Stories
- Article
Between two summers
As Michael Malay tends his allotment, absorbing all the sensations of his surroundings, he finds the repetition of work calms the mind.
- Article
Beyond a green carpet
Plant ecologist Sara Middleton explores the amazing symbiotic relationships between the species that make up grasslands, and considers their future as rain becomes more scarce.
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The hell of hay fever
After years suffering in silence, David Jesudason finds speaking out about his pollen allergy gives him hope for a future where his hay-fever symptoms are under control.
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Searching for a place to call home
Wherever she’s lived, Tanya Perdikou has rarely felt at home, and numerous moves have perpetuated a sense of disconnection. But signs from nature offer powerful moments of connection.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Wild Flowers, Grasses and Mosses
Date: c1884Reference: GALTON/2/5/5/3Part of: Galton Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Supplementary volume of Grasses, Mosses, Fungi. All drawn by hand from living specimens.
Date: 1904-1908Reference: MS.1906Part of: Crawshay, Lionel Henry de Barri (1882-1917)- Books
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Cabbage and clover husbandry. Description of, and directions for cultivating several curious plants not generally known in England. Particularly Hungarian clover, Swedish cabbage, Several New Grasses, &c. Which will be of the greatest Benefit to the Agriculture of Great Britain and Ireland.
Date: [1775?]- Books
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The farmer's kalendar; or, a monthly directory for all sorts of country business: containing, plain instructions for performing the work of various kinds of farms, in every season of the year. Respecting Particularly The buying, feeding, and selling Live Stock. The whole Culture of Arable Crops. The Management of Grasses. The oeconomical Conduct of the Farm, &c. By an experienced farmer.
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXXI. [1771]- Books
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The farmer's kalendar; or, a monthly directory for all sorts of country business: containing, plain instructions for performing the work of various kinds of farms, in every season of the year, Respecting Particularly The buying, feeding, and selling Live Stock. The whole Culture of Arable Crops. The Management of Grasses. The oeconomical Conduct of the Farm, &c. By an experienced farmer, second edition, greatly enlarged and improved.
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]