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Topic:	plant life around castles

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Carol McClenin I am interested in finding the names of plants that existed in and around castles in the 18th and 19th century. Can anyone help?
thank you
Erik Schmidt I probably won't be able to help you answer that question, but I would suggest you clarify what you are asking.
Do you mean cultivated plants? Garden ornamentals or edible plants.
Where? The plants differ a lot between Italy, France and Britain.
Personally, I can't see that the list of plants growing around castles in that time period would differ from those grown around larger farms, palaces or stately homes.
Erik
duncan Your question is unanswerable at this point, can you define it please?
Another hint is to use the search above to look over the past posts and there is several in there that might help you.
Peter Around castles (or anywhere important) with those dates, you may find a lot of plants that are grown today.
Those were the years of expansion and exploration. So plants used at that time would be a status symbol, or just show hoe rich you were.
Levan At dates as late as this you'd be amazed at what was grown around castles.
At Hunterston castle, in Ayrshire (west coast of Scotland) they made a fortune by draining the surrounding fertile marshland and growing potatoes, which were transported by rail and sold in Glasgow. They made so much money that they didn't need to live in the castle any more and built a nice stately home in the grounds. The old castle was used as a residence for the estate's farmers and workmen instead (who in turn were ousted in favour of the new family car - make a big enough hole in their side and castles make great garages, you know).
Levan
[This message has been edited by Levan (edited 09-20-2002).]