Loddiges of Hackney. The largest hothouse in the world
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- Author(s) Solman, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1995
- Pages 96pp; illus
- Publisher Hackney Society
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Narrative account. Chapters include: 'Origins and early years of Loddiges Nursery'; 'Loddiges' Paradise Field Nursery, 1787-1816'; 'The Hackney Botannic Nursery Garden, 1816-49'; 'The Botanical Cabinet, 1817-33'; 'Trees and plants for vfamous parks and gardens'; 'Geirge Loddiges' scientific interests'; 'The years of closure, 1850-54, and after'. Family tree descending from Casper B Loddiges, c1694-1770