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Author: JamesAkers

Comparison of Shows

September 2, 2021 JamesAkers

In 1882 the Annual Show of the Wakefield Amateur Tulip Society was attended by several of the nobility of the…

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Sam Barlow Article

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This beautiful pen and Ink sketch appears in an article in the Florist and Pomologist of July 1883 immediately after…

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Sam Barlow Obituary

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Shows 1908-

August 28, 2021 JamesAkers

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Rory McEwen – a newly named flower

March 25, 2016 JamesAkers

On 28 December 2002 the Secretary James L Akers wrote to the widow of Rory McEwen informing her that he…

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Rory McEwen – a new Society Letterhead

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On 3 June 1972 Rory McEwen wrote to the Secretary deploring the fact that although he was a Patron of…

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Rory McEwen – A painting in the White House

March 23, 2016 JamesAkers

In the first two months of 1963 there was a brief interchange of letters between Rory McEwen and the Secretary…

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Rory McEwen – the first contacts

March 22, 2016 JamesAkers

It has been said that Rory McEwen was the finest British botanical artist of the Twentieth Century. There certainly has…

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Edward Hudson Schofield

February 20, 2016 JamesAkers

Although probably never an exhibitor at Wakefield, E H Schofield judged the Annual show on a number of occasions, notably…

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Jeremiah Netherwood

June 30, 2015 JamesAkers

Jeremiah Netherwood was associated with the Society for 50 years. He exhibited at the 1876 show, when living in Warrengate,…

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