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New Zealand Flowers and fruit Marianne North Painting 721The spherical plant in the foreground is a small specimen of the " Vegetable. Sheep" ( Raoulia eximia, Hook.f.)
Painting 132, Valley behind the Artist ss house at Gordontown, JamacaPainting 132, Datura arborea. L. is the plant in the foreground
825. View of the Corcovado Mountain, near Rio de Janerio, BrazilThe vegetation comprises Bamboo, Royal Palms (Oreodora regia, H.B.IK.), &c
766. Flowers of the Flame-tree and yellow and black twiner, West AustraliaIn the distance Flame -trees, Nuytsia floribunda, R. Br. (see description of 761). Kennedya nigricans, Lindl. is remarkable for the very dark purple, almost black, of its flowers
658. Distant View of Mount Fujiyama, Japan, and WistariaThis beautiful, hardy, climbing shrub Wistaria chinensis, DC. is a native of China and Japan, and was introduced into this country about the year 1816
614. The Turong, or Pigeon Orchid in Borneo, and a purple-brownThe former (Dendrobium crumenatum, Lindl.) comes into blossom simultaneously on all the plants about every nine weeks, and the trees
609. Tea Gathering in Mr. Holles Plantation at Garoet, JavaThe volcano of Goentoen in the distance. In the right foreground Coffee bushes, a Cypress, and some trees of Canarium commune, L
505. Common Aloe in Flower, TeneriffeThe rocky slope covered with a dense thicket of the same plant, (Aloe vera, L.) which is a native of South Africa. Aloes or Bitter Aloes is the dried juice of this and other species of the genus
389. Cycads. Screw-pines and Bamboos, with Durban in the distancCultivated in the Durban Botanic Garden, though most of the plants are natives of the country. The Cycads are chiefly species of Zamia, with a small plant of the endemic Stangeria paradoxa, T
723. View of Mount Earnshaw from the Island in Lake Wakatipe, New ZealandThe trees in the foreground having dense tufts of narrow leaves at the ends of the branches, and large clusters of dirty-white flowers, belong to the Liliaceous genus Cordyline
294. The Sacred Lotus or PudmaNelumbium speciosum, Willd. is the most beautiful and graceful of all the Water Lilies, its leaves and flowers usually rising considerably above the surface of the water;
285. The Great Lily of Nainee Tal, in North IndiaThis fine Lily (Lilium Wallichianurn, R. & S.) grows six or seven feet high, and is here associated with Chirita urticaefolia, Ham. and a species of Begonia
261. View of Kinchinjunga from TongloView of Kinchinjunga from Tonglo
237. Gardening at Nainee Tal, IndiaOn the other side of the lake, below the Oak Trees, the Willows (Salix babylonica, L.) are seen that formerly shaded the Temple of a Goddess, now covered by a landslip
713. View of Lake Wakatipe, New ZealandNew Zealand Flax (Phormniumn tenax, Forst.) in the foreground. This is the most useful plant in the islands. Half-a-pint of honey juice can be obtained from the flowers of a single plant; a gum is
228. The Taj Mahal at Agra, North-West IndiaThis magnificent mausoleum was built by the Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Arjamand Benu Begum, who died in 1629. The Taj was finished in 1648
204. View in a Redwood Forest, CaliforniaThe Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, Endl.) is the most valuable tree of the Californian forests, and is almost equal in size to the Big Tree or Mammoth Tree
193. The American Fall from Pearl Island, Niagara
192. Wild Flowers from the Neighbourhood of New YorkThe plant in front resembling our native Cuckoo Pint, or Lords-and-Ladies, is the Indian Turnip of the Americans (Arisaematriphylla)
149. View over Port Royal, Jamaica, with Bamboos in the foregrou
47. Flowers of Datura and Humming Birds, BrazilDatura arborea, Linn. is a native of tropical America, and is commonly cultivated in other countries, as it grows like a rank weed
37. Flowers and Fruit of the Maricojas Passion Flower, BrazilThe fruit of this (Passiflora alata, Ait.) and several other species of the genus are edible. See 112
241. Tomb of Ali ud Deen and Neem Tree, DelhiThe Neem tree is Melia Azadirachta, L
192. Wild Flowers from the Neighbourhood of New York
Foliage, Flowers, and Seed-vessels of a rare West Australian Shrub, 1880Foliage, Flowers, and Seed-vessels of a rare West Australian Shrub by Marianne North, 1880. Painting number 751
085 - Side Avenue of Royal Palms at Botafoga, Brazil
Flowers of Datura and Humming Birds, BrazilOil on canvas, no date. According to the gallery guide, Datura arborea, Linn. [Brugmansia arborea L.] is a native of tropical America, and is commonly cultivated in other countries
466. Smelt-Fishing at Port Victoria, Mah, Seychelles
465. The only Shade in Ile Aride, SeychellesA partially uprooted tree of Terminalia Catappa, Linn. affords the only real shade in the island, and under its welcome branches all the inhabitants assemble
270. Distant View of Kinchinjunga from DarjeelingTree Ferns and Oaks, festooned with Thunbergia coccinea, Roxb. in the foreground. Kinchinjunga is 28, 136 feet high, and the highest mountain in the world except the neighbouring Mount Everest
63. Avenue of Royal Palms at Botafogo, BrazilThis avenue of Oreodoxa regia, Kth. is half a mile long, and the trees, which are about 40 years old, are 100 feet high. Five rings are left on the trunks each year by the fallen leaves
23. A Chilian Cactus in flower and its leafless Parasite in fruiReferring to the various Chilian landscapes, we see that columnar cacti are a conspicuous feature. This, the-commonest species, is Cereus Quisco, Gay, which grows to a height of 1.5 to 20 feet
8. Chilian Palms in the Valley of SaltoJubaea spectabilis, H.B.K. is the only kind of palm native in Chili and although it wants the grace and elegance of many of its family it is not less useful
1. Victoria regiaThis majestic plant and largest off all Water Lilies inhabits many of the rivers of the north-eastern part of South America
741. Scene in a West Australian ForestLarge trees of the Black Butt and Red Gum (Eucalyptus calophylla), with undergrowth of Grass-trees (Xanthorrhoea), Banksia, Kingia, Macrozamia Fraseri, Miq. &c
577. Flowers and Fruit of the Mangosteen, and Singapore MonkeyThe Mangosteen (Garcinia Mangostana, Linn.) is a native of Malacca, and it is esteemed by many as the best of all tropical fruit
276. Road up to Nainee Tal, India, in Spring timeThe tree in flower is Ougeinia dalbergioides, Benth
123. Foliage and Flowers of Alpinia nutans, and a pair of DoctorThe Alpinia is a native of Tropical Asia
7. A Chilian Stinging Nettle and Male and Female BeetlesThe Loasaceae, to which the present plant (Loasa acanthi-folia, Juss.) belongs, are a small family of about a dozen genera and 100 species, which, with the exception of one African species
Painting 749Two Australian Shrubs with Sydney Harbour below
Painting 619View of the Salak Volcano, Java, from Buitenzorg
Painting 056, View under the Ferns at Gongo, BrazilView under the Ferns at Gongo, Brazil
626 - Palms in the Botanic Garden at Rio Janeiro. The Organ mountains appear in the back ground
800. View of Pushkar or Pokur, North-west IndiaPokur, or Holy Pokur as it has been called, is about five miles from Ajmere, and is remarkable for the large number of shrines and cenotaphs in the vicinity
520. Orange Flowers and Fruits, painted in TenerifeThe Orange (Citrus Aurantium, Risso) is cultivated in many parts of the South of Europe, and in other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea
186. Foliage, Flowers and Fruit of the Citron, and ButterflyThe native country of the Citron (Citrus Medica, Risso) is not -known with certainty, though there is little doubt that it is some part of tropical Asia
136. Pancratium caribaeum and a Passion Flower, Jamaica
50. Landscape at Morro Velho, BrazilIn the foreground is a colony of Butterflies (Helicon phyllis) going to roost on a single segment of a palm leaf, from which they will never move until the suns rays reach them in the morning
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