tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post2096861020561389604..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Engineering and wineberries, by Leslie WilsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-16703530847715924762015-08-30T17:34:57.744+01:002015-08-30T17:34:57.744+01:00Oh! That's interesting. I haven't seen the...Oh! That's interesting. I haven't seen them wall-trained, but they would probably do very well like that. That is before the '70s, anyway.. I do think the introduction of plants is a fascinating thing. Every time my winter flowering honeysuckle is in bloom, I think of how Robert Fortune brought its ancestor back in the 1840s, in a sailing ship..and there are so many other plants. The whole history of plant collection is a function of exploration, colonialism, and the expansion of trade - and in some cases - where whole forests were destroyed so that orchid collectors could be the only suppliers of a particular orchid - a very dark aspect of human nature..Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-65733419197160988462015-08-29T12:59:30.965+01:002015-08-29T12:59:30.965+01:00I remember being on holiday in Cornwall approx 196...I remember being on holiday in Cornwall approx 1969 and the owners of the cottage inviting us to pick some of the Japanese wineberries that covered their garden wall. My keen gardening parents were very interested as they had never heard of them before that time.Spade and Daggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447641240079673493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-22886892289493630332015-08-23T19:35:03.623+01:002015-08-23T19:35:03.623+01:00Lucky her!Lucky her!Leslie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105465949970430998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-12429589893900358282015-08-23T10:08:51.426+01:002015-08-23T10:08:51.426+01:00Lovely! My daughter works in Stoke Bishop...Lovely! My daughter works in Stoke Bishop...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com