Portfolio of pressed plants for Landscape and Vegetation assessment. By Jenny Boyer dated October 1996 for Plant Materials - 2, taken by Michael Looker. Handmade heavy cardboard portfolio containing 8 separate sheets of pressed plants protected by tissue paper. For assessment for subject Plant Materials 2, taught by Michael Looker. By Jenny Boyer dated October 1996 University of Melbourne Burnley College Plant Materials 2 - Michael Looker Landscape and Vegetation Assessment ROTARY PARK ST KILDA Jenny Boyer October 1996jenny boyer, michael looker, landscape and vegetation assessement, pressed plants, plant collection

(2) Newspaper page of a colour-touched-up photo of a student, pasted to one side of a sheet of paper, with the caption: "A student of the Burnley Horticultural School at Melbourne's Garden Week." (1) Pasted on the other side of the paper is a newspaper cutting from The Sun, 26 May, 1930. It is a photo of two men with a motor cultivator, with the caption: "Motor cultivator tests at Burnley were supervised yesterday by Mr H. Mullett (right), Superintendent of Agriculture. The other man appears to be the Principal, A. W. Jessep.This petrol novelty makes short work of small-scale farming."garden week 1930, dahlias, machinery, motor cultivator, h mullett, superintendent of agriculture, orchard

Student course work from 1972 - an insect collection of 13 Orders from Victoria with class notes detailing killing methods of the era.Collected by BHC student Joanne Morris in 1972 from areas in greater Melbourne, Carrum, Cheltenham, Burnley, Eltham, Mildura, Clayton, Malvern and Ormond. Some from Mildura and Flinders. (1) Insects mounted with pins and hand written labels (Order, Family, Collected date and area). Two wooden boxes with slide in glass lids hand made by the student. (2) Folio of instruction notes, "Burnley College of Horticulture Entomology The Insect Collection." Directions on catching/collecting, killing, spreading and mounting the insects. However the catching part is not included.Box 1 contains name of Student JOANNE MORRIS - with each specimen having a handwritten label. ORDER BLATTARIA (3 specimens) ORDER COLEOPTERA (26 specimens) ORDER DERMAPTERA (1 specimen) ORDER DIPTERA (6 specimens) ORDER HEMIPTERA (11 specimens) ORDER HYMENOPTERA (12 specimens) Box 2 contains ORDER LEPIDOPTERA (25 specimens) ORDER MANTIDA (1 specimen) ORDER ORTHOPTERA (6 specimens) ORDER ODONATA (2 specimens) ORDER PLANIPENNIA (1 specimen), PHASMIDA (No Order label) (1 specimen) ORDER THYSANURA (1 specimen) (2) Folio called Entomology: The Insect Collection KILLING, KILLING BOTTLES, SPREADING AND THE SPREADING BOARD, RELAXING, MOUNTING and REARING information as class notes typed and roneoed on 3 x single sided foolscap sheets.insects, joanne morris, student collection, burnley horticultural college, preserved insects

the college of horticulture, the school of dairy, longerenong, the gavin gibson memorial laboratory, dookie agricultural college, dept of agriculture

Photocopy of picture in "The Argus" 16 July, 1953. with caption, "Pest control is an essential part of the training at Burnley School of Horticulture. Here Joan Fitzgerald (1953) sprays a bed of cauliflowers with an anti-insect powder." Part of article on Careers for Girls.female students, careers for girls, pest control, joan fitzgerald, cauliflowers, anti-insect powder, orchard

Colour photocopy of picture in "The Argus" 16 July, 1953. with caption, "Horticulturalists are always hoping to improve a species of flower by crossing it with another. Anne Sheldon (1953) is pollenising (sic) a cyclamen in the glass house at Burnley." Part of article on Careers for Girls.female students, careers for girls, glasshouse, anne sheldon, pollination, cyclamen

jenny happell, sandra pullman, ulmus procera, english elm, charles la trobe, megan backhouse

ornamental garden, i requini, laboratory assistant, dept of agriculture

Alan L. Mitchell graduated in 1935. Some of the pictures were taken while he was a student in 1934 and others in 1956 and 1965. He gathered the collection for a presentation he made about Burnley in 1967. And donated it to the Archives in 1990 for the 1991 Centenary.Box of slides in colour and black and white. Handwritten short history of the Gardens and College and a typed transcript with extra information. Also an extra slide donated in 1997 with accompanying letter and description. Also DVD and printed photographs added later. Handwritten description of each slide.alan l. mitchell, burnley gardens, entrance sign, early uniforms, plant research institute/laboratory, administration building, canteen, hilda kirkhope rockery, garden views, students working outside, t h kneen, luffmann ponds, old nursery, potting sheds, orchard border, rubbish tip, e e pescott

Black and white photograph. ABC direct television broadcast from Burnley College. Bill Nicholls (Field Superintendent) being interviewed for, "Town & Country" programme which was broadcast each Monday at 9.00 pm Taken from the roof of the Administration Building.On reverse, "December 2 1958 ABC Direct TV of B.H.C.," and, "Photograph by Publicity Branch Victorian Department of Agriculture Ref. No. c.1137A."abc, television, broadcast, burnley college, bill nicholls, field superintendent, town & country, publicity, administration building

Large photograph of A.J. Tucker née Glascodine (1933) attached to backing board. Possibly taken when she was a student at Burnley. She gave it to the Archives for the 1991 Centenary Celebrations. Also see B94.678(a) her Report Card, (c) Reminiscences. land girl, female students, alice j. tucker (née glascodine)

Black and white photograph. Administration Building: Part of driveway to Principal's Residence in foreground. 1. Mounted on board. 2.Framed enlargement with Plaque attached "Burnley School of Horticulture 1962 Presented to the Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture by the Department of Agriculture, Victoria"administration building, driveway, burnley gardens, department of agriculture

8 colour photographs demonstrating irrigation. (1-2) The tap connection. (3-5) Portable sprinkler. (6-8) 2 people installing an irrigation system in the Burnley Gardens. Probably Michele Adler (Staff) and Julie Ann Webster (Student)irrigation, tap connection, portable sprinkler, students, burnley gardens, julie ann webster

Colour photographs. (1-2) Exhibition Gardens April 2002 MIF & G Show Burnley Stand. " John Rayner. (3) Exhibition Gardens April 2002 MIF & G Show "Tree Stress & Senescence" sign. (4-5,8) Exhibition Gardens MIFG Show April 2002 Burnley Stand "Tree Roots." (6-7) "Exhibition Gardens MIFG Show April 2002 Burnley Stand." (9-10) View Luffmann Ponds to Administration Building. (11) View to Shady Walk. (12) View to Administration Building. (13-14) Entrance to Rose Garden looking through Rose Arbour. (15) Rose Garden. (16-17) Garden view. (18) Azalea Lawn Tree Gardenia. (19) Azalea Lawn. (200 Path Shady Walk to Field Station. (21-21a) Sunken Garden. (22) View Shady Walk to Administration Building. (23-24) Herb Garden. exhibition gardens, burnley stand, john rayner, luffmann ponds, administration building, shady walk, rose garden, rose arbour, garden views, azalea lawn, tree gardenia, field station, sunken garden, herb garden, sandi pullman, sandra pullman, lily ponds, melbourne international flower and garden show

Black and white photographs of various sizes pasted on cardboard for display purposes. Some annotated. (1) (2) Difference between leaf and fruit buds. (3) "The 'rod' or whip is most suitable plant to commence training." (4) Planted and pruned fruit tree. "School of Horticulture and Primary Agriculture Burnley B. 1 " stamped on reverse. (5) "Pear Tree-Unpruned (1) June." (6) "Same Pear Tree-Pruned (2) June." (7) Young unpruned "William bon Chretien". Reverse, Burnley Stamp. (8) Same tree pruned. Reverse, Burnley Stamp. (9) Unpruned pear tree. (10) "Narrabben" plum before inserting branch spreaders. (11) With branch spreaders. (12) Close up of some of its branches without spreaders. (13) Close up of branch with seaders. (14) Plum tree with spreaders. (16) Close up of fruiting spurs. (17) "Apple Blossom Oct. Reverse, p 163(Oct." )(18) Same photograph enlarged. (20) Close up of fruiting buds. (21) Old unpruned apricot tree. (22) "Unpruned branch of apricot tree." (23) Close up of apricot branch. (24) "Same branch-apricot-pruned June Reverse, p99 (June)."(25) Pruned branch stump of mature fruit tree.(26) "Clean saw cuts with sharp knife." (27) "Treat all large wounds on trees to avoid infection by wood rotting fungus." (28) "Apply coating of lead paint or grafting mastic." (29) "Branch of lemon-unpruned Aug. Reverse, p157 (Sept.)." (30) "Same branch of lemon-pruned Aug. Reverse, p 157 Aug."(31) "Young climbing rose-ready for planting-July." (32, 33) Grape vine before pruning. (34) Same vine pruned and trained. (35) Older vine pruned.fruit bud, rod, whip, school of horticulture and primary agriculture, burnley, pear tree, spreaders, plum tree, apricot tree, fungus, lead paint, lemon, roses, grape vine, leaf bud, training, fruiting spurs, apple blossom, grafting mastic, teaching, a w jessep

Two newspaper cuttings pasted onto a sheet of paper. (1) "Golden fruit - girl students at the Burnley Horticultural College gathering a fine crop of oranges in the orchard." in The Argus, 16th July 1931.(2) student examining some blossom, with the caption: "Searching for thrips: the thrips menace has made its appearance again on fruit blossom in some districts of Victoria. This photograph, taken today at the Burnley Horticultural School, shows one of the girl students with a magnifying glass looking for the minute insects. A few isolated thrips have been discovered on the buds of some of the trees at the school."female students, oranges, thrips, students working outside, fruit, orchard, field station, blossom

Photographs in "The Australasian," February 18th, 1899 and a short piece, "Horticulture for Ladies." (1) "Horticulture for Ladies: Students at the School of Horticulture Burnley." Women standing and seated outside the Pavilion, including Mrs. Luffmann. (2) "Mrs. Luffman arranging committees." Mrs. Luffmann and 4 women outside the Pavilion. (3) "Mr. Luffman giving a lesson in prune-drying." (4) A cartoon, 'Trumped. Santa Claus (paralysed). - "Great Heavens! The girls have hung up their bloomers." - (Harper's Weekly.") (5) "A weighty crop: Beurre-de-Capiaumont pear tree in the School of Horticulture grounds, Burnley."australasian, female students, charles bogue luffman, harper's weekly, luffmann, mrs luffman, pavillion, prune drying, cartoon, pear tree, orchard, horticulture for ladies, 1899 year group

Miss Agnes O. Armstrong graduated in 1937. The Sun News - Pictorial, November 21, 1936 with photograph with the caption: "Miss Agnes Armstrong driving a mower in harvest work at Burnley Horticultural Gardens, yesterday." She is holding a double thickness of cord in each hand (reins?). The mower may be pulled by a horse. agnes o. armstrong, female students, students working outside, mowing, horses