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1903–1982 England
Miles Heywood Hadfield (15 October 1903 – 31 March 1982) was an English writer and illustrator of articles and books on gardening. In 1962 he was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Veitch Memorial Medal.
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Nathaniel Ward was a doctor, a self-sacrificing man who lived and practised in Welclose Square not far from the London Docks. In spite of the grimy surroundings of his home, he was an ardent naturalist.
Pioneers in Gardening (1955)
Artificial stones enabled 'sculpture', ornaments, and fountains to be produced cheaply in quantity; Felix Austin of the Artificial Stone Works, New Road, Regent's Park, offered a range of fountains, all designed in the best taste.
Gardening in Britain (1960)
At one time trees were pollarded, principally to provide fuel. Such are the famous Burnham beeches, ... pollarded from about 1500 to 1820, when the use of coal became general; such, too are the numerous pollards in Epping Forest.