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Notebooks
7 · Series · 1982-1997
Part of Julie Johnston fonds

This series consists of notebooks maintained by Johnston recording her daily activities with friends and family and experiences throughout her writing career.
Notes and papers relating to Augusta Houston's (Stewart Bagnani's mother's) employment as an under gardener at the Glass Department, Eton, Windsor
97-003/002(01) · File · 1917-1920
Part of Gilbert and Stewart Bagnani fonds. 1997 additions

Folder includes the following:

  • Letters, 1919-1920, written to Augusta from government agencies and agricultural companies re medicinal plants
  • Booklet with title "Old English Herbs from the Olitory at Stonehurst, Shanty Bay, Ontario, Canada" (contains uses of herbs, and recipes)
  • Augusta's diary, January 24 - February 5 1918, Eton, Windsor (9 pages of entries), mentions her work at the Royal Gardens at Frogmore; also, 1 page in book with title "Bees: Preventing of Swarming" Inserted loosely in the diary are the following: - "Particulars of Under Gardener's Post in Glass Department at Bryanston" - The Gardener: A Practical Journal for all interested in Gardening, July 13 1918 issue (published in London) - Miscellaneous papers
  • Envelope with title "Garden items" with newspaper articles, etc. relating to gardening; also, letter dated 1917 to Augusta from Winifred Lewis, Canadian Convalescent Hospital, Roehampton, re a joint "enterprise" they are considering
  • Handwritten notes on pruning, fruit trees, grafting, bees, melons, water, pears (dated 1917)