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Evesham Journal 1974-1975 - Old Cottage Garden Flowers and Best Gardens series and a few miscellaneous articles

Description

Folder containing articles primarily by R W Sidwell for The Evesham Journal, stuck on sheets of scrap paper. The articles are mainly in the Old Cottage Garden Flowers (1974-1975) and Best Gardens (1974) series. Old Cottage Garden Flowers: (i) A variety of perfumes; (ii) The hellebores; (iii) The other gilloflowers; (iv) Monkshood, the poisonous beauty; (v) Old cottage garden flowers; (vi) The double red paeony; (vii) Edging of knots; (viii) The gladiolus; (ix) Bears' Ears; (x) This is the original naked lady; (xi) Chrysanthemums; (xii) The Amaranths; (xiii) A selection of common annuals; (xiv) Buttercups and daisies; (xv) Gilloflowers; (xvi) The flower of the Madonna; (xvii) A quartet of laurels; (xviii) The hyacinths; (xix) The daffodils; (xx) The lobelias. Best Gardens: (xxi) Rousham House; (xxii) Compton Wynyates; (xxiii) Fairlawns, Bishop’s Cleeve; (xxiv) The Priory, Kemerton; (xxv) Wines from garden and hedgerow; (xxvi) Topiary at Packwood House; (xxvii) Kiftsgate Court; (xxviii) Spetchley Park; (xxix) Labour-saving, money-saving; (xxx) Shakespeare gardens; (xxxi) Hidcote, one man’s creation; (xxxii) Upton House; (xxxiii) Orchard Cottage, Gretton; (xxxiv) Pusey House. Also contains: (xxxv) R W Sidwell’s scheme to regain the lost 1000 acres; (xxxvi) The onion goes to war; (xxxvii) The decimal system in horticulture; (xxxviii) Pollution, the risks in horticulture; (xxxix) Looking back, Market prices over the years, 1897-1966; (xl) A History of Evesham Horticulture, mid-19th century developments and experiments at Evesham; (xli) Changing fashion in vegetables; (xlii) Looking back, Market prices of the century, 1914-1973. It also contains: (xliii) Let me tell you a tale of the Wild Service Tree by Eric James; (xliv) The City of Change … from Coventry Evening Telegraph, 24th March 1973.

Year created
1974-1975
Publication Date/Date Made
1974-1975
Physical Characteristics (Dimensions)
23 cm x 35.5 cm
Physical Characteristics (Description)
Pink cardboard folder with press cuttings stuck on 44 sheets of foolscap
Donor or Creator of Records
Margaret Satchell
Provenance
Margaret Satchell was Ron Sidwell's neighbour and executor of his will
Nature of Acquisition
Gift
Accession Date
2010
Access Conditions
Contact Archive Manager
Attached Documents
Reference
2405/RS/A/EJ/X