The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . THE SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1881. The Queens Seedsmen, aid by Special Warrant the Piinoe of Wales, READING, BERKS. A GRATEFUL RECORD. IN an unpviblished work of AlexanderNcchams in the Brilish Museum, there aresome curious details relating to the stale of gar-dening in the good old times. Nfcham, it willbe remembered, was Master of (he St. AlbansGrammar School, and died Abbot of Cirencesterin 1217. In gratitude to him and other patriots who,in the medi;cval period, added to our gardenproducts, or
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . THE SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1881. The Queens Seedsmen, aid by Special Warrant the Piinoe of Wales, READING, BERKS. A GRATEFUL RECORD. IN an unpviblished work of AlexanderNcchams in the Brilish Museum, there aresome curious details relating to the stale of gar-dening in the good old times. Nfcham, it willbe remembered, was Master of (he St. AlbansGrammar School, and died Abbot of Cirencesterin 1217. In gratitude to him and other patriots who,in the medi;cval period, added to our gardenproducts, or otherwise concerned themselves withhorticulture, we will here record some of theresults of their labours. The only aboriginalBritish fruits were hips and haws and a fewothers ; the rest were imported. Nechammentions, among those which grew in thegardens of his day. Cherries, Mulberries,Pears, Apples, Chestnuts, Figs, Almonds,and Peaches. There were Quinces soon afterNecham, perhaps before. We need hardlysay that the Vine grew at St. Albans, andhad flourished at Cirencester since the Roma
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