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18-35386m_speechly letter

 Letter from William Speechly, Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, to the, 3rd Duke of Portland, 4 May 1772 (Ref: Pw F 8444)

Hand drawn sectional diagram of the peach frame with mathematical workings out underneathHandwritten list of the common English names of plantsPrinted card for C Knuck, Gardner and Florist, PaddingtonNewspaper advertFemale student with a hosepipe watering the tomato plantsLong path in the greenhouse between tall cucumber with two male students tending themPrinted weekly timetable for lectures and lab classes in different subjectsDig for victory poster of a basket of vegetables that grow well in the UK (carrot, cabbage, potatoes etc) on a yellow background