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Total number of records: 360

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Record typeCount
Books and printed items259
Archives101

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture95
Brotherton Collection27
Cookery Collection26
Leeds Russian Archive18
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society10
English Literature5
Herbert Read Collection3
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
plants140
nature95
culture53
occupations47
botany43
community life42
implements, utensils etc34
manners and customs33
plants, fossil27
folklore24

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Great Britain6
St. Anne'S-On-The-Sea (England)4
England2
South America2
Bramhope (England)1
Earth (Planet)1
Europe1
France1
Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies1
Guam1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)26
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)16
Outhwaite, T. G.14
Petch, T12
Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)10
Seward, A C (1863-1941)8
Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)7
Blades, Jim6
Hales, Stephen (1677-1761)6
Lindley, John (1799-1865)5

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From 170019
From 180086
From 1900235
From 20005

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Up to 189983
Up to 1999234
Up to latest9

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The movements and habits of climbing plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1875

"This essay first appeared in the ninth volume of the Journal of the Linnean Society, published in 1865."--Pref.

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Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom

Oliver, Daniel (1830-1916); Fitch, W H (1817-1892)

1874

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Illustrations of the principal natural orders of the vegetable kingdom

Oliver, Daniel (1830-1916); Fitch, W H (1817-1892)

1874

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Insectivorous plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1875

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The power of movement in plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Darwin, Sir Francis (1848-1925)

1880

Includes index.

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Insectivorous plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)

1875

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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The power of movement in plants

Darwin, Charles (1809-1882); Darwin, Sir Francis (1848-1925)

1880

Includes index.

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Thyme and bergamot

Sandeman, Christopher; O'Connor, John (1913-)

1947

"The decorations of this books are wood engravings by John O'Connor after various originals chosen by the author".

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On the present state of our knowledge of the geography of British plants

Baker, John Gilbert (1834-1920)

1883

Reprinted from the Naturalist for April & May, 1883.

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Exotic garden plants in the Channel Islands

Pivert, Janine Le; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

2007

Includes index.

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Bulbs

Bryan, John E (1931-); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

[1992]

"Based on the Good housekeeping illustrated encyclopedia of gardening"--Page 191.

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