Historical information

Notes and lists compiled in a loose leaf binder of the Burnley Gardens perenials. Status and descriptions. Moving or destroying. Heights of trees Burnley recorded 25/5/1945 by surveyor.

Physical description

File of loose pages with handwritten and typescript notes in different writing. Some notes dated 1943/1944, 1911, 1939, 1941, 1945.
Lists of plants, including alphabetical list : roses (Total 1,364) with name, colour, type, ref. No. "Cannas on hand" planted 18 July 1939, July 1941, Peonies, Rhododendrons, Herbaceous Perennials 1943, Plants to be moved or destroyed on account of rebuilding signed EE Pescott dated 1911, and other notes of plants seen and desired in the garden. Name, height, colour, size, foliage colour, growing notes etc. Separate list by surveyor of heights of trees burnley 25/5/1945 - Sequoia sempervirens, pinus canariensis (near azaleas) etc

Inscriptions & markings

Hand written on front page. Crossed out ;Estimates Expenditure & Revenue' 'Votes & Estimates' CENSUS OF PLANTS IN BURNLEY GARDENS