Botanical Art Gallery

Poppy (Papaver), woodblock print and manuscript on paper, 1828

Wood block print and manuscript on paper, Japan, 1828. The wood block prints meassure approximately 25 cm in height. The wood block print is from Honzo Zufu or Illustrated manual of medicinal plants by Iwasaki Kan'en, also known as Iwasaki Tsunemasa, 1786-1842. This botanical manual was compiled during the Tokugawa era (1603-1867)

© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

21. Parasites on Beech Trees, Chili

" Robble, " literally oak, is the name given to the common large-leaved Chilian "Beech"(Nothofagus obliqua, Mirb.), which is represented here with a parasitic plant (Loranthus sp.) having very similar foliage, a common occurrence in

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Bamboo, Beech, Bush, Butter Fly, Green, Marianne North, Oak, Orange, Painting, Red, Tree, Winter, Yellow

15. Armed Birds Nest in Acacia Bush, Chili

Trabajor, that is labourer, is the name given to this bird (Izuallaxis: sordida), a delicate creature that builds an impregnable nest off the spiny branchlets of Acacia cavenia, Molina, one of the commonest and most unapproachable bushes of the count

© RBG KEW

Acacia Cavenia, Art, Artist, Bird, Branch, Brown, Bushes, Marianne North, Mountains, Nest, Painting, Trabajor, Yellow