Horticulture Collection (page 6)

Garden and house, Paddockhurst, West Sussex
View of the garden and house at Paddockhurst, near Selsfield Common, West Sussex. The house dates from the 17th century, and is now used as a school

Walled garden, Great Maytham Hall, near Rolvenden, Kent
View of the walled garden at the back of Great Maytham Hall, a Grade II listed country house near Rolvenden, Kent. It was the inspiration for the childrens classic, The Secret Garden

Eleanor Malby, wife of Reginald Malby, photographer
Eleanor Malby (1886-1956), wife of Reginald Malby, official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, seen here as a young Edwardian woman with a baby

Rosa Betty Uprichard, a variety of large-flowered rose of the Rosaceae family with salmon pink flowers. Seen here in close-up are three partially opened flowers

Rosa Moyesii (Geranium Rose), a large shrub rose of the Rosaceae family. Seen here with bright red hips

Dryas Drummondii (Drummonds mountain-avens), a flowering perennial of the Rosaceae family, with yellow flowers. It is a wild plant, native to North America

Cornflower (Dwarf) Jubilee Gem, Centaurea Cyanus
Cornflower (Dwarf), Jubilee Gem, Centaurea Cyanus, an annual flowering plant of the Asteraceae family. The flowers are a dazzling blue

Umbilicus Chrysanthus (Cotyledon Chrysantha), also known as Venus Navel, Venusnabel and Nabelkraut, a perennial flowering plant of Crassulaceae (stonecrop) family

Gentiana Verna (Spring Gentian), a perennial plant of the Gentianaceae family. The flowers are a vivid blue

Cistus Purpureus (Orchid Rock Rose)

Echinopsis Multiplex, a succulent plant of the Cactaceae (cactus) family. The name derives from echinos, meaning hedgehog or sea urchin, and opsis, referring to the plants dense covering of spines

Sedum Turkestanicum (Sedum Ewersii) of the Crassulaceae family. Seen here in the frost, with seed pods visible

Godetia Grandiflora Sybil Sherwood
A close-up of the bright pink flowers of the Godetia (Farewell to Spring, Clarkia Amoena) Grandiflora Sybil Sherwood, a hardy annual of the Onagraceae family

Clematis Nelly Moser, a hardy climbing plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae (Languinosa Group), with flowers in two shades of pink

A Champion Hybrid Freesia (Ragionieri) from the Antibes
Hybrid Freesia (Ragionieri) from the Antibes (a Mediterranean resort in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France) which won the gold medal at the 1911 Cannes Exposition Horticole

Bruges, Belgium - International Horticultural Exhibition
The Markt (Market Square) Bruges, Belgium - International Horticultural Exhibition (Wederlansche tentoonstelling van hofbouwkunde). Date: 1912

White flowers on trowels on two cutout greetings cards
White flowers on garden trowels on two cutout greetings cards. Date: circa 1890s

Vilvoorde, Belgium - Botanical Gardens
Vilvoorde (Vilvorde), Belgium - State School of Horticulture, within the Vilvoorde Botanical Gardens circa 1910s

Flower Pots, Plate 64, showing a range of floral patterned pots, two of them on stands. Date: circa 1880s

Beards greenhouse Date: circa 1850

Lady repotting a plant
A lady in a greenhouse, repotting a plant. Date: 1891

Growing food in Chancery Lane, WW1
Mr Hubert Hall, resident officer of the Public Record Office in Chancery Lane, pictured hard at work in the gardens of the old Rolls House, where

Women working in the hothouses at Windsor, WW1
Four women gardeners in the Kings gardens at Frogmore, Windsor Castle, working in the glasshouses in place of male gardeners during the First World War. Date: 1916

Forcing the Murphies by Heath Robinson
Endeavouring to open the eyes of seed potatoes before sowing - a silly horticultural idea by William Heath Robinson. Date: 1918

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