the third Duke of Argyll at Whitton Park;〔Dr. Thornton says that the Duke "continued his education and gave him the free use of his library" (Willson 1961:4).〕 the Duke of Argyll was an enthusiastic gardener, and he imported large numbers of exotic species of plants and trees for his estate.
==Lee's botanical interest==
Lee was a correspondent with Linnaeus, through the connection with the Chelsea Physic Garden; he compiled an introduction to the Linnaean system, ''An Introduction to Botany'', published in 1760,〔William Thomas Lowndes and Henry George Bohn, ''The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature'', Volume 2, ''s.v.'' "Lee, Charles".〕 which passed through five editions. In 1774 the partners issued a ''Catalogue of plants and seeds: sold by Kennedy and Lee, nurserymen''. They were in correspondence with plant collectors in the Americas and with Francis Masson and others at the Cape of Good Hope, whence hardy and half-hardy plants and seeds were coming to be tested in English gardens and hothouses.〔Mark Laird, "The role of exotics", ''The flowering of the landscape garden: English pleasure grounds, 1720-1800''.1999,〕 Lee was succeeded in the venture by his son, also James Lee (1754 — 1824).
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