Arboretum Gallery

William Dallimore

William Dallimore (1871-1959), known to his colleagues as "good old Dallimore" was a well-liked and long serving member of staff at RBG Kew for more than 45 years. He joined Kew as a student gardener in 1891, aged 20, and worked in the Palm House, the tropical Propagating Pits and the Arboretum, of which he became foreman (now termed curator) in 1901. This undated photograph shows him as a young man, possibly in his student days, carrying tree-pruning equipment. He later became Keeper of the Museums, established the Wood Museum and supervised the development of the National Pinetum at Bedgebury. He was regarded as one of the leading authorities on trees and shrubs in the UK

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C.F. Coates, Aboretum propagator, 1943

C.F. Coates, Arboretum propagator seen here taking a bud from a cutting for grafting onto new stock in 1943

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Larix decidua, European Larch

1969-40758, PINACEAE, Larix decidua, European Larch, Europe

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