Holywell Hall Horticultural Papers

Collection Items

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  Method of producing grapes in a common cucumber frame ...

  Written description for growing grapes on a cucumber frame together with an illustration of the frame.
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  List of flowering shrubs

  A list of flowering shrubs presumably for Holywell Hall, Lincolnshire, England created by Mr. Wright. Check marks next to some of the items may suggest these were obtained for the property.

  Thomas Wright of Durham was an astronomer, architect, instrument maker, gardener and architect who was known to have been involved with the gardens at Holywell Hall.

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  Geometric pattern for a trellis[?]

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  List of plants ordered by Samuel Reynardson from Christopher Gray for Holywell Hall in 1763

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  List of plants and hardy shrubs at Holywell Hall in 1764

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  Compost for orange trees

  A recipe for compost attributed to Mr. Belton and dated 1815.
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  Plantations and alterations at Holywell, 1811-1829

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  List of evergreen shrubs, perennial plants, and trees at Holywell Hall

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  Diagram for the construction of a pedestal

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  Numbered list of plants and notes on their care

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  Shrubs &c in Holywell Garden

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  The properties which constitute a good Auricula

  A detailed account of the properties which make for a good auricula. The text is taken from an entry in John Dicks's A New Gardener's Dictionary ... London : 1769.
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  Frame for a pit for early grapes

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  Table of shrubs & ever greens, in Holywll Garden, 1761

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  The dimensions of the vine pit

  Description of the dimensions and use of a vine pit for the growing of grapes. The description is attributed to Mr. Puller of Woodford, Essex County, England .
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  By God's permission, a sure and certain method to prevent the blights in fruit-trees against the walls