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William Paul (horticulturalist)
William Paul (1822–1905) was an English horticulturalist and writer, known for his book ''The Rose Garden''. Life Born at Churchgate, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, on 16 June 1822, he was second son of Adam Paul who came to London from Aberdeenshire towards the close of the 18th century and purchased the Cheshunt nursery in 1806. After education at a private school at Waltham Cross, he joined his father's business. On Adam Paul's death in 1847 the business was carried on as A. Paul & Son by William and his elder brother George. In 1860 this partnership was dissolved. William Paul & Son carried on the Waltham Cross nursery, which he had founded a year before, while George established the firm of Paul & Son at Cheshunt. Paul served on the committee of the National Floricultural Society from 1851 until it was dissolved in 1858, when the floral committee of the Royal Horticultural Society was established. In July 1858 he joined the National Rose Society, which Samuel Reynolds Hole had jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheshunt
Cheshunt ( ) is a town in Hertfordshire, England, north of London on the River Lea and Lee Navigation. It contains a section of the Lee Valley Park, including much of the River Lee Country Park. To the north lies Broxbourne and Wormley, Hertfordshire, Wormley, Waltham Abbey to the east, Waltham Cross and Enfield, London, Enfield to the south, and Cuffley to the west. Historically an ancient parish in the List of hundreds of England and Wales#Hertfordshire, Hertford Hundred (county division), hundred of Hertfordshire, it was granted Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district status in 1894. Waltham Cross, which became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1885, historically formed the southern part of Cheshunt, and remained part of the Cheshunt Urban District until its abolition in 1974. The urban districts of Cheshunt and Hoddesdon Urban District, Hoddesdon merged in 1974 to form the Borough of Broxbourne, the area's current local authority district. Cheshunt was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
