Holywell Hall horticultural papers(ca. 1760–1829 [1770])

MS 1977.2
Microfilm: M-1317.1
21 items

Notes and information gathered by the owner or caretaker of Holywell Hall, Lincolnshire, England, concerning the creation and care of gardens and vineyards. Also includes lists of flowering shrubs, evergreens, perennial plants, and trees; directions for composting orange trees; methods of wood preservation; properties of the “Auricula;” and hand-drawn maps of the Holywell estate.

Names appearing in the collection include Mssrs. Knight, Wright, Reynardson, Belton, Pochin, Emphingham Heath, Pullen, and William Gozna, together with the firm of Lee & Kennedy.

Inventory

Date	Description
Folder 1
n.d.	Directions for construction of grape vine framing.
1760	List of flowering shrubs. Mr. Wright.
n.d.	Geometric pattern [a trellis?].
1763	List of plants ordered. Mr. Reynardson.
1764	List of plants and “hardy shrubs.” Lee and Kennedy.
1815	Directions for making Orange Tree Compost. Belton.
1811–1829	Memorandum. Plantations and alterations at “Holywele.”
n.d.	List of evergreen shrubs, perennial plants, and trees.
ca. 1768	Methods of wood preservation and three compositions “impenetrable to water.” 1X Oversize.
n.d.	Diagram for construction of a truncated pyramid.
n.d.	Numbered list of plants and notes on their care. Incomplete.
n.d.	Shrubage in Holywell Gardens.
n.d.	“The Properties which constitute a good Auricula.”
n.d.	“Frame for a Pit for Early Grapes.” Mr. Pullen.
n.d.	List of shrubs, evergreens, and trees.
Folder 2
n.d.	Map of Holywell. Hand-drawn, 25 x 50.5 cm. 2X Oversize.
n.d.	Map of Holywell. Hand-drawn, 13 x 32 cm. 1X Oversize.
n.d.	Map of Holywell. Hand-drawn, 30 x 48 cm. 2X Oversize.
n.d.	Dimensions for a vine pit. Mr. Pullen.
n.d.	Prevention of fruit-tree blight. A broadside printed by William Gozna.
n.d.	Various notes and diagrams. (On the pasted-down endsheet). 1X Oversize.

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