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Floral Clock with Olympic themed design
MacLean, Kevin, 2012, Digital image
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Floral Clock with Olympic themed design
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Floral Clock with Olympic themed design, West Princes Street Gardens
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MacLean, Kevin
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2012
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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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