A trade card published in October 1754 for an early version of the modern garden centre,established in Weybridge,Surrey by Henry Scott. A pineapple is shown growing in a pot in the foreground while the gardener – probably a portrait of Henry Scott himself – holds one aloft. The card boasts that Scott was able to cut ripe pinapples every week for 15 months. The garden was positioned to provide fruits,vegetables and plants twice weekly to London via canal boat. Scott also supplied garden tools,seeds,shrubs and house plants as well as building green houses. It was reported in 1760 that Henry Scott was arrested for stabbing James Buck of Weybridge and John Gale,the Constable of Weybridge,and was committed to the New Gaol in Southwark. Computer coloured engraving | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Parker, David |
Bildgröße: | 4744 px × 4728 px |
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