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Marianne North by Julia Margaret CameronThe artist Marianne North photographed by Julia Margaret Cameron, circa 1877, Ceylon
271. A View in the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, CeylonAn 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
Corypha umbraculifera (Talipot Palm)Corypha umbraculifera commonly known as Talipot Palm from Kerner/ Hansen Pflanzenleben, volume 1. Inscription says " Die Schattenpalme (Corypha umbraculifera)
248. Bombay Pedlars in Mrs. Camerons Verandah, Kalutara, Ceylon
240. Some of Mrs. Camerons Models, with Cocoanut and Teak TreeThe Teak trees are on the left
817. View at Peradeniya, CeylonBamboos and Jak-fruit tree in the foreground. See 333
229. Cocoanut Palms on the coast near Galle, CeylonDead leaves are tied to the trunks of the Cocoanut Palm in Ceylon to tell by their rustling when thieves are climbing over them this at least is the popular explanation
247. Foliage and Flowers of the Red Cotton Tree and a pair of LoThis tree (Bombax malabaricnm, DC.) is very large and it is common in the forests of South India and Burma. Like the White Cotton Tree (632)
227. View from the top of the Waterfall at Ramboddy, CeylonDatura arborea, Bananas and Ironwood tree (Mesua ferrea, L.) in the foreground, and Rice and Tea Plantations in the distance
127. Foliage and Flowers of the Cinnamon TreeThis tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, B1.), whose fragrant aromatic bark is the cinnamon of commerce, is a native of Ceylon, but it is cultivated and has become wild in Jamaica
218. Clump of Bamboo in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, CIt was planted about 1852, and is now probably sixty feet high. This is Dendrocalamus giganteus, Munro
Photograph of a Wardian Case, 19th centuryWardian Case en-route to Sri Lanka in the late 19th century
Cultivation of Cinchona succirubra trees on the Madulsima Cinchona Cos estate, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1882. The plants pictured are 8 -10 years old
819. View from Kalutara, CeylonCasuarina and Cocoanut Trees
284. Talipot Palm, near the Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, CeylonThis Palm (Corypha umbraculifera, L.) is a native of Ceylon and the Malabar coast, where it grows sixty or seventy or sometimes as much as a hundred feet high, and then flowers and dies
260. Avenue of Indian Rubber Trees at Peradeniya, CeylonFicus elastica, Roxb. is a native of Assam in Northern India, and is familiar to most people in this country in a small state; the evergreen with large glossy leaves so commonly grown in rooms being
Preparing cinnamon, Sri Lanka, 1880 s. The cinnamon is contained in the inner bark of the tree. Once the shoots have been harvested the outer bark is peeled off by rubbing with a brass rod or blunt
Preparing cinnamon quills for drying, Sri lanka, 1880 sPreparing cinnamon quills for drying, Sri Lanka, 1880 s. Once the inner bark has been cleaned, the quills are placed one inside another to form quills 1metre long, which are then dried on racks
266. Loose - skinned Orange of Colombo, CeylonA variety of Citrus Aurantium, Linn
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