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Gardening Collection

Background imageGardening Collection: Mothers Gardener by Muriel Dawson

Mothers Gardener by Muriel Dawson
Charming illustration of a small girl in a white dress and pink sun hat carefully watering a lovely border of flowers in a garden. c.1925

Background imageGardening Collection: Wardian case with plants

Wardian case with plants
A Wardian case, containing several plants

Background imageGardening Collection: Annual and Biannual flowers

Annual and Biannual flowers
A wonderful array of garden flowers in bloom including chrysanthemums, foxgloves (digitalis), hollyhocks, pansies, sweet peas, gladioli, iris, petunias and nasturtiums. Date: 1930

Background imageGardening Collection: Dig for Victory poster - WWII

Dig for Victory poster - WWII
World War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that

Background imageGardening Collection: Tropical plant and orchid house

Tropical plant and orchid house
Cross-section view of a tropical plant and orchid house

Background imageGardening Collection: Poster, Ransomes Lawnmowers

Poster, Ransomes Lawnmowers, sold by Broughton & Wilks, Banbury. circa 1900s

Background imageGardening Collection: Just Wright by David Wright

Just Wright by David Wright
A young woman in a red dress with a plunging neckline and a large, wide brimmed hat to protect her English rose complexion from the sun, contemplates the viewer with a slightly arrogant air

Background imageGardening Collection: S Dixon & Co seed catalogue

S Dixon & Co seed catalogue
The colourful front cover of thes Dixon & Co seed catalogue, offering choice seeds for the flower and kitchen garden

Background imageGardening Collection: Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby

Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds

Background imageGardening Collection: R G Fortt gardening catalogue

R G Fortt gardening catalogue
The colourful front cover of R G Fortts spring gardening catalogue

Background imageGardening Collection: Window Gardening

Window Gardening
A Victorian woman sits in a comfortable armchair reading a book, proud of her verdant display of plants decorating a large window

Background imageGardening Collection: Saint Fiacre - C760

Saint Fiacre - C760
SAINT FIACRE (ka FIACHRACH) - Irish saint in France, the patron saint of Gardeners

Background imageGardening Collection: Horticultural Society conservatory, Chiswick, London

Horticultural Society conservatory, Chiswick, London
People inside the large conservatory (or greenhouse) of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, west London

Background imageGardening Collection: Gardening Book / Tobacco

Gardening Book / Tobacco
Baccy, Grow and Smoke Your Own An instruction booklet on how to grow your own tobacco

Background imageGardening Collection: Two-coloured lacaena orchid, Lacaena bicolor

Two-coloured lacaena orchid, Lacaena bicolor. Native to Mexico, Central America, and Southern America

Background imageGardening Collection: Ribbon orchid, Tainia bicornis

Ribbon orchid, Tainia bicornis
Ribbon orchid or dai chun lan shu, Tainia bicornis. Plant sent to orchid collector Reverend John Clowes of Broughton Hall from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Two-horned ania, Ania bicornis

Background imageGardening Collection: Advert for Ransomes lawn mowers

Advert for Ransomes lawn mowers
An advertisement for Ransomes lawn mowers, showing three different products available. Date: 1883

Background imageGardening Collection: Vintage seed packet: Cosmos

Vintage seed packet: Cosmos
A beautiful Cosmos seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageGardening Collection: Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, Gardening

Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, Gardening
Inmates gardening at Dr Guthries Original Industrial School for Boys, Liberton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899

Background imageGardening Collection: Leek Show winners

Leek Show winners
Two prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes

Background imageGardening Collection: Mount Kenya from The Outspan, Nyeri

Mount Kenya from The Outspan, Nyeri
View of Mount Kenya, painted from The Outspan, Nyeri. circa 1930s

Background imageGardening Collection: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery Rhyme

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery Rhyme
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row

Background imageGardening Collection: Reginald Malby working in his garden

Reginald Malby working in his garden
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, working in his garden

Background imageGardening Collection: Dublin from Phoenix Park

Dublin from Phoenix Park
A view of the City of Dublin from the Magazine Hill in the Phoenix Park. A gentleman & his lady take a stroll, a man fishes & a man & woman rake the grassy bank of the river

Background imageGardening Collection: Rose of Sharon, Hypericum calycinum

Rose of Sharon, Hypericum calycinum. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Background imageGardening Collection: The New Playmates - Siblings and new bunnies

The New Playmates - Siblings and new bunnies
The New Playmates - A young brother and sister meet a basket of new bunnies. circa 1920s

Background imageGardening Collection: Human vegetable figure

Human vegetable figure. circa 1825

Background imageGardening Collection: Little girl watering flowers by Muriel Dawson

Little girl watering flowers by Muriel Dawson
A little girl watering flowers in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s

Background imageGardening Collection: Garden tools used by the Royal children

Garden tools used by the Royal children. 3 Swiss Cottage, Osborne

Background imageGardening Collection: Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby

Sewing in the Garden by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening

Background imageGardening Collection: Victoria Waters Flowers

Victoria Waters Flowers
Victoria as a child, tending the garden at Kensington Palace

Background imageGardening Collection: Gentleman Gardener seated proudly in small home greenhouse

Gentleman Gardener seated proudly in small home greenhouse
A smart Gentleman Gardener seated proudly in his small home greenhouse. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageGardening Collection: Westfield College, Hampstead

Westfield College, Hampstead - Buildings, grounds and the principal - Miss Lodge. Date: 1922

Background imageGardening Collection: Common jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla

Common jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787

Background imageGardening Collection: Haworthia minor or Tulista minima

Haworthia minor or Tulista minima (Least pearl aloe, Aloe margaritifera minima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Background imageGardening Collection: Widows tears, Tinantia erecta

Widows tears, Tinantia erecta. Upright spiderwort, Tradescantia erecta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F

Background imageGardening Collection: Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house

Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house
Mr Chamberlains favourite hobby: Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house at Highbury, with his head orchid gardener, 1903 1903

Background imageGardening Collection: McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh

McNabs tree transplanter, as used in Edinburgh
McNabs tree transplanter, as used by him in the Royal Scottish Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1850

Background imageGardening Collection: Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhouses

Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhouses
Put it in Thorns. Thorns garden sheds are so popular because, as being necessary to ensure a well-kept garden, they are sold at popular prices. Date: 1936

Background imageGardening Collection: Vintage lettuce seed packet

Vintage lettuce seed packet
A lettuce seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageGardening Collection: Woman & Wheelbarrow

Woman & Wheelbarrow
A woman gardening with her wheelbarrow in a very well- kept garden full of roses, hanging baskets and other flower borders

Background imageGardening Collection: Flowers and Path

Flowers and Path

Background imageGardening Collection: Comic postcard, Man mistakes airship for marrow - There goes my prize marrer! Date: 1914-1918

Comic postcard, Man mistakes airship for marrow - There goes my prize marrer! Date: 1914-1918

Background imageGardening Collection: Gardening in Japan

Gardening in Japan Date: 1913

Background imageGardening Collection: Splendid epiphyllum, Epiphyllum x splendidum

Splendid epiphyllum, Epiphyllum x splendidum. Hybrid climbing cactus raised by nurseryman Mr. Hitchen of Norwich. Native to Central and South America

Background imageGardening Collection: Small butterfly flower, Schizanthus pinnatus

Small butterfly flower, Schizanthus pinnatus
Small butterfly flower or poor man's orchid, Schizanthus pinnatus. Raised by Myles Priest, nurseryman of Reading. Priest's white-flowering schizanthus, Scizanthus priestii

Background imageGardening Collection: Scarlet trumpet or scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata

Scarlet trumpet or scarlet gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata. Native to northwest America, introduced to the Horticultural Society garden by Scottish botanist David Douglas in 1827

Background imageGardening Collection: Lewis monkeyflower, Erythranthe lewisii

Lewis monkeyflower, Erythranthe lewisii
Lewis monkeyflower or great purple monkeyflower, Erythranthe lewisii. Native to America, Scottish botanist David Douglas sent seeds from North California to the Horticultural Society in 1831

Background imageGardening Collection: Crimson passion flower, Passiflora kermesina

Crimson passion flower, Passiflora kermesina. Native to Brazil, introduced to the Horticultural Society garden in 1831 from Berlin

Background imageGardening Collection: Tall kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos flavidus

Tall kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos flavidus
Tall, yellow or evergreen kangaroo paw, Anigozanthos flavidus. Native to Swan River colony, Australia, and introduced via R. Mangles of Sunning Hill. Scarlet anigozanthos, Anigozanthos coccineus

Background imageGardening Collection: Silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium

Silverleaf nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium
Silverleaf nightshade or silver-leaved nightshade, Solanum elaeagnifolium. Native to North America and Mexico, raised by Messrs. Young of Epsom nursery. Mr

Background imageGardening Collection: Strawflower, Xerochrysum macranthum

Strawflower, Xerochrysum macranthum. Native to the Swan River colony, Australia, introduced to England by Captain James Mangles, R.N. Large-flowered helichrysum, Helichrysum macranthum

Background imageGardening Collection: Caularthron bicornutum orchid

Caularthron bicornutum orchid. Native to Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, Colombia. Received from Trinidad by Messrs. Shepherd of Liverpool

Background imageGardening Collection: Mock vervain, Glandularia platensis

Mock vervain, Glandularia platensis
Mock vervain or mock verbena, Glandularia platensis. Native to South America, seeds sent from Buenos Ayres by Scottish plant collector James Tweedie. Teucrium-like verbena, Verbena teucrioides

Background imageGardening Collection: Lipstick plant, Aeschynanthus parasiticus

Lipstick plant, Aeschynanthus parasiticus. Imported from the Khoseca Hills, India, by John Gibson, plant collector to the Duke of Devonshire

Background imageGardening Collection: Rusty-brown flowered cinquefoil, Potentilla ferruginea

Rusty-brown flowered cinquefoil, Potentilla ferruginea. Drawn at William Rollisson's Tooting nursery in 1837

Background imageGardening Collection: Brilliant fuchsia, Fuchsia fulgens

Brilliant fuchsia, Fuchsia fulgens. Native of Mexico and Central America, imported to London in 1837

Background imageGardening Collection: Gloxinia hybrd

Gloxinia hybrd. Cross of G. speciosa and G. candida, raised at the Epsom nursery of Messrs. Young. Native to Brazil. Largest-flowered gloxinia, Gloxinia maxima

Background imageGardening Collection: Mint buch, Prostanthera scutellarioides

Mint buch, Prostanthera scutellarioides
Mint bush, Prostanthera scutellarioides. Native to New South Wales, Australia, first described in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown. Scutellaria-like chilodia, Chilodia scutellarioides

Background imageGardening Collection: Papilionanthe teres orchid

Papilionanthe teres orchid. Native to southeast Asia, Yunnan to the Himalayas, discovered in Sylhet (Bangladesh) by botanist Nathaniel Wallich, superintendent of Calcutta Botanic Garden

Background imageGardening Collection: Chilean nasturtium, Tropaeolum tricolor

Chilean nasturtium, Tropaeolum tricolor
Three-coloured Indian cress, Chilean nasturtium, soldadito rojo or relicario, Tropaeolum tricolor. Native to Chile, Nasturtium species, Tropaeolum jarrattii

Background imageGardening Collection: Large flowered barrenwort, Epimedium grandiflorum

Large flowered barrenwort, Epimedium grandiflorum
Large flowered barrenwort or bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum. Native to Japan and Korea, introduced by German botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold

Background imageGardening Collection: Purple anise, Illicium floridanum

Purple anise, Illicium floridanum
Purple anise, Florida anise, stink-bush or star-anise, Illicium floridanum. Native to West Florida, North America, introduced to Britain in 1766. Florida aniseed tree

Background imageGardening Collection: Enkianthus quinqueflorus

Enkianthus quinqueflorus. Native to Asia, China, and raised at Lucombe, Pince & Co. Nursery, Exeter. Netted-leaved enkianthus, Enkianthus reticulatus

Background imageGardening Collection: Love creeper, Comesperma volubile

Love creeper, Comesperma volubile. Native to New Holland (Australia), seeds sent to Messrs Young at Epsom nursery. Slender comosperma, Comosperma gracilis

Background imageGardening Collection: Thunia alba orchid

Thunia alba orchid. Native to southeast Asia, imported from Silhet by plant collectors for the Duke of Devonshire. White-flowered phajus, Phajus albus

Background imageGardening Collection: Bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum

Bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum
Large flowered barrenwort or bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum. Native to Japan and Korea, introduced by German botanist Philipp Franz von Siebold

Background imageGardening Collection: Lady's purse or slipper flower, Calceolaria viscosissima

Lady's purse or slipper flower, Calceolaria viscosissima. Raised from seeds by David Cameron of Birmingham Botanic Garden. Very clammy-stemmed slipperwort, Calceolaria integrifolia var

Background imageGardening Collection: Dense-flowered dendrobium, Dendrobium densiflorum

Dense-flowered dendrobium, Dendrobium densiflorum
Dense-flowered dendrobium orchid, Dendrobium densiflorum. Native to Asia, found in the Khoseca hills, East Indies, by John Gibson, plant collector to the Duke of Devonshire

Background imageGardening Collection: Everlasting, Syncarpha eximia

Everlasting, Syncarpha eximia. Native to the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa, introduced by Scottish plant collector Colonel William Patterson in 1793

Background imageGardening Collection: Leafless-stem balsam, Impatiens scapiflora

Leafless-stem balsam, Impatiens scapiflora
Leafless-stem balsam, or stemless touch-me-not, Impatiens scapiflora. Native to the Nilgiri Hills, India

Background imageGardening Collection: Australian flame pea, Chorizema cordatum

Australian flame pea, Chorizema cordatum
Heart-leaf flame pea, kaly or Australian flame pea, Chorizema cordatum. Native ot the Swan River colony, Australia, and flowered at William Rollisson's Tooting nursery

Background imageGardening Collection: Baby blue eyes, Nemophila menziesii

Baby blue eyes, Nemophila menziesii
Baby blue eyes or baby's-blue-eyes, Nemophila menziesii. Native to California and Oregon, seeds sent to Britain from the Imperial Garden at Petersburgh. Speckled nemophila, Nemophila atomaria

Background imageGardening Collection: Chile nettle, Caiophora lateritia

Chile nettle, Caiophora lateritia. Native to South America, raised in Glasgow Botanic Garden from seeds sent by Scottish botanist James Tweedie from Tucuman, Argentina

Background imageGardening Collection: Willowleaf angelonia, Angelonia salicariifolia

Willowleaf angelonia, Angelonia salicariifolia. Native to South America, introduced from Caracas, flowered at Spofforth, the garden of botanist William Herbert, Dean of Manchester, in 1819

Background imageGardening Collection: New South Wales waratah, Telopea speciosissima

New South Wales waratah, Telopea speciosissima. Native to New South Wales in Australia. The warratah, Embothrium speciosissimum

Background imageGardening Collection: Striped snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus var. caryophylloides

Striped snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus var. caryophylloides. Drawn at the garden of F. W. Smith of Brixton, Surrey. Carnation-like snapdragon, Antirrhinum caryophylloides

Background imageGardening Collection: Phlox paniculata hybrid

Phlox paniculata hybrid, raised by nurseryman and florist Thomas Clark of East Retford, Nottinghamshire. Great flowered cordate lichnidea, Phlox cordata grandiflora

Background imageGardening Collection: Golden aotus or golden pea, Aotus ericoides

Golden aotus or golden pea, Aotus ericoides. Native to eastern Australia. Erica-like or heath-like aotus

Background imageGardening Collection: Savanna blazing star, Liatris scariosa

Savanna blazing star, Liatris scariosa. Native of north America, introduced by Scottish plant collector Thomas Drummond to Glasgow Botanic Garden. Northern liatris, Liatris borealis

Background imageGardening Collection: Cattleya crispa orchid

Cattleya crispa orchid
Curled petalled cattleya orchid, Cattleya crispa. Native of Brazil, sent from Rio de Janeiro by British army officer Captain Sir Henry Chamberlain in 1826

Background imageGardening Collection: Mexican pink, Silene laciniata

Mexican pink, Silene laciniata
Mexican pink, fringed Indian pink, cardinal catchfly, Mexican campion, or cut-petalled catchfly, Silene laciniata. Native to Mexico and introduced by George Canning in 1823

Background imageGardening Collection: Sparaxis elegans

Sparaxis elegans. Introduced by Irish plant hunter Captain Walter Synnot from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Copper-coloured streptanthera, Streptanthera cuprea

Background imageGardening Collection: Poro poro or gulupa, Passiflora pinnatistipula

Poro poro or gulupa, Passiflora pinnatistipula. Endangered fruit species of the Andes. Seeds sent from Peru in 1829 and flowered in Mrs Charlotte Marryat's Parkside garden in Wimbledon



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