Arthur Osborn MBE[1] (16 December 1878, Sonning, Berkshire, UK – 24 February 1964, Kew, London) was an English gardener, botanist and arborist. [2]
Arthur's Osborn's father, Brewer Osborn, gained a considerable reputation as a horticulturalist and was a gardener at Holme Park, Sonning from 1870 to 1898.[3][4] In 1899 Arthur Osborn became a gardener at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. At the Kew Arboretum he was appointed an assistant curator and was eventually promoted to deputy curator.[2] He was in charge of the Kew Arboretum during the 1930s. His 1933 book Shrubs and Trees for the Garden showed his "extensive practical experience in arboriculture".[5]
Selected publications edit
- Osborn, Arthur (1914). "Transplanting Large Trees and Shrubs". The Garden. 78: 68–69.
- Coutts, John; Edwards, Alexander; Osborn, A. (1930). The Complete Book of Gardening. London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- Osborn, A. (1933). Shrubs and Trees for the Garden. London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- Osborn, A. (1938). "Magnolias in the Landscape and Garden". Landscape and Garden: 53–54.
- Osborn, Arthur; Bagenal, N. B. (1952). Pruning: A Practical Handbook on the Pruning of Ornamental and Flowering Trees and Shrubs, Rose Trees and Fruit Trees. London: Ward, Lock & Co.
References edit
- ^ British Book News. British Council. 1956. p. 216.
- ^ a b Desmond, Ray (25 February 1994). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. p. 528. ISBN 9780850668438.
- ^ Gardeners' Chronicle & New Horticulturist. Haymarket. 18 April 1914. p. 276.
- ^ "Holme Park, Sonning, Berkshire". David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History (berkshirehistory.com).
- ^ Johnston, Mark (31 August 2021). The Tree Experts: A History of Professional Arboriculture in Britain. Windgather Press. p. 381. ISBN 9781911188919.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Osborn.
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