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Floral Clock, Princes Street Gardens
Murphy, Bernard, 2010, Photograph
Floral Clock, Princes Street Gardens
Floral Clock, Princes Street Gardens
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Title
Floral Clock, Princes Street Gardens
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The Floral Clock commemorates the Girl Guiding centenary.
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Murphy, Bernard
Date
2010
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10.2 x 15.1 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This circular clock has been planted out since 1903 with up to 40,000 thousand plants in an ornate design reflecting a different theme each summer. The idea came from James McHattie, City Superintendent of Parks and James Ritchie, the Edinburgh clockmaker, using the mechanism of a redundant turret clock. In 1905 a cuckoo which pops out every hour was added, and in 1934 a new mechanism was installed by Ritchie and Sons, who still service it. In its centenary year, 2003 it won a Gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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