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57. Wild Flowers of Brazil
The large, greenish-white flowers with a crimson and yellow centre are those of a shrubby epiphyte (Clusia) belonging to the Gamboge family ; associated with it is a species of Sisyrinchiuim having indigo flowers. Oncidium ampliatum, a Bletia, and th
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Crimson, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Purple, Yellow

45. Harvesting the Sugar-Cane in Minas Geraes, Brazil
The solid stems of the sugar-cane (Saccharum offcinarum, Linn.) grow ten, or even as much as fifteen, feet high, and the -sugar-juice is expressed from them by machinery. The harvest is always a festival for men and beasts, the latter growing very fa
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Brazil, Farmers, Field, Marianne North, Minas Geraes, Painting

448. View of the valley of Ceres, from Mitchells Pass, Cabbage 448. View of the valley of Ceres, from Mitchells Pass

2. Common Tobacco
A plant belonging to the same-family as the Potato. Several other kinds of tobacco are culti-vated, but this kind (Nicotiana Tabacum, L.) furnishes a very large proportion of the tobacco smoked in Europe and America. It is now four centuries since Co
© RBG KEW
America, Art, Artist, Columbus, Europe, Flower, Green, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Pink, Potato, Spain, Tobacco