Map of Ceylon showing tea industry plantationsMap of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) showing tea industry plantations. Date: circa 1920
Wardian case with plantsA Wardian case, containing several plants
Dig for Victory poster - WWIIWorld War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that
Bees in springtimeBees enjoy collecting pollen from abundant catkins on pussy willow branches growing by a river
Poster: Dig For Victory NowPoster encouraging people to Dig For Victory Now, and enjoy your own vegetables all the year round. 1940s
Possession is nine points of the law by Louis WainIllustration by Louis Wain showing a cat occupying a cast-off saucepan or cooking pot during snowy weather. A selection of birds, including a magpie and a blue tit bemusedly face the cat
Flying for the Summer Week-end by C. E. TurnerIllustration from 1928 by C.E. Turner reflecting the growing rise of civilian flying in the 1920s. The caption reads, ...only last month there was a house-party at which the ten guests
Brochure illustration, W Barratt & Co Ltd, Northampton, showing the Footshape Works where the boots and shoes are made, with addresses of branches below, in London, Bradford, Brighton and Leicester
Fat Lucy MooreLucy Moore, the American Fat Girl, weighs 292 kg (46 stone) and is still growing. Where will it end ?
The Rules of Life by H. M. BatemanA baby in a highchair is presented with a long list of rules for life by a queue of influential people including his nurse, his parents, teacher, police officer, judge and vicar. Date: 1930
The Crossword Craze / 1920A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!
Tropical plant and orchid houseCross-section view of a tropical plant and orchid house
Horticultural Society conservatory, Chiswick, LondonPeople inside the large conservatory (or greenhouse) of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, west London
Girl Picks Flowers C1887A girl picks some rather wild flowers growing in a country garden
Clematis Montana Rubens, a hardy climbing plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, with pink flowers. Seen here growing up the side of a house
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
Leek Show winnersTwo prize winners at a Leek Show displaying their impressive vegetables alongside a couple of equally impressive mantel clocks, presumably their prizes
Flower industryEmpire Marketing Board 1927-1933 poster, British bulbs flowering in a field Date: 1927-1933
The Hay crop from Suttons Grass SeedsA promotional postcard for Suttons Seeds, Reading - showing women harvesting the hay crop, grown from Suttons Grass seeds
Union Workhouse, Wincanton, SomersetThe Wincanton Union workhouse, Somerset, with extensive vegetable gardens in front which were cultivated by the workhouse inmates. The workhouse opened in 1838 and was designed by George Wilkinson
Gathering Seaweed at Le Hocq, Jersey, Channel Islands - the principle growing agent for the famed Jersey Royal Potatoes, although used less these days. Date: circa 1910s
The Parable of the Seed - Matthew 15. circa 1688
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠Still life with a bottleGUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Still Life with Bottle. 1927. Contemporary Art. Oil on canvas. Private Collection
Tudor Cottage vegetable garden, Walton, EssexStanding in the vegetable garden of Tudor Cottage, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, a bowler hatted and bearded gentleman proudly displays one of his marrows, while a woman stands on the path. circa 1900
Shortia Galacifolia (Oconee Bells, Acony Bell), a rare American wildflower of the Diapensiaceae family. It has white flowers. Seen here growing in a plant pot
Garden Path winning the Two Thousand Guineas at NewmarketGarden Path, a brown filly belonging to Lord Derby and ridden by Harry Wragg, pictured winning the Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket against Major David Wills Blue Peter colt
Margaret Vergh Gryffyth, horned womanMargaret Vergh Gryffyth, Welsh woman who exhibited herself with a 10 centimetre horn growing from her forehead
Advertising insert, Eppss Cocoa
Elder-Tree MotherThe mother is covered all over with elder-flowers
27 Cases of Apples from just one tree - Victoria, Australia27 Cases of Apples from just one tree - the State of Victoria, Australia Date: circa 1908
Limone, Lake Garda, ItalyLimone sul Garda is a town and comune in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy (northern Italy), on the shore of Lake Garda
A woman of the Auvergne collecting walnutsA woman of the Auvergne region of France loading a wickerwork pannier backpack with the walnuts she has been collecting in her straw basket Date: 1910
Edward Vii / French FleetEdward VII welcomes the visit of the French fleet to Portsmouth - an outward expression of the growing rapprochement between the two countries
Wardian case with ferns 1857Fern case in the shape of a small aviary with canaries. Scale of the design is three feet long, the space reserved for plants extending 10 inches on either side of the cage or aviary which is 16
Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford ChurchyardA Fig Tree growing out of a tomb in Watford Churchyard - the legend runs that a lady buried in the vault from which the tree is growing was an atheist
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Pineapple Plantation Date: 1920s
Sugar beet farming in Sweden
Owners house, Tobacco plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Examining tobacco plants at a plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Removing tobacco plants from a bed at a plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Transplanting tobacco plants at a plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Harvesting tobacco plants at a plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Curing barns at a tobacco plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Delivering plants to a curing barn, Tobacco plantation, USADelivering plants to a curing barn at a Tobacco plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Processing tobacco at a plantation in Virginia, USA, early 1900s
The cutting room, tobacco plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
Loading a ship at a tobacco plantation, Virginia, USA, early 1900s
WW2 - Growing UpAn illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Growing Up, written by Angela Thirkell. The image depicts an interior scene where two wartime women and a man in military uniform enjoy tea. Date: 1945
