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- ↑ "Horticultural Education Association". Museum of English Rural Life . University of Reading . Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ↑ "An historic day". The Horticulturist. 23 (4). Chartered Institute of Horticulture: 18–21. Autumn 2014. JSTOR 48518548 – via JSTOR.