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Sylva Old and New
If you’ve heard of John Evelyn before now it’s probably because of his diaries which are one of our major sources of information about the major events of the mid/late 17thc, and much much more besides. They gives a really … Continue reading
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Tagged economic botany, forestry, John Evelyn, Nehemiah Grew, Royal Society, trees
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Oronsay
I don’t often write about places I haven’t been but this is an exception for a place I’d like to go to. Like most of us I get magazines and newsletters from all sorts of organisations and usually just glance … Continue reading
On the Life of a Jobbing Gardener
I was giving some lectures recently on one of my favourite horticultural characters, John Claudius Loudon, who, having already written a shelf-load of books, in 1826 founded The Gardener’s Magazine, the first real piece of regular horticultural journalism. I had … Continue reading
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Tagged Archibald M'Naughton, garden magazines, gardeners, John Claudius Loudon, nurserymen
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Hatshepsut and Thutmosis
We tend to think of Botanic Gardens as being very much a western invention, and that the earliest ones were founded in northern Italy in the 16th century. Of course it all depends what you mean by a botanic garden, but … Continue reading
Dickens and Gardens
I don’t suppose many of us think of Charles Dickens as being a gardener. Novelist, Social reformer, commentator, even actor/performer yes, but gardener, probably not. Yet Dickens was very interested in gardens and gardening and thought England itself was ‘the … Continue reading
