Amateur Gardening – 20 July 2019

46 AMATEUR GARDENING 20 JULY 2019

THE cheerful

yellow spring

genista

brooms

have

given

their

name to

the longest

line of kings

in English

history. Count

Geoffrey of Anjou, father of King Henry

II, used to wear a sprig of genista broom

in his helmet. In Latin, the plant was

known as planta genista, and this

turned into the royal name ‘Plantagenet’.

Henry II came to the throne in 1154,

and the last Plantagenet king, Richard III

(pictured), came to his sticky end at the

Battle of Bosworth in 1485, almost 330

years later.

Planta genista!

Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke

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TI Media Ltd, publisher of Amateur Gardening will collect your personal information

solely to process your competition entry.

HOW TO ENTER:Enter this week’s keyword on the entry form,

and send it to AG Word Search No 476, Amateur Gardening,

Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14

7BF, to arrive by Wednesday 31 July 2019. The first correct

entry chosen at random will win our £30 cash prize.

No:

Word search^476

This word search comprises

words associated with brooms.

They are listed below; in the

grid they may be read across,

backwards, up, down or

diagonally. Letters may be

shared between words.

Erroneous or duplicate words

may appear in the grid, but

there is only one correct

solution. After the listed words

are found, there are 10 letters

remaining; arrange these to

make this week’s KEYWORD.

BROOM

CREAM

CYTISUS

GENISTA

LABURNUM

LEAFLESS

ORANGE

PEA

PINEAPPLE

PINK

PROSTRATE

RED

SHRUB

SPARTIUM

TALL

YELLOW

Historical Gardening Event

Of The Week:19 July 1907

ON this day Sir John Lubbock (Lord

Avebury), who we have to thank for

introducing us to Bank Holidays,

officially opened a Laboratory

Building at the RHS Garden at

Wisley, Surrey. But it was quickly

realised that it wasn’t big enough to

handle all the horticultural science

of the modern age (identification of

plants, pests and diseases, along

with research and garden design).

So, just as the First World War

was starting, architects drew up

plans for a much grander affair, in

the Arts and Crafts style and

strongly influenced by Elizabethan

architecture, as well as that of

surrounding buildings in Surrey.

This resulted in the Laboratory

building we know today (see above).

Although it looks as though it has

stepped right out of Tudor England,

it is actually a 20th century copy!

Word search

This word search comprises

WIN

£30

cheerful

yellow spring

line of kings

history. Count

Richard Everitt NP

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How to enter

Send your name and address on the back of a postcard to Miracle-Gro

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to ag_ [email protected], heading the email Miracle-Gro Ericaceous

Draw (20 July). The closing date is 26 July 2019.

THE

yellow spring

given

their

name to

the longest

Planta genista!

Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke