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Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens
Unknown, 1952, Photograph
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Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens
Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens
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Title
Floral Clock, West Princes Street Gardens
Description
This year's design features "The City and Royal Burgh of Edinburgh" with an Edinburgh Coat of Arms at the side of the clock and "Tempus Fugit" around the clock.
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Unknown
Date
1952
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Photograph
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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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