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The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens
(2002)  Page(s) 276.  
 
p276 Russell Wilfrid Grimwade ….Gardens at Miegunyah, his Toorak residence, and Westerfield, his country farm near Frankston……
….In 1920 Grimwade purchased Westerfield…….

p182. [an entry for a garden designer, Harold Desbrowe-Annear 1865-1933]. Three other gardens for houses designed by Desbrower-Annear (were) Mulberry Hill, Baxter (1926); Westerfield, Frankston (1924); and Fairview, Kew (1924)
(2002)  Page(s) 280.  
 
Michael Guilfoyle (1809-1884), Exotic Nursery [established 1851]. ..... Michael's son William - who referred to his father as 'generalissimo' -  claimed he was an exceedingly strict man treating his sons with spartan severity. 
(2002)  Page(s) 68.  
 
John Frederick Bailey (1866-1938) held the position of assistant to the Government Botanist for sixteen years before his appointment as curator of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens in 1905. J. F. Bailey collected widely throughout the state and contributed many articles to the Queensland Agricultural Journal.....J. F. Bailey was appointed as the Director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden in 1916... In 1932 he returned to Brisbane, where he died. .
(2002)  Page(s) 269.  
 
GOWRIE (nee POLLOK) Zara Eileen (1879-1965) Irish-born garden and kindergarten proponent, was wife of Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, later Baron Gowrie (1872-1955), who served as Governor of SA (1928-34) and NSW (1935-36), and Governor-General (1936-1945). Lady Gowrie thus resided in three Government Houses and Admiralty House, from where she promoted Red Cross activities, horticultural societies and shows, and horticulturists and garden designers (including Cornish and Burdett). She also contributed to Olive Mellor's The Garden Lovers' Log (1940), diplomatically praising gardens Australia-wide. David Jones.
(2002)  Page(s) 510.  
 
....After one show opening by Sir Henry Loch, the governor reportedly turned to the committee men and said, “Now where are the orchids?” ‘Ah’, exclaimed Roberts, ‘That’s the Governor we want’.
(2002)  Page(s) 85.  
 
Charles Bennett.(fl 1880-90s) landscape gardener and nursery proprietor, was apparently the son of well-known English rose-breeder Henry Bennett (1823-1890). He arrived in Sydney c1886 and by 1890 had established the Standard Nursery, Homebush. ....His Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Rose (1891), a modest but early Australian work on roses, elicited praise from ‘Mrs. Rolf Boldrewood’ in The Flower Garden in Australia (1893). RA.
(2002)  Page(s) 277.  
 
On the death of his [Russell Wilfred Grimwade] wife, Mabel Louise (nee Kelly) in 1973....
(2002)  
 
p85. Charles Bennett.(fl 1880-90s) landscape gardener and nursery proprietor, was apparently the son of well-known English rose-breeder Henry Bennett (1823-1890). He arrived in Sydney c1886 and by 1890 had established the Standard Nursery, Homebush. ....His Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Rose (1891), a modest but early Australian work on roses, elicited praise from ‘Mrs. Rolf Boldrewood’ in The Flower Garden in Australia (1893). RA.

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p642. .....Henry Wicks (1854-1939) ....before migrating to Adelaide. He acquired Charles Pitt’s Felixstow Nursery (1887) and established the Riverside Nurseries in Payneham. ....developed the Balhannah Nurseries (1905) in the Adelaide Hills specialising in roses, fruit and nut trees and vines.
(2002)  Page(s) 220.  
 
Fitzhardinge (née MacMaster), Olive Rose (1881-1956) ..... the roses were introduced commercially by the Hazlewood Nursery, Epping (NSW) and some by Conrad Pyle at his West Grove nursery, Pennsylvania (USA). Registered varieties included ‘Mrs. C. E. Prell’ and....
(2002)  
 
p85. Charles Bennett.(fl 1880-90s) landscape gardener and nursery proprietor, was apparently the son of well-known English rose-breeder Henry Bennett (1823-1890). He arrived in Sydney c1886 and by 1890 had established the Standard Nursery, Homebush. ....His Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Rose (1891), a modest but early Australian work on roses, elicited praise from ‘Mrs. Rolf Boldrewood’ in The Flower Garden in Australia (1893). RA.

pp104. A son, [of Henry Burton Bradley 1815-1894] Henry Houghton Burton Bradley (1845-1918), continued his father’s enthusiasm for horticulture. He was a foundation member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874), wrote for the horticultural press, and gave lectures to local horticultural societies. He was a noted bulb grower and hybridist (especially Narcissus), his skill in this field admired by Peter Barr.
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