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Monty Don, the television plantsman, asked this week: “When did the term horticulturalist replace gardener? And why?” He may well ask, for he has put his green finger on a trend that goes far beyond the herbaceous border.
HER ancestors came from right across the social spectrum. But Kate Middleton had one forebear whose spirit of adventure and tempestuous love life trumped the lot of them.
The Library holds a unique collection of material associated with Sir Hans Sloane, including correspondence, books written by and about him, and his original collection accession registers.