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Sweet peas, suffragettes and showmen : events that changed the world in the RHS halls / René Dee.
Dee, René.Date: 2011- Pictures
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A bunch of flowering sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus var.). Chromolithograph, c. 1878, after H. Moon.
Moon, Henry George, 1857-1905.Date: 12 January 1878Reference: 28329i- Pictures
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A bunch of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after Guenébeaud.
Guenébeaud.Date: 1850Reference: 27069i- Pictures
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A bunch of flowering geraniums and sweet peas. Coloured lithograph by E. Champin, ca. 1850.
Champin, Elisa-Honorine, -1871.Date: 1850Reference: 27102i- Pictures
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Four British garden plants, including a glory pea: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
Date: 1837Reference: 27397i- Books
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Four excellent new songs. I. The flowers of Edinburgh. II. The bonny highland lad. III. The pea cart. IV. Sweet chloe. Entered according to order.
Date: 1775?]- Archives and manuscripts
Notebook on Stature
Date: 1873-1889Reference: GALTON/2/10/9/17Part of: Galton Papers- Books
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A catalogue of seeds and roots, divided under their proper heads; Shewing their different kinds, season of sowing, planting and culture, according to the new stile, colours of flowers, height and time of flowering; The quantity of grass seeds sown on an acre of land, and which trees and shrubs shed their leaves, and which are ever-green. Containing, kitchen garden seeds of roots, 1, 2 Cabbage seeds and their kinds, 3, 4 Sallad seeds, 5, 6 Chardoon, Artichoke and asparagus, 7, 8 Cucumbers, 9, 10 Mellons, gourds and pompions, 11, 12 Sweet and pot-herb seeds, and medicinal seeds. 13, Garden beans, peas, and kindney beans, 14, Tender annual flower seeds, 15, 16 Hardy annual flower seeds, 17, 18 Biennial and perennial flower seeds, 19, 20 Bulbous and tuberous flower roots, 21, 22 Perennial flower roots, 23, Grass seeds, and some others, 24, Fir and pine seeds, 25, Tree and shrub seeds, 26,
Webb, John, seedsman.Date: [1753?-1760?]- Books
A healing touch : true stories of life, death, and hospice / edited by Richard Russo ; woodcuts by Siri Beckman.
Date: [2008], ©2008- Books
Life kitchen : recipes to revive the joy of taste & flavour / Ryan Riley ; photography by Clare Winfield ; illustrations by Lara Harwood.
Riley, RyanDate: 2020- Books
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Chiltern and vale farming explained, according to the latest improvements. Necessary for all landlords and tenants of either ploughed-grass, or wood-grounds. Containing, I. The Nature and Improvement of the four Clays, four Loams, four Gravels, four Chalks and three Sands, with an Account of the Nature and Use of Stones in the common Fields. II. The Nature and Improvement of the Oak, shewing seven several ways to obtain a Wood thereof; also of the Beech, the manner of extracting its Sap after three different Methods for its long duration. The Ash, Elm, Witch-Elm, Hornbeam, Maple, Lime, Sycamore, Horse and Sweet Chesnut, Walnut, Hazel, White-Elder, and the Case of the Black-Cherry. And also of Asp, Sallow, Poplar, Alder, and other Aquaticks. III. Of the Excellency of the Whitelamas-Wheat, and all other Wheats, Barley, Rye, Oats, Peas, Beans, Thetches and Tills; with a Copy of two Letters from William Hayton Esq; of Clerkenwell, and the Author's Answer concerning the Propagating of Wheat and Rye in Northumberland. Also an Estimate of the Loss and Profit of Crops for the Year 1732. IV. Of Natural and Artificial Grasses, being Remarks on a late Author's Writings on Trefoyl, Clover, St. Foyne, Lucern, Rye-Grass and Cow-Grass: Also a method how to save the difficult Seed of Lucern. V. Of the Blights and Blasts, their Origin and Nature, their Mischiefs and Preventions. VI. Of Ploughing in general, being a full Explanation of broad Land-Ploughing, Bouting-up, Thoroughing down, Four-Thoroughing, Hacking or Combing; also the Vale way of Ridging up and Casting down: With Descriptions and Dimensions of the Wheel-Ploughs, also of the Foot, Creeper, Kentish, Newmarket, and a New-Invented light Plough that does almost double work with the same Horses that draw a single one. Vii. Of Sowing in general. Viii. Of Seeds, and to know the Good from the Bad. IX. Of Weeds in general, their Mischiefs and Cures. X. Of an Invaluable Liquor never before published, to steep Grain in for Sowing. XI. Of a new Method of Horse-Houghing, its Advantages and Disadvantages. XII. Of Turneps, and how to save them from the Slug, Fly and Caterpillar. XIII. Its several Uses on Ploughed and Sward-Grounds, and of the Quantities that may be necessarily consumed in one Year, by a fifty Pound a year Farmer. XIV. Of Manures in general, their Nature and Uses on proper Soils, &c. By William Ellis, Of Little Gaddesden in Hertfordshire, Author of The Practical Farmer, or Hertfordshire Husbandman.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: [1733]- Books
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The practice of farming and husbandry in all sorts of soils, according to the latest improvements. Very useful for all Landlords and Tenants, of Ploughed, Grass, or Wood Lands, containing, I. The Nature and Improvement of the four Clays, four Loams, four Gravels, four Chalks and three Sands, with an Account of the Nature and Use of Stones in the common Fields. II. The Nature and Improvement of the Oak, shewing seven several ways to obtain a Wood thereof, also of the Beech, the manner of extracting its Sap after three different Methods for its long duration. The Ash, Elm, Witch-Elm, Horn-Beam, Maple, Lime, Sycamore, Horse and sweet Chesnut, Walnut, Hazel, White-Elder, and the Case of the Black-Cherry. And also of the Asp, Sallow, Poplar, Alder, and other Aquaticks. III. Of the excellency of the White-Lamas-Wheat, and all other Wheats, Barley, Rye, Oats, Peas, Beans, Thetches and Tills, with a Copy of two Letters from William Hayton, Esqr; of Clarkenwel, and the Author's Answer concerning the Propagating of Wheat and Rye in Northumberland. Also an Estimate of the Loss and Profit of Crops for one Year. IV. Of Natural and Artificial Grasses, being Remarks on a late Author's Writings on Trefoyl, Clover, St. Foyne, Lucern, Rye-Grass and Cow grass. Also a method how to save the Seed of Lucern. V. Of Blights and Blasts, their Origin and Nature, their Mischiefs and Preventions. VI. Of Ploughing in general, being a full Explanation of broad Land-Ploughing, Bouting up, Thoroughing down, four Thoroughing, Hacking or Combing; also the Vale way or Ridging up and Casting down: With Descriptions and Dimensions of the Wheel Ploughs, also of the Foot, Creeper, Kentish, Newmarket, and a new invented light Plough that does almost double work with the same Horses that draws a single one. Vii. Of Sowing in general. Viii. Of Seeds, and to know the Good from the Bad. IX. Of Weeds in general, their Mischiefs and Cures. X. Of an Invaluable Liquor never before published to steep Grain in for Sowing. XI. Of a new Method of Horse-Hoeing, its Advantages and Disadvantages. XII. Of Turneps, and how to save them from the Slug, Fly and Caterpillar. XIII. Salt, its several uses on Ploughed and Sward grounds, and of the Quantities that may be necessarily consumed in one Year, by a fifty Pound a Year Farmer. XIV. Of Manures in general, their Nature and Uses on proper Soils, &c.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: M,DCC,LXV. [1765]- Books
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The practice of farming and husbandry in all sorts of soils, according to the latest improvements, very useful for all landlords and tenants, of Ploughed, Grass, or Wood Lands, containing, I. The Nature and Improvement of the four Clays, four Loams, four Gravels, four Chalks and three Sands, with an Account of the Nature and Use of Stones in the common Fields. II. The Nature and Improvement of the Oak, shewing seven several ways to obtain a Wood thereof, also of the Beech, the manner of extracting its Sap after three different Methods for its long duration. The Ash, Elm, Witch-Elm, Horn-Beam, Maple, Lime, Sycamore, Horse and sweet Chesnut, Walnut, Hazel. White-Older, and the Case of the Black-Cherry. And also of the Asp, Sallow, Poplar, Alder, and other Aquaticks. III. Of the excellency of the Whitelamas-Wheat, and all other Wheats, Barley, Rye, Oats, Peas, Beans, Thetches and Tills, with a Copy of two Letters from William Hayton Esqr; of Clarkenwel, and the Author's Answer concerning the Propagating of Wheat and Rye in Northumberland. Also an Estimate of the Loss and Profit of Crops for the Year 1732. IV. Of Natural and Artificial Grasses, being Remarks on a late Author's Writings on Trefoyl, Clover, St. Foyne, Lucern, Rye-Grass and Cow grass. Also a method how to save the difficult Seed of Lucern. V. Of Blights and Blasts, their Origin and Nature, their Mischiefs and Preventions. VI. Of Ploughing in general, being a full Explanation of broad Land ploughing, Bouting up, Thoroughing down, four Thoroughing, Hacking or Combing; also the Vale way or Ridging up and Casting down: With Descriptions and Dimensions of the Wheel Ploughs; also of the Foot, Creeper, Kentish, Newmaker, and a new invented light Plough that does almost double work with the same Horses that draws a single one. VII. Of Sowing in general. VIII. Of Seeds, and to know the Good from the Bad. IX. Of Weeds in general, their Mischiefs and Cures. X. Of an Invaluable Liquor never before published, to steep Grain in for Sowing. XI. Of a new Method of Horse-Hoeing its Advantages and Disadvantages. XII. Of Turneps, and how to save them from the Slug, Fly and Caterpillar. XIII. Salt, its several uses on Ploughed and Sward grounds, and of the Quantities that may be necessarily consumed in one Year, by a fifty Pound a Year Farmer. XIV. Of Manures in general, their Nature and Uses on proper Soils, &c.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: M.DCC.XXXV. [1735]- Ephemera
I am a Cox's D.D.T. parrot : perch me in your room and I will kill all those flies / [James Cox & Co.].
James Cox & Co.Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Archives and manuscripts
Bateson, William
Date: 1889-1905Reference: GALTON/3/3/2/6Part of: Galton Papers- Ephemera
I am a Cox's D.D.T. parrot : perch me in your room and I will kill all those flies : this is a genuine Cox's D.D.T. parrot / James Cox & Co.
James Cox & Co.Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Digital Images
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Famine Relief Herbal (1593): Adsuki bean
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Bencao Gangmu -- C.16 Chinese materia medica, Bezoars, etc.
Li Jianyuan (Ming period, 1368-1644)- Archives and manuscripts
Pearson, Karl
Date: 1893-1910Reference: GALTON/3/3/16/9Part of: Galton Papers