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Annual and Biannual flowersA wonderful array of garden flowers in bloom including chrysanthemums, foxgloves (digitalis), hollyhocks, pansies, sweet peas, gladioli, iris, petunias and nasturtiums. Date: 1930
Mothers Gardener by Muriel DawsonCharming 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
Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent SowerbyTwo girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds
Dig for Victory poster - WWIIWorld War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that
Wardian case with plantsA Wardian case, containing several plants
Poster, Ransomes Lawnmowers, sold by Broughton & Wilks, Banbury. circa 1900s
Just Wright by David WrightA 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
Saint Fiacre - C760SAINT FIACRE (ka FIACHRACH) - Irish saint in France, the patron saint of Gardeners
Tropical plant and orchid houseCross-section view of a tropical plant and orchid house
R G Fortt gardening catalogueThe colourful front cover of R G Fortts spring gardening catalogue
Window GardeningA Victorian woman sits in a comfortable armchair reading a book, proud of her verdant display of plants decorating a large window
Horticultural Society conservatory, Chiswick, LondonPeople inside the large conservatory (or greenhouse) of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, west London
S Dixon & Co seed catalogueThe colourful front cover of thes Dixon & Co seed catalogue, offering choice seeds for the flower and kitchen garden
Gardening Book / TobaccoBaccy, Grow and Smoke Your Own An instruction booklet on how to grow your own tobacco
Vintage seed packet: CosmosA beautiful Cosmos seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910
Mount Kenya from The Outspan, NyeriView of Mount Kenya, painted from The Outspan, Nyeri. circa 1930s
Leek Show winnersTwo prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes
Advert for Ransomes lawn mowersAn advertisement for Ransomes lawn mowers, showing three different products available. Date: 1883
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery RhymeMary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row
Dublin from Phoenix ParkA 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
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
Human vegetable figure. circa 1825
Gentleman Gardener seated proudly in small home greenhouseA smart Gentleman Gardener seated proudly in his small home greenhouse. Date: circa 1910s
Westfield College, Hampstead - Buildings, grounds and the principal - Miss Lodge. Date: 1922
Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-houseMr Chamberlains favourite hobby: Joseph Chamberlain in his orchid-house at Highbury, with his head orchid gardener, 1903 1903
Edinburgh Industrial School, Liberton, GardeningInmates gardening at Dr Guthries Original Industrial School for Boys, Liberton, Edinburgh. Date: circa 1899
Little girl watering flowers by Muriel DawsonA little girl watering flowers in a garden, by Muriel Dawson. circa 1930s
Reginald Malby working in his gardenReginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, working in his garden
Sewing in the Garden by Millicent SowerbyTwo girl guides sit in a picturesque garden knitting socks and comforters after their exertions gardening
Victoria Waters FlowersVictoria as a child, tending the garden at Kensington Palace
Common jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1787
Haworthia minor or Tulista minima (Least pearl aloe, Aloe margaritifera minima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The
Widows tears, Tinantia erecta. Upright spiderwort, Tradescantia erecta. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by F. Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards from William Curtis The Botanical
The New Playmates - Siblings and new bunniesThe New Playmates - A young brother and sister meet a basket of new bunnies. circa 1920s
McNabs tree transplanter, as used in EdinburghMcNabs tree transplanter, as used by him in the Royal Scottish Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1850
Advert for J. Thorn & Sons portable sheds and greenhousesPut 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
Vintage lettuce seed packetA lettuce seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910
Woman & WheelbarrowA woman gardening with her wheelbarrow in a very well- kept garden full of roses, hanging baskets and other flower borders
Flowers and Path
Garden Tools, Spades, Forks, Hoes, Shears, Rakes and Knives. 19th century
Poster, Dig for Victory, Grow More Food, WW2Poster, Dig for Victory, Grow More Food. 1940s
Herbsts bloodleaf varieties, Iresine herbstii a) var. acuminata, b) var. aureo-reticulata. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden
Plumed cockscomb or silver cocks comb, Celosia argentea (Cock s-comb, Celosia cristata). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden
Red angels trumpet, Brugmansia sanguinea. Extinct. (Datura sanguinea). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse
Jerusalem cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum var. diflorumJerusalem cherry or Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum var. diflorum (Star capsicum, Solanum capsicastrum). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite
Prickly pear or Indian fig opuntia, Opuntia ficus-indica (Opuntia vulgaris). Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse
Rose General Jacqueminot, hybrid perpetual. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896
Rose Baroness Rothschild, hybrid perpetual. Chromolithograph from an illustration by Desire Bois from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896