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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3
Brotherton Collection1
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gardening6
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agriculture2
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education2
food crops2
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Evelyn, John2
Baker, Mr1
Barry, Michael V (1935-)1
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
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Best, Clare1
Boisset, Caroline1
Burghess, Mr Harry1
Carter, Mr Albert1
Crook, Rosemary1

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Leaves from the garden : two centuries of garden writing

Best, Clare; Boisset, Caroline; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1987

Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-409) and index.

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The compleat gard'ner; or, Directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit-gardens and kitchen-gardens : with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry : In six books

La Quintinie, Jean de (1626-1688); Evelyn, John (1620-1706); La Quintinie, Jean de (1626-1688)

1693

"First edition of Evelyn's translation"--Hunt. "A treatise of orange-trees" formed part of the original French ed. of La Quintinie's Instruction (Paris, 1690); however "The raising of melons", with ...

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Sound Recording, Glamorgan

Crook, Rosemary

22 February 1980

Ceridwen Thomas offers recollections of her childhood in early twentieth century Treorchy - World War One, housework, gardening; also, childbirth; parental discipline; miners' strikes; Rhondda cake; S...

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Of gardens : Four books first written in Latine verse by Renatus Rapinus, and now made English by J.E

Rapin, René (1621-1687); Evelyn, John (1655-1699)

1673

A translation of: Hortorum. Printers' names from Wing CD. One of three imprint variants of this edition; the other two are dated 1672. Keynes calls for an errata leaf inserted between Q7-8. The ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1975

[Collector announcement]; George Green, recorded in Haddenham on the 28 July 1975. A second male is also present, who asks some questions and provides general information. Talk of a local tale teller;...

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Sound Recordings, West Sussex, Surrey, Berkshire and East Sussex

Barry, Michael V (1935-)

1959

[Collector announcement]; Harry Prior, recorded in East Harting (West Sussex) in June 1959; talks about Sussex farm waggons; harvesting and building a stack; thatching a haystack; local parkland; info...

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