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Charles McIntosh
Oh no I can almost hear you thinking – another post about a dull old man who happened to like gardening…. but don’t give up yet because Charles McIntosh or M’Intosh as he is often called is neither dull nor … Continue reading
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Tagged conservatory, garden buildings, garden writing, Head Gardener, John Claudius Loudon, Scotland, technology
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Floral Clocks
Travelling as I do often between the UK & France it’s easy to get confused about the time. Maybe it would be easier if I was using the clock invented by Carl Linnaeus the great Swedish botanist. He’s most famous … Continue reading
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Tagged america, carpet bedding, conservation, floral clock, France, Linnaeus, Scotland, seaside
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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
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Tagged conservation, Lord Strathcona, Mediaeval, Penelope Hobhouse, Resroration, Scotland
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How Francis Masson found the world’s oldest pot plant…and a few other things
“The country is encompassed on all sides with very high mountains, almost perpendicular, consisting of bare rocks, without the last appearance of vegetation; and upon the whole, has a most melancholy effect on the mind.” So wrote Francis Masson … Continue reading
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Tagged Anders Sparrman, captain cook, cycad, Dutch, Dutch East India Company, Francis Masson, George III, Holland, Hortus Kewensis, James Lee, Joseph Banks, kew, L'Heritier, Lee & Keneddy, Linnaeus, Oldenburg, plant hunters, pot plants, Royal Society, Scotland, Scottish, South Africa, succulents, Thunberg, William Aiton
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