Gardening Collection (page 7)

Dogs tooth violet, Erythronium dens-canis. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1786

Winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis (Winter hellebore, Helleborus hyemalis). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical

Purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea (Purple rudbeckia, Rudbeckia purpurea). Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical

Persian iris, Iris persica. Handcolured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis The Botanical Magazine, Lambeth Marsh, London, 1786

Gardening
Illustration of gardener holding plant in pot. Date: circa 1930

The Jardiniere, Garden Maid, by Augustin de Saint-Aubin

How Does My Garden Grow by Muriel Dawson. 1942

Golden Soil: French methods of Market Gardening for England, showing scenes from the Market Garden at Thatcham, Berkshire. Date: 1908

Advert for Chinese Lantern Plant 1897
Ornamental window or garden plant, (Physalis alkekengi), giving you a delicious fruit, growing freely during the summer and winter months

TV Celebrity Gardeners
Geoffrey Smith, Alan Titchmarsh, Percy Thrower, Charlie Dimmock, Bob Flowerdew, Geoff Hamilton, Diarmuid Gavin, Monty Don - TV Celebrity Gardeners

Town garden before and after. 1857

An Every-day Scene in 1917 by W. E. Wigfull
Women and children working on the land take a moment to gaze up at the sky as a military aircraft flies above. 1917

The Road Sweeper. People You See, from Teddy Bear magazine, 1966. Date: 1966

Digging a vegetable patch, 1890s
Rustic types digging over a vegetable patch outside a cottage, 1890s Date: 1890s

Advertisement for Hercules Bicycles - a smart lad in his school uniform is delighted with his new racing bicycle, as is his proud Mother

Pruning Shears Date: 1880

Green Watering Can Date: 1880

In the Greenhouse Date: 1895

Advert for Amorphophallus Campanulatus, plant seeds 1891
Amorphophallus Campanulatus, two or three feet across, with spotted stem which rises several feet and unfolds at the top an umbel of beautiful palm-like foliage which spreads out several feet like an

Reads patent garden watering engine 1851
Reads patent garden watering engine, exhibited at the Crystal Palace in 1851, demonstrated here in a real garden. Date: 1851

STREET ARAB RECLAIMED
A street arab as he was when he was picked off the streets, and as you will find him today, metamorphosed into a gardener. Date: 1875

COURT OF FRANCOIS I
FRANCOIS I OF FRANCE depicted with his court, religious on his right, secular on his left, while the people work on the land farming, planting vines etc Date: 1494 - 1547

Montmartre garden, Maurice Neumont, Paris, France
The artist Maurice Neumont waters the garden of his studio in the Place du Calvaire, Montmartre, Paris, France. Date: circa 1905

Lady tending her window box 1878
A lady at an open window, tending the plants in her window box. Date: 1878

Woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers, Lantau, HK
A young woman in a straw sunhat watering pots of flowers outside the Po Lin Monastery in Lantau Island, Hong Kong Date: 1982

Priory Farm and St Marys Priory Church, Deerhurst, Gloucest
Gardener John Watt trims the hedges at Priory Farm, Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, England. The farm adjoins The ancient Saxon Church of St Marys Priory. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

The Cotton Tree, Sierra Leone
A man burns leaves beneath the Cotton Tree, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Over 500 years old, this tree is a treasured symbol of the city

Woman on allotment - 2
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Woman on allotment - 1
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Farm worker with scythe - 2
Farm worker Tommy Watkins cutting long grass with a scythe in Herefordshire, England. Tommy wears a cloth cap and smokes a pipe as he works. Head and shoulders portrait Date: circa 1975

Farm worker with scythe - 1
Farm worker Tommy Watkins cutting long grass with a scythe in Herefordshire, England. Tommy wears a cloth cap and smokes a pipe as he works. Full length portrait Date: circa 1975

The Tomb of Gertrude Jekyll by Lutyens with her fork
A close-up The tomb of Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) designed by Edwin Lutyens in the Churchyard of St John the Baptist Church at Busbridge near Godalming, Surrey

WW2 poster, Dig on for Victory, designed by Peter Fraser. Showing a man with home-grown vegetables and a gardening fork. Date: early 1940s

WW2 poster, Grow more food, dig for victory -- wanted 500, 000 more allotment holders, for plots of land apply to your council. Date: circa 1940

Gardening silhouette
A father and his two children tend to the garden, pruning and watering a small tree. c. 1910

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