Clapton Nursery

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The Clapton Nursery also known as Mackay's Clapton Nursery and later Low's Clapton Nursery was a plant nursery established in the early 19th century by John Bain Mackay in Upper Clapton, London, and noted for its introductions of Australian and South American plants into cultivation.{{cite book|author=Desmond, Ray|title=Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists}}

The nursery propagated plant material sent by William Baxter from Australia and James Anderson from South America. A garden library was established at the nursery in 1827.{{cite journal |last1=Loudon |first1= John Claudius |year=1827|title=Garden Libraries |journal=The Gardener's Magazine and Register of Rural & Domestic Improvement |volume=1|pages=243–245 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBwFAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22clapton+nursery%22+%22upper+clapton%22&pg=PA244}} In 1831 the foreman and propagator, Hugh Low, took over the nursery. Low was a Scots horticulturalist who commenced work at the nursery after arriving in London in about 1823. His son, Hugh, also became involved with the nursery.{{cite journal |last1=Low |first1= Hugh|date=April 1990 |title=Sarawak:Notes during a residence in that country with H.H The Rajah Brooke |journal=Borneo Research Bulletin |volume=20 |issue=1 |url=http://www.borneoresearchcouncil.org/BRB%20PDF%20scans/BRB_1990_22_01.pdf}}

The nursery corresponded with Sir William Hooker and supplied the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew with seed and cuttings.