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Gardening.- Knight (Edward, of Wolverley House, Worcestershire, family of ironmasters, 1734-1812) [Volume recording planting at Wolverley 1752-80], manuscript, 73pp. excluding blanks, 22pp. of geometrical exercises at end probably in another hand, slightly browned, original vellum, soiled and yellowed, covers a little splayed, sm. 4to, 1752-80. ⁂ A collection of lists of plants and trees planted at Wolverley, with detailed notes on where and when they were planted. Sometimes the originating nursery is noted. Notes also include fruit trees for the west wall and the borders, giving numbers of trees. In 1763 a list of trees and shrubs "Planted before the Rustic Buildings" consists of 64 separate plantings, among them Portugese laurels, Bay trees, Honeysuckles and Swedish Juniper.