Writings of Jim Archibald
Many have said how effective a speaker Jim was; saying his talks were full of both knowledge and enthusiasm. Part of that success was down to the preparation he made for such events. 'The Enchanted Island' shows the preparation for a talk by Jim on Corsica, drafted in longhand in the very early 1960s.
We also have some letters to Jim from the Ulster Group of the AGS, about his plant trips and arranging a visit from him to give this Talk: mention is made of his plans after graduation - he did become a teacher of sorts, but not in a school!
Jim Archibald wrote a number of articles, and we have collated as many of these as possible. They are listed below in chronological order.
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1971 ‘Euphorbia niciciana’ Journal of the RHS 1971 (May):232-234. This article presented with the kind permission of the Royal Horticultural Society and with the assistance of Brian Mathew.
2000 ‘Raiser unknown: Eric Smith, a plantsman’. Hardy Plant Society 22(1): 94ff. In this article, originally published by the Hardy Plant Society in 2000, Jim writes of some of the plants raised and named by Eric Smith and by himself. Jim's text is illustrated here with photos added of a selection of those plants. Kind thanks to SRGC Forumists and all who have allowed the use of their photographs.
Acknowledgements
Alpine Garden Society We are grateful to the Alpine Garden Society for their permission to reproduce the AGS articles taken from the original bulletins, in some cases minus the accompanying photographs, which do not reproduce well in this form.
Gardeners Chronicle In December 1965 Jim wrote two articles published in the magazine, Gardeners Chronicle, about his travels to Corsica in 1962. Gardeners Chronicle, a magazine which was founded in 1841 and included correspondence from Charles Darwin*(Darwin Correspondence Database) in its pages, has long been subsumed into Horticulture Week Magazine, published by Haymarket. We are pleased that Haymarket is supportive of the use by the Archibald Archive of the articles in their original layout.
The American magazine, 'Horticulture' 2005 ' Horticulture' published a two part article from Jim in December 2005 and we are pleased to have their support for this use. 'Treasures of Turkey' is reprinted with permission from Horticulture. Articles originally appeared December 2005. Do not reprint without permission. Visit HortMag.com for contact information.
The Gardener's Guide to growing Hellebores We are grateful to publishers David & Charles for their kind permission for this use in its original layout. |
