Marianne North Gallery

536. Flowers and Fruit of the Cocoa Tree, painted at Singapore

The Cocoa (Theobroma Cacao, Linn.) is a small tree, usually under twenty feet high, producing its flowers and fruit on the main stem and older branches. It is a native of tropical America, and now cultivated in many other parts of the world. There ar

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Cocoa Tree, Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Singapore

522. View in the Cochineal Gardens at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe

Women taking off the rags in which the newly hatched insects (Coccus cacti) are pinned to the Cactus plants (Opuntia coccinellifera, Steud.). After being left a few day the insects attach themselves to the plants, and no longer need the rags. The Coc

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Brazil, Cactus Plants, Canary Islands, Cochineal Gardens, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Mexico, Painting, Rags, Santa Cruz, Teneriffe

502. Flowers of the Pomegranate, painted in Teneriffe

The Pomegranate (Punica Granatum, L.) is believed to be a native of North-Western India; but, as in the case of most plants that have been cultivated from remote times, it is difficult to determine where it is really indigenous. Its fruit is valued i

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Flower, Fruit, Leaves, Marianne North, North Western India, Painting, Pomegranate, Red, Teneriffe