William Robinson
William Robinson
wiki/William_Robinson_(1838 - 1935)
He really liked hemp in his gardens…
He published a magazine in England called - The Garden and several books.
These are some of the articles for hemp grown in the garden…..
From late 19th to early 20th century….
Books
The Wild Garden…….
Cannabis Gigantea, The Wild Garden, 1870, pg 131
The English Flower Garden…..
Cannabis Sativa, The English Flower Garden, 1889, pg 311
The Subtropical Garden….
Cannabis Sativus, The Subtropical Garden, 1879, pg 108
The Garden - magazine he published…
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Sub tropical garden, v5, 1874, Pg 374
Belgian Farm Garden, v5, 1874, Pg 514
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Flower Garden or the Pleasure Grounds, v7, 1875, pg 99
The Hemp as Garden Plant, v7, 1875, pg 215
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Mixed Alpine Garden, v10, 1876, pg 258
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Flower Garden, v15, 1879, pg 378
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Cannabis Gigantea, v21, 1882, pg 205
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Flower Garden Notes, v33, 1888, pg 216
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The Hemp Plant, v41, 1892, pg 357
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Medicinal Plants, v67, 1905, pg 326
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Plant descriptions - from cannabis from China…. This is just to point out there seems to be 2 different versions…. But it is also 70 years difference.
Cannabis Chinensis
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, v72, 1782, pg 46
“Grown to an amazing size, several of the plants measuring in height of more than fourteen feet, and seven inches nearly in circumference, by the middle of October following, at which time they came into bloom. There are thirty to forty lateral branches on a plant; these were set off in pairs, one on each side of them pointing horizontally; the others at about five or six inches distance from them, pointing in different directions, and do on to the top, the bottom branches of some measuring more than five feet, the other decreasing gradually in length towards the top, so as to form a beautiful cone when in flower, which were unluckily nipped by a few nights frost….”
Tsing Ma - Cannabis Gigantea
Revue horticole, 23, 1851, pg 109
"Chinese hemp differs very noticeably from common hemp. Its branches when sown in the open, are longer and more diffuse, drooping a little at the ends, its leaves very long, have much more flexible leaflets, which gives the plant a weeping aspect."
Another description of Chinese Hemp
The New England Farmer, v1, 1849, pg 271
By R.A. Grim
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