Horticulture Collection

Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, India, 1861
Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, photographed on arrival in Ootacamund, southern India, 9 April 1861. Collected by Richard Spruce in Ecuador, the plants were received by WIlliam McIvor

William Dallimore (1871-1959), known to his colleagues as " good old Dallimore" was a well-liked and long serving member of staff at RBG Kew for more than 45 years

Palm House and Parterre

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

Wardian Case
The Wardian case is a portable airtight, glass-lined greenhouse that was developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868) for the transportation of plants

History
Kew B2B History

Buddleia colvilei, Smith M
Vol 121, t. 7449, 1895, Buddleia colvilei, Smith M, Buddlejaceae

Buddleia crispa, Fitch W
Vol 80, t.4793, 1854, Buddleia crispa, Fitch Walter Hood, Buddlejaceae

Lettuces in the student vegetable plots, RBG Kew

Photograph of a Wardian Case, 19th century
Wardian Case en-route to Sri Lanka in the late 19th century

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

Horticulture student with Victoria cruziana

Nymphaea carpentariae, Andre Leu

Nymphaea, Kew, Stowaway blues

Poroporo, Bullibulli Solanum laciniatum
SOLANACEAE Poroporo, Bullibulli Solanum laciniatum, 2006-1844 NZSI 192

Heracleum mantegazzianum - Giant Hogweed

Cherry tree - Autumn colour
1993-604. ROSACEAE, Prunus Imose

Cyphomandra betacea - Tamarillo - Tree Tomato
19825155, SOLANACEAE, Cyphomandra betacea

Rhododendron macgregoriae
1967-44903 EDIN, ERICACEAE, Rhododendron macgregoriae, New Guinea

Larix decidua, European Larch
1969-40758, PINACEAE, Larix decidua, European Larch, Europe

Taxodium distichum, Swamp Cypress
1972-10972, TAXODIACEAE, Taxodium distichum, Swamp Cypress, SE USA - Deciduous conifer making a medium-sized tree with a conical crown, fibrous red-brown bark and soft, feathery

Ginkgo leaves in autumn

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

Anemone hupehensis
2009-1220 JOFW, RANUNCULACEAE, Anemone hupehensis

Ginkgo biloba, Maidenhair Tree
2983-6106 BECX 73, GINKGOACEAE, Ginkgo biloba, Maidenhair Tree

Juglens nigra, Alburyensis
1960-42701 SXTN, JUGLANDACEAE, Juglens nigra, Alburyensis

Scadoxus multiflorus s. katherinae
1993-3006 CATO, AMARYLLIDACEAE, Scadoxus multiflorus s. katherinae

Bougainvillea X buttiana Enid Lancaster
1973-20495, NYTAGINACEAEA, Bougainvillea X buttiana Enid Lancaster

Tibouchina urvilleana, Glory Bush, Growing inside the Temperate house at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

all in a days work
planting the meditteranean parterre

Female gardener working in the orchid house, during World War II
Female gardener working in the orchid house, RBG Kew, during World War II

Gardening equipment, RBG Kew
Wheelbarrow and gardening equipment, RBG Kew

Planting out bedding

Watering cacti, RBG Kew
Watering the cacti collection in the nursery, RBG Kew

Preparing the soil for Palm House bedding plants
Gardeners prepare the soil for the Palm House bedding plants, RBG Kew

Hedge trimming, RBG Kew

Tree surgeons, RBG Kew
Tree surgeons at work, RBG Kew

Kew gardener with wheelbarrow. Verbena bonariensis in the foreground, the Orangery building in the background, RBG Kew

Planting out bedding, RBG Kew

Vegetable plot
Detail of horticulture students vegetable plot, with pansies, RBG Kew

Nymphaea Piyalarp
2008-933 PRWA, NYMPHACEAE. Nymphaea Piyalarp

Nymphaea thermarum is the smallest waterlily in the world, and the only Nymphaea to grow in damp mud rather than water - This ├ä├ÂÔêÜ├æÔêÜÔëñthermal├ä├ÂÔêÜ├æÔêÜa waterlily

Acacia retinodes
1978-6209, FABACEAE, LEGUMINOSAE, MIMOSOIDEAE, Acacia retinodes, Australia

Commidendrum rugosum
1970-4387 KENR, COMPOSITAE, Commidendrum rugosum

Abutilon Boule De Neige
1997-6540, MALVACEAE, Abutilon Boule De Neige

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