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Tag: timeline pre 1836

12 August 1809

August 12, 1809 JamesAkers

Carnations and Gooseberries too.

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Posted in: Newspaper Reports, Timeline, Wakefield Florists Society Filed under: timeline pre 1836

24 April 1809

April 24, 1809 JamesAkers

This show is believed to be the third annual Auricula and Polyanthus show held by the Wakefield Florists Society at…

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2 May 1808

May 2, 1808 JamesAkers

This show is believed to be the second Auricula and Polyanthus show held by the Wakefield Florists Society at the…

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17 August 1807

August 17, 1807 JamesAkers

In the first year of its formation the new Society held a second show. this time for Carnations. There were…

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27 April 1807

April 1, 1807 JamesAkers

A meeting recorded in the Wakefield Star newspaper of 1 May 1807 is believed to be the first meeting of…

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Tulipomania 1633-1637

January 1, 1633 Noel Akers

…prices for some bulbs of the recently introduced and fashionable tulip reached extraordinarily high levels…

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