Plants and Flowers Gallery

Tulip picking, Lincolnshire AA98_09310

Fulney, Spalding, Lincolnshire. The tulip was introduced into Europe in the 16th century from Turkey and takes its name from the French word for turban. It became an important cash crop. Here two women remove the flower heads manually in order to promote bulb development. Photographed by Hallam Ashley in May 1951

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Agriculture in yellow and blue 24597_049

Wood Bevington Farm, Salford Priors, Warwickshire, SP057542. Aerial view. Polytunnels or linear cloches adjoining a flowering yellow crop. Modern agricultural practice can be striking and very colourful from the air

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Abstract, Aerial

Flower sellers CC97_00872

Flower sellers outside the Royal Exchange, City of London. These Victorian flower sellers are in a a prime location located by the Royal Exchange building of 1844 and in front of the statue of Wellington. One of them is pinning a buttonhole onto a man in a top hat. Photographed by York & Son 1870-1900

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