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Home Gardening magazine, December 1932Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a suggestion to create a rustic work rose screen across ones garden. Date: 1932
Home Gardening magazine, November 1932Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring an illustration demonstrating a magnificent display of roses trained across trellises, pergolas, arches and in beds. Date: 1932
Home Gardening magazine, September 1928Home Gardening magazine featuring a suggestion for the layout of a front garden the design of which was apparently specially prepared by one of the greatest authorities in the country
Home Gardening magazine, August 1932Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a herbaceous border in a garden with an impressive display of gladioli (gladiolus) flowers. Date: 1932
Home Gardening magazine, September 1932Front cover of Home Gardening magazine advising readers to start planting their bulb bowls now in order to ensure a vibrant display of hyacinths indoors over winter. Date: 1932
Home Gardening magazine, December 1931Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a quaint country cottage and its surrounding garden covered in snow, together with a calendar for the year 1932. Date: 1931
Exhibition for garden and flower loversA Great Exhibition for garden and flower lovers: a birds eye view of the Horticultural Exhibition in Chelsea Hospital Gardens, London, with Chelsea Embankment and the River Thames in the foreground
Little child with bulbs by Muriel DawsonA little child planning to plant some bulbs, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Home Gardening magazine, January 1932Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring pictorial instructions for taking chrysanthemum cuttings. Date: 1932
Home Gardening magazine, September 1929Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a young girl picking asters Iwhich, apparently, don t mind the dry summer) in a large garden. Date: 1929
Home Gardening magazine, October 1928Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a lady on plant up of bowl with bulbs. Advice on how to achieve good blooms and strong foliage is contained inside. Date: 1928
Their summer change of air, potted plants, c. 1880Two exotic-looking palms prepare to make a journey by wheelbarrow. Date: c.1880
Gardener, Paris c. 1860A Paris gardener or porter clutches two potted shrubs. Date: c.1860
Gentleman potting a plant, c. 1891A couple in a greenhouse or potting shed, potting plants. Date: c.1891
The Sketch front cover 1955, Chelsea Flower ShowFront cover of The Sketch featuring an illustration of two elegant ladies among the blooms at the annual RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Date: 1955
Joseph Sabine - 2JOSEPH SABINE Horticulturist and writer on horticulture. with his autograph Date: 1770 - 1837
Joseph Sabine - 1JOSEPH SABINE Horticulturist and writer on horticulture. Date: 1770 - 1837
Harvesting CarnationsA girl pushing a wheelbarrow of freshly harvested carnations, Vence, France. Date: early 1930s
Luther Burbank - American botanist and horticulturistLuther Burbank (1849-1926) - American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career
Concepts of horticulturePlate 51 from Le Regne Vegetal, Vol 14, Vegetaux. Atlas (1870). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Entitled Marcottes et Boutres
General concepts of Horticulture OrnamentPlate 52 from Le Regne Vegetal. Atlas, Vol 14. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Couple admiring flowers
Lyon, France - International Exhibition (3 / 7)The Garden of the Palace of Horticulture at the International Exhibition held in Lyon, France Date: 1914
Lyon, France - International Exhibition (4 / 7)The Palace of Horticulture and the gardens at the International Exhibition held at Lyon, France in 1914. Date: 1914
Gertrude Jekyll - Garden designerGertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) - Prolific British Garden designer, Artist and Writer. Pictured here as the small central detail in a close-up taken from an advert for Shell. 1960
Mettray : HorticultureMETTRAY (near Tours) Open agricultural and industrial colony for juvenile offenders, 1839-1939 : BOYS LEARNING HORTICULTURE Date: circa 1850
Greenhouse with manure pitA greenhouse with a manure pit filled with compost in 18th century France. Date: circa 1760
Aldenham House Gardens, Hertfordshire, in the snowA view of Aldenham House Gardens, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, with a scattering of snow. An ivy-covered bridge can be seen, crossing some water
Heather at Gravetye Manor, near East Grinstead, SussexView of the gardens at Gravetye Manor, near East Grinstead, West Sussex, showing heather growing near trees. The gardens were developed by William Robinson
Gardens at Aldenham House, HertfordshireView of the gardens at Aldenham House, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, with pink and white rhododendrons (a flowering plant of the Ericaceae family), growing on either side of a grassy pathway
Sunken garden, St Catherines Court, near BathA view of the sunken garden at St Catherines Court, a Grade I listed Tudor manor house near Bath. Seen here is a small octagonal pond, with paving around it
Fountain and Wisteria at Paddockhurst, West SussexView of a fountain in the garden at Paddockhurst, near Selsfield Common, West Sussex. The house dates from the 17th century, and is now used as a school
View of the grounds of St Catherines Court, near BathA view of the grounds of St Catherines Court, a Grade I listed Tudor manor house near Bath. Seen here are a series of steps going up a hillside, with an ornately designed stone wall on the left
The Lane at Aldenham House, HertfordshirePart of the gardens known as The Lane, at Aldenham House, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. A wrought iron gate opens onto a pathway between tall hedges
Scots Pines at Aldenham House, HertfordshireTwo tall Scots Pines (Pinus Sylvestris of the Pinaceae family) at Aldenham House, near Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. Part of the gardens can also be seen, with grass, shrubs, flowerbeds, a statue
Terrace at Paddockhurst, West SussexView of the terrace at Paddockhurst, near Selsfield Common, West Sussex. The house dates from the 17th century, and is now used as a school
Court Farm and gardenView of Court Farm (unidentified location) and garden, with a large pond, grass, trees and flowerbeds
Gardens at Sedgewick Park House, near Horsham, SussexView of the gardens at Sedgewick Park House, near Horsham, West Sussex. A stone bench can be seen in the foreground, with carefully shaped bushes behind, as well as grass, flowers and trees
View of Ightham Mote, near Sevenoaks, KentA view of Ightham Mote, a moated medieval manor house dating from 1320, at Ivy Hatch, near Sevenoaks, Kent. It is now a National Trust property
Gardens of Earlham Hall, near Norwich, NorfolkView of the gardens of Earlham Hall, near Norwich, Norfolk, showing steps, grass, flowers and shrubs, with the house in the background
Garden at Heronden, Tenterden, KentView of a garden at Heronden, Tenterden, Kent. An ornamental bird bath is at the centre, with paths, flowerbeds and grass surrounding it
RHS garden at Wisley, Woking, SurreyPart of the Royal Horticultural Societys garden at Wisley, Woking, Surrey, showing pink and purple Erica (heather, of the Ericaceae family) in the middle of a large lawn
Dragonfly (Aeshna Cyanea) emerged from exuviaA close-up view of a Dragonfly (Aeshna Cyanea, Southern Hawker) which has just emerged from its exoskeleton or exuvia
Cotoneaster Horizontalis, a short shrub cultivated as an ornamental plant. Depending on the time of year it has white or pink flowers and red berries (pomes), and is a source of food for birds
Double page spread in a diary for 13-18 JuneA double page spread in a young persons diary for 13-18 June. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event
Fountain and pool at Broad Campden, GloucestershireA fountain in the middle of an ornamental pool, in a garden at Broad Campden, near Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire
Detail of Reginald Malbys gardenA detail of Reginald Malbys garden in Woodford, Essex, showing plants and flowers
Drummond Castle Gardens, near Crieff, ScotlandView of Drummond Castle Gardens at Muthill, near Crieff, Scotland. The gardens are formal, in 17th century Scottish renaissance style