Plants Throughout The Ages

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  1. 2. Sweet -, mainstay 13th century herb also known as ‘Joy of the Mountains’ (8)
  2. 4. Functional tree used by natives for its medicinal value (6)
  3. 7. Type of fruit tree found in most refined gardens in the 13th century (6)
  4. 9. – Bacon, English philosopher who published his essay on ‘Gardens’ in the 17th century (7)
  5. 11. Evergreen herbaceous plant used by natives for food and medicinal use (6)
  6. 13. Octavia -, Founded The National Trust in 1895 (4)
  7. 16. Plant also known as ‘Lad’s Love’ used as a medicine in the Middle Ages (12)
  8. 17. – Blight, disease that caused the Irish Potato Famine in 1845 (4)
  9. 18. Root vegetable grown in fallow fields to improve soil fertility in the 18th century (5)
  10. 21. Location of the first greenhouse erected by Cistercian monks in the 17th century (10)
  11. 23. Yellow -, used for planting en-masse in knot gardens in the 16th century (6)
  12. 24. Nehemiah -, published ‘The Anatomy of Plants’ in 1682 (4)
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  1. 1. Tropical fruit enjoyed by the gentry in the 17th century (9)
  2. 3. – naturae, systematic botanical classification published by Linnaeus in 1735 (7)
  3. 5. Jane Wells -, published ‘Gardening for Ladies’ in 1822 (6)
  4. 6. Black -, grown as an understory beneath rose planting in the 16th century (10)
  5. 8. Jethro -, invented the agricultural seed drill in the 18th century (4)
  6. 10. Location of RHS’s first Flower Show held in 1912 (7)
  7. 12. Italian city and home of the first botanical garden (4)
  8. 14. Native hardy tree known by the botanical name Sorbus aria (9)
  9. 15. – Birch, native hardy tree utilised by early tribes for shelter and food/fodder (5)
  10. 19. Wild – Tree, valuable hardwood tree utilised for its good bending strength in the 16th century (7)
  11. 20. Plant used in the 14th century to make rope and canvas (4)
  12. 22. Sir Andrew -, founded the Edinburgh Botanical Garden in 1670 (7)