William Baylor Hartland
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William Baylor Hartland (1836-1912) was a plantsman from Ireland.
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[edit] Overview
His grandfather came to Ireland from the Kew Botanic Gardens and established a nursery at Belview, Mallow in 1774. His father William relocated the business to Cork in 1810. His brother Henry Albert Hartland 1840-1893 was a well known artist.[citation needed]
He moved his nursery to Ard Cairn, Ballintemple, Cork from Temple Hill 1890. His bulb farm was around 10 acres. He sent flowers to the Covent Garden and other markets from here. He maintained "Old Established Garden Seed Ware-House" at 24 Patrick Street, Cork.
He was a Guardian of the Cork Union and started a scheme of prizes for country plots. He advised the need of agricultural education and advocated the growimg of early vegetables an flowers along the southern seaboard.
[edit] Daffodil collection
No species of Narcisss is native to Ireland but the climatic conditions have proven favourable for the appearance of self-sown seeding varieties over a long period. In the 19th century varieties unknown elsewhere were discovered in Ireland by collectors such as Miss Fanny Currey of Lismore and William Baylor Hartland. He commenced collecting around 1880. His collecting often involved old Irish gardens. In one of his reports he described finding 'Bishop Mann' in an old garden of the Dioceses of St. Finbarr's where Bishop Mann had been the last resident. The bulbs were planted 150 years before at Bishopstown, now a suburb of Cork.
His first daffodil catalogue was A little book of daffodils nearly 100 varieties as offered and collected by W.B.Hartland. The early catalogues were whimsical and did not always find favour with the then horticultural establishment. His niece Gertrude Hartland illustrated many of his catalogues including the influental Floral Album of Daffodils (1890) and later editions. The catalog for 1907-8 includes a list of old Irish apples 'old lamps for for new lamps' a list of native apples.
[edit] Other contributions
Hartland located an old species now known as 'Ard Cairn Russet', a late keeping apple in 1890 and sent samples to the royal Horticultural Society. He also collected tulips from Irish gadens and introduced 'Mrs Moon'.
He also produced a colourful tourist guide after a trip to the west of Ireland.
He is remembered by the naming of the Hartland's Avenue/Road area of Cork City in Lough Parish. This was the location of one of his nurseries.
[edit] References
- Keith Lambe and Patrick Bowe A history of Gardening in Ireland National Botanic Gardens 1995 ISBN 0-7076-1666-2.
- Irish Daily Independent 27 March 1893
