Garden Collection

Barrons Tree Transplanter
A 19th century horse drawn machine used to move trees up to 20m

planting bulbs on the Broadwalk

Victoria amazonica
Detail of Victoria amazonica leaves, RBG Kew. This plant is the largest of the Nymphaeaceae family of water lilies

511. Dragon Tree in the Garden of Mr. Smith, Teneriffe
The Dragon Tree, or more correctly the Dragons Blood Tree (Dracaena Draco, L.), is a native of Teneriffe, and is one of the most celebrated trees in the annals of natural history

85. Side Avenue of Royal Palms at Botafoga, Brazil
See the remarks under 63

72. Flowers of Hedychium, Botanic Gardens, Brazil
The species of Hedychium are mostly very ornamental plants and their flowers are fragrant. They inhabit tropical Asia. That on the left is H. chrysoleucum, Hook. a species cultivated in, this country

34. View in Mr. Morits Garden at Petropolis, Brazil

William Andrews Nesfields plan of the Broadwalk at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 12th May 1845

Heracleum mantegazzianum - Giant Hogweed

Fraxinus excelsior, Golden Ash
1871-40118 BOOT, OLEACEAE, Fraxinus excelsior, Golden Ash

PINACEAE, Cedrus brevifolia, Cyprus Cedar
2002-83 STJR, PINACEAE, Cedrus brevifolia, Cyprus Cedar

ACERACEAE, Acer palmatum, Japanese Maple
2002-75 STJR 24 - ACERACEAE, Acer palmatum, Japanese Maple, Japan, China, Korea

814. View in the Garden of Acclimatisation, Teneriffe
The plant with yellow flowers in the left corner is a species of Sonchus, behind which rise the crimson spikes of an Aloe; and at the back is a fine American Wigandia

696. Banana, American Aloe, and Cypress, in a Garden, Java
This Banana, Musa coccinea, Roxb. does not bear an edible fruit. A gave americana, Linn. the American Aloe, is wholly different from the true Aloes of South Africa. See 383, 386, etc

The broadwalk

Cornus nuttallii x florida
CORNACEAE, Cornus nuttallii x florida (1969-12748)

Coelogyne pandurata
John Day scrap book No. 43 page 43: Coelogyne pandurata - 4th July 1884

Commidendrum rugosum
1970-4387 KENR, COMPOSITAE, Commidendrum rugosum

839. A Garden Variety of Indian Shot
This is Canna Ehemannii, Hort. a hybrid between the tropical American C. iridiflora and another species

651. Garden of the Nishihongwange Temple, Kioto, Japan
Cycads (Cycads revoluta, Thunb.) and various dwarf plants on a rockery

523. Dragon Tree in a garden at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe
The thick protuberances below the point where the branches are given off are air-roots; they are represented natural size in 507. See the description of 511

521. Scene in Mr. Smiths Garden, Teneriffe
An arbour covered with the Cherokee Rose (527), and Bougainvillea (108) creeping over Cypress and Myrtle trees

516. Abyssinian Ensete in a garden in Teneriffe
Musa Ensete, Gmel. is the most ornamental of the genus, but its fruit is not edible. It was first discovered by Bruce more than a century ago;

120. Bananas and Orange Trees, a Palm and a Bush of Noche Buena
As mentioned under 816 the Banana is one of the most striking types of tropical vegetation; and it is also one of the most important

117. Scene in Dr. Lunds Garden at Lagoa Santa, Brazil
The large trunk in front covered with a Cactus (Cereus sp.), a large aroid (Philodendron sp.), and Orchids. On the left a Palm (Acrocomia sp)

71. Palm, Bamboos and India-rubber Trees in the, Botanic Garden

Dukes Garden

Japanese Gardens, 2020
Photograph of the Japanese Gardens at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2020

Wakehurst Place
red autumn colour

Stone urn with flowers, Wakehurst Place, Sussex

Iris Dell, Wakehurst Place
The Iris Dell, Wakehurst Place, Sussex

Observation post, RBG Kew, 1939
Observation Post in Cambridge Cottage Garden, RBG Kew, autumn 1939. Observation posts, where soldiers were placed to monitor possible enemy movement, were assembled throughout the country

Nymphaea Piyatarp
2008-933, NYMPHAEACEAE, Nymphaea " Piyatarp"

524. View of Icod, Teneriffe
Reeds (Arundo Donax, L.) on the high ground to the left, and Cochineal Gardens below

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