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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing, I. The method of planting forest-trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath lands; with particular directions for raising the plants in the seed-bed, previous to their being planted out. II. The method of pruning forest-trees; with directions how to improve plantations and woods that have been neglected. III. On the soils most proper for the different kinds of forest-trees. IV. The management of vines, comprehending their cultivation upon fire-walls and in the hot-house; together with a new method of dressing, planting, and preparing the ground. V. A new and easy method of propagating pine plants, so as to gain half a year in their growth; together with a certain method of destroying the insect so destructive to pines. VI. A certain and easy method of raising mushrooms without spawn, by which the table may be plentifully supplied every week in the year. VII. A new method of cultivating asparagus. And, VIII. The best method of cultivating field-cabbages and carrots for the purpose of feeding cattle. By John Kennedy, gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, baronet.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: M.DCC.LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing, I. The method of planting forest-trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath lands; and for raising the plants in the seed-bed, previous to their being planted. II. The method of pruning forest-trees; and how to improve plantations that have been neglected. III. On the soils most proper for the different kinds of forest-trees. IV. The management of vines; their cultivation upon fire-walls and in the hot-house; with a new method of dressing, planting, and preparing the ground. V. A new and easy method to propagate pine plants, so as to gain half a year in their growth; with a sure method of destroying the insect so destructive to pines. VI. The best method to raise mushrooms without spawn, by which the table may be plentifully supplied every day in the year. VII. An improved method of cultivating asparagus. VIII. The best method to cultivate field cabbages, carrots, and turnips for feeding of cattle. IX. a new method of managing all kinds of fruit-trees, viz. of proper soils for planting, of pruning and dressing them; with a receipt to prevent blights, and cure them when blighted. By John Kennedy, gardener to Sir Thomas Gascoigne, Bart. The second edition, corrected and greatly enlarged. In two volumes.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: M DCCL XXVII. [1777]- Archives and manuscripts
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M0001681: Photograph of Cinchona calisaya anglica, etc., growing in the greenhouse of John Eliot Howard, Tottenham. Photographed by W[illiam] Dillworth Howard
Date: 16 March 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/15/76Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0001680: Photograph of Cinchona calisaya and Cinchona peruviana growing in the greenhouse of John Eliot Howard, Tottenham. Photographed by W[illiam] Dillworth Howard
Date: 03 March 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/15/75Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. ... By John Kennedy, ...
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: 1784- Pictures
Botanic Gardens, Oxford: showing the fountain and greenhouses, with a glimpse of Magdalen College behind. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.
Mackenzie, Frederick, 1787 or 1788-1854.Date: 1 March 1836Reference: 21218i- Pictures
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Botanic Garden, Oxford: panoramic view of the greenhouses with a small ornamental detail of the gates and plans. Line engraving by J. Skelton, 1820, after B. Green.
Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798.Date: 1 August 1820Reference: 21220i- Pictures
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Botanic Garden, Oxford: panoramic view of the greenhouses with a small ornamental detail of the gates and plans. Line engraving by J. Skelton, 1820, after B. Green.
Green, Benjamin, 1739-1798.Date: 1 August 1820Reference: 25278i- Books
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A treatise upon planting, gardening, and the management of the hot-house. Containing, I. The Method of planting Forest-Trees in gravelly, poor, mountainous, and heath Lands. II. The Method of pruning Forest-Trees, and improving Plantations. III. On the Soils most proper for the different kinds of Forest-Trees. IV. The Management of Vines; their Cultivation upon Fire-Walls, and in the Hot-House, &c. V. A new and easy Method to propagate Pine Plants, so as to gain Half a Year in Growth; with a sure Method of destroying the Insect so destructive to Pines. VI. The best Method to raise Mushrooms without Spawn. Vii. An improved Method of cultivating Asparagus. Viii. The best Method to cultivate Field Cabbages, Carrots, and Turnips for feeding of Cattle. IX. A new Method of managing all kinds of Fruit-Trees. By John Kennedy, Gardener To Sir Thomas Gascoigne Bart. A new edition ; to which is added, An account of the culture and use of the mangel wurzel, or root of scarcity.
Kennedy, John, -1790.Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The English flora: Or, A catalogue of trees, shrubs, plants and fruits, natives as well as exotics, cultivated, for use of ornament, in the English nurseries, greenhouses and stoves, arranged according to the linnăn system; with the Latin trivial, and common English names, and an English index referring to the Latin names. Also a general catalogue of seeds, for the kitchen-garden, flower-garden, grass-lands, &c. usually raised for sale, and those annually imported from America. By Richard Weston, Esq; author of The universal botanist, &c.
Weston, Richard, 1733-1806.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The scotch forcing gardener: being a compendious treatise on the forcing of asparagus, cucumbers, Cherries, Grapes, Melons, Mushrooms, Nectarines, Peaches, Pine Apples, and Strawberries. Together with instructions of the management of the greenhouse, Hot-Walls, &c. Illustrated with five copper-plates; Containing Ten different Designs of Hot-Houses, Hot-Walls, &c, on the newest and most improved Constructions. with an appendix; Containing Hints on the Making of Fruit-Tree Borders; Planting and Training Fruit Trees against Walls, Espaliers, &c. - Also, Hints on the Depth and Nature of Garden Land; Manures, and their Application; Culture and Rotation of Crops; &c. The whole adapted to the climate of Scotland. By Walter Nicol, Late Gardener at wemyss castle.
Nicol, Walter.Date: 1797- Books
The complete cannabis cultivator / Mary Jane Superweed.
Superweed, Mary JaneDate: [1969]- Books
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The experimental husbandman and gardener: containing a new method of improving estates and gardens, By Cultivating and Increasing of Forrest-Trees, Coppice-Woods, Fruit-Trees, Shrubs, Flowers and Greenhouses, and Exotick Plants, after several Manners; viz. by Layers, Cuttings, Roots, Leaves, &c. With Great Variety of New Discoveries relating to Graffing, Terebration or Boreing, Inarching, Emplastration, and Inoculation; of Reversing of Trees, and Digesting their Juices to bring them to bear Fruit. With several New Experiments for the Fertilizing of Stubborn Soils. By G.A. Agricola, M.D. Translated from the original, with remarks: and adorn'd with cuts. The second edition. To which is now added, an appendix, containing a Variety of Experiments lately practised upon the above System, By R. Bradley, Professor of Botany at Cambridge, and F. R. S.
Agricola, Georg Andreas, 1672-1738.Date: M.DCC.XXVI. [1726]- Digital Images
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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L)Spreng. Calla lily, Arum lily. Half hardy annual. Distribution: South Africa. The genus name commemorates Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846) an Italian physician and botanist. Born in Molina he studied medicine in Verona and Padua. He corresponded with the German botanist, Kurt Sprengel, who named the genus Zantedeschia in his honour in 1826, separating it from Calla, where, as C. aethiopica, it had been previously described by Linnaeus. He had broad interests, including the effect of different parts of the spectrum of light on plant growth, reporting in 1843, that red, orange and yellow light are heliotropically inactive. The botanic museum in Molina is dedicated to his memory. Aethiopica, merely means 'African'. The leaves are used as a warm poultice for headaches in ‘muthi’ medicine. It has become an invasive weed in parts of Australia. It was introduced, as a greenhouse plant, to Europe in the mid-17th century, where the long lasting flowers are popular in flower arranging and for weddings and funerals – a curious combination (Oakeley, 2012). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Darwin's backyard : how small experiments led to a big theory / James T. Costa.
Costa, James T., 1963-Date: [2017]- Videos
Some activities of the Bermondsey Borough Council.
Date: [1931]- Videos
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Some activities of the Bermondsey Borough Council.
Date: [1931]- Books
Environmental nutrition : connecting health and nutrition with environmentally sustainable diets / edited by Joan Sabaté.
Date: [2019]