A history of seed research and collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
1897/8 - H.T. Brown & F. Escombe publish 'A note on the influence of very low temperatures on the germinative power of seeds'. Work carried out at Kew.
1902 - RBG Kew apply to register 'Millennium' as a trademark for seeds and plants.
1965 - Seed research by Physiology Section, Jodrell Laboratory using collections at Kew.
The first cold store at Wakehurst Place in the old chapel of the Mansion house.
Rudimentary seed bank built up during late 1960s by Kew's Living Collections Division to support annual exchange of material between gardens.
1973 - Physiology Section transfers to Wakehurst Place.