Marianne North Collection (page 3)

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534. Orchid and Ferns of Sarawak, Borneo
The Orchid is Eria ornata, Lindl. and the ferns are Polypodium Phymatodes and P. drynaria

480. View of the South Coast of Mahe and Schools of Venns Tow
Pandanus sechellarum, Baif. f. sending down roots almost from the top, Cyathea sechellarurm, Mett. and other vegetation

471. Dr. and Mrs. Hoad at home in Praslin, Seychelles
The hencoops and roof-caps consist of single leaves of the Double Cocoanut, and the rest of the roof of other palm leaves. In the foreground are trees of Bombax and Mango

467. Palms, Capucin Trees, etc. on the cliffs near Venns Town
The prominent Palm is Stevensonia grandifolia, Duncan, with Screw-Pines on the left. Behind are dead and living trees of the Capucin (Northea seychellana, Hook)

466. Smelt-Fishing at Port Victoria, Mah, Seychelles

376. Male Papaw with Flowers and Imperfect Fruit
Usually the male and female flowers of the Papaw (Carica Papaya, Linn.) are borne on separate plants, the former on long hanging branches, the latter on very short stalks

374. Looking up Stream from the mouth of the St. Johns River, K
Various Aloes, Strelitzia augusta, and Mesembryanthemum on the rocks in front

213. Ghost of a Big Tree, Calaveras Grove, California
This tree was barked up to a height of 116 feet, and the bark exhibited at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, until destroyed by fire a few years ago

193. The American Fall from Pearl Island, Niagara

187. View of both Falls of Niagara

1. Victoria regia
This majestic plant and largest off all Water Lilies inhabits many of the rivers of the north-eastern part of South America

570. Other Species of Pitcher Plants from Sarawak, Borneo
Nepenthes Rafflesiana, Jack. one of the most ornamental of the genus originally introduced into Kew Gardens from Singapore in 1845. The one below is N. ampullacea, Jack

734. Australian Sandal Wood with Mistletoe and Emu Wren, West Au
In this case the leaves of the parasite (Loranthus pendulus, Sieb.) and the nurse plants (Fusanus spicatus, R. Br.) are so much alike as not to be easily distinguishable

335. Rhododendrons of North India
Above, R. Dalhousiae, Hook. f. painted from a plant grown under glass in Messrs. Jackmans Nursery at Kingston. This is a shrubby or sometimes epiphytic species

323. Mosque of Lahore from the Palace

226. View of the Himalaya Mountains from Mussooree
Roses and Rhododendrons in the foreground

177. Coffee Plantation at Clifton Mount, and the Blue Mountains
Marianne North painting 177

132. Valley behind the Artists House at Gordontown, Jamaica
Datura arborea, L. is the plant in the foreground

712. A New Zealand Dracophyllum
This remarkable genus is spread over New Zealand, Australia (especially Western), and New Caledonia : and the present species (D. Traversii, Hook)

23. A Chilian Cactus in flower and its Leafless Parasite in fruit
Referring 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

Banksia of Tasmania, 1881
Oil painting by Marianne North, 1881

221. Foliage, flowers and fruit of a common Indian forest tree, 1878
Foliage, flowers and fruit of a common Indian forest tree (Phanera variegata). Oil on board by Marianne North, 1878

793. Foliage, Flowers, and Seed-vessel of the Opium Poppy
This plant (Papaver somniferum, L.) has been cultivated in Eastern countries from the most remote time for the sake of the inspissated juice, called opium; it is largely grown in Asia Minor, Persia

783. View in the Botanic Garden, Brisbane, Queensland
Flowers of the Large Water Lily (Nymphaea gigantea, Hook.) with Screw Pines (Pandanus sp.) and a species of Aralia in the background. This Water Lily is peculiar to Australia

294. The Sacred Lotus or Pudma
Nelumbium 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;

271. A View in the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, Ceylon
An iron-wood tree (Mesua ferrea, L.) clothed with a young growth of rosy leaves, and a yellow-flowered climber (Bignonia sp. B. unguis ?) with the Directors house on the left

43. Tijuca, Brazil, with a Palm in the foreground
The palm is apparently a species of Cocos, a considerable genus restricted to South America, except C. nucifera, the cocoa-nut

Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a Queensland Tree, and Black Cockatoo.-Macadamia ternifolia, F. Muell. belongs to the Proteaceae, and is closely allied to Helicia

View in the Botanic Garden, Brisbane, Queensland. Marianne Nort
Oil on board, no date. According to the Official Guide to the North Gallery, Fifth Edition, 1892, View in the Botanic Garden, Brisbane, Queensland

Nest of the Coachmans Whip Bird, in a Bunya-Bunya, Queensland
Oil on canvas, no date. According to the Official Guide to the North Gallery, Fifth Edition, 1892, The trees, Araucaria bidwillii, Hook

View in the Forest on Mount Wellington, Tasmania
Oil on board, no date. According to the Official Guide to the North Gallery, Fifth Edition, 1892; The large tree with dark foliage in the centre is a species of Beech-Birch of the colonists

The Breadfruit, painted at Singapore
Oil on board, no date. According to the Official Guide to the North Gallery, Fifth Edition, 1892, ; The Breadfruit, Artocarpus incisa, Linn

Flowers of Datura and Humming Birds, Brazil
Oil 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

Australian Spear Lily and an Acacia
Oil on board, no date. According to the... There are two species of Doryanthes, the present, D.Palmeri, Hill, and D.excelsa, which has a globose inflorescence

Ripe cone of Cycad, Illawarra, New South Wales
Oil on canvas, no date. According to the Official Guide to the North Gallery, Fifth Edition, 1892, The beauty of the richly coloured seeds of this Cycad (Macrozamia spiralis, Miq.)

846. A South African Sedge
This is Restio subverticillata, Linn. one out of about eighty species of Restio native of South Africa. The Restiaceae are almost exclusively restricted to South Africa and Australia

845. A species of Ornithogalum
This is allied to W. rosea. (See 417.)

843. A New Zealand Tree Fern
A reduced representation of a fine specimen of Cyathea medullaris, Swartz, growing in the Winter Garden hard by. It is the Black Fern of the colonists and, in its native country

842. A Japanese Magnolia
This showy spring-flowering hardy shrub (Magnolia obovata, Thunb.) has been cultivated in English gardens ever since 1796

841. A Japanese Lily
Lilium erratum, Lindl. is said to be one of the commonest wild flowers in some parts of Japan. Yet, in spite of its beauty, it was not introduced alive in this country till the year 1861

840. An Orchid of Tropical Asia
This handsome orchid, (Vanda suavis, Lindl.), has been cultivated in England since 1848. The allied V.tricolor, Hook, differs chiefly in the colour of the flowers

838. Adams Needle or Yucca, about half natural size
Yucca gloriosa, L. is a very old inhabitant of English gardens, having been cultivated during the latter half of the sixteenth century by Gerard and Parkinson

837. A Colombian Aroid
After a long reign, the brilliant Anthuriumn Scherzerianum has now to compete with its still more beautiful ally Anthurium Andraeanum, Linden, here represented

836. A Brazilian Columnar Cactus
Upwards of a thousand species of Cactaceae are known, nearly all of them inhabiting America, and ranging from Chili and Buenos Ayres in the south to about 50ÔÇÜ├á├╗ N. lat

835. A climbing Plant of Old Calabar
Aristolochia Goldieana, Hook. f. is one of the most singular of the many species of its genus,, having the largest flowers of any yet known

834. Strelitzia, a South African Plant
See 365

824. View from the Sierra of Theresopolis, Brazil

820. Spring Gardens, Jamaica, with its Cocoanut Palms

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