Mounted slide of a Dianthus barbatus crop at Jersey Road market garden near Osterley. Typed inscription on recto: 'JUL 70' '36'. John Snell was known for his Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William) that he sold at Covent Garden flower market. John Snell was the father of photographer Sue Snell. He rented Jersey Road market garden, part of the larger Heston Farm land, from the Mercer’s Company, City of London in the 1940s. He worked on this farm until he retired in 1979
Extent
1 slide
Physical description
24 (h) mm x 36 (w) mm, (35 mm). Image: Landscape. acetate film. transparency