Blue Gallery

755. West Australian Sand-loving Plants

The soil in this district is so very sandy that, with the exception of a few big stones, the whole country might be run through an hour-glass. In the foreground are the feathery ball-like inflorescences of Trichinium Manglesii, Lindl., associated wit

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Blue, Flowersm Red, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Sandy, West Australian Sand Loving Plants, White

441. Green-flowered Ixia, and other Cape Singularities

The blue-green Ixia viridiftora, Lam., is the most noteworthy in this selection of flowers, painted at Ceres. There is, or was, a variety in cultivation with a greater infusion of green in the flowers. In front is a species of Leucospermum, and Helip

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Blue, Cape Singularities, Ceres, Flowers, Green, Ixia, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Pink, Red, Viridiftora, Yellow

409. Old Dutch Vase and South African Flowers

This painting done at Groot Post gives some idea of the astonishing wealth in variety exhibited by the bulbous plants of South Africa. In no other part of the world is there so great a concentration of species of this class of plants, and many of the

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Blue, Flowers, Leaves, Marianne North, Old Dutch Vase, Orange, Painting, Pink, Red, South Africa, Yellow