Kew Gardens Collection (page 5)

The Pagoda at Kew
The Pagoda

hippophae rhamnoides
sea buckthorn

Gleditsia triacanthos
honey locust

Carpinus orientalis
leaves of the oriental hornbeam

ACERACEAE, Acer, cappadocicum, subsp.sinicum, 191429201WILL, Asia

Chamaecyparis pisifera
Sawara false cypress

fraxinus americana

fraxius ornus, flowering ash

Ilex pernyi
dwarf holly

Diospyros kaki
Persimmon

Davidia involucrata var involucrata
hankerchief tree

Cladrastis kentukea
yellow wood

Chionanthus retusus
Chinese fringetree

Cercis siliquastrum
Judas tree or love tree

Acer x dieckii

Eucalyptus dalrympleana
Mountain Gum

Acer davidii branch
ACERACEAE Acer davidii 1994924SICH630 china

Hovenia dulcis
Japanese raisin tree

Catalpa fargesii
bark of the Golden Indian bean tree

Doryanthes palmeri
spear lily growing in the Temperate House

Kew Plant Collector
RBG Kew botanist collecting seeds on an expedition to Tasmania, Australia, 2005

Seed Collection in the Namibian Desert
Sesriem to Sossusvlei, RBG Kew botanists seed collecting expedition to Namibia, 2007

Studying Kniphofia (red hot pokers) on an RBG Kew expedition to Malawi
A botanist from RBG Kew studies a Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker flower) in the field, Malawi, southeastern Africa, 2007

RBG Kew expedition to Malawi
RBG Kew botanist begins the day on expedition to Mozambique, 2007

Baobab (Adansonia) and Sisal (Agave sisalana) near Berenty nature reserve, Madagascar

Plant Pressing in Camp, Brunei
A botanist from RBG Kew pressing plants collected on an RBG Kew expedition to Brunei, 1990

Flooding, Papua Province 1998
Flooding, Papua Province (formerly Irian Jaya), Indonesia, 1998

Snow drops at RBG Kew

Kew Gardens at Christmas, in the snow, with fairground rides for children and Kew Palace in the background

John Wilfred Sutch, born 8 November 1923, worked as a gardener in the T-Range, Palm House and Arboretum. At the age of 18 he left Kew to join the army

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

Sandbags outside the Herbarium, Kew, 1939
Sandbags protect some of the lower windows and doors at the Herbarium and telephone room, RBG Kew, 1939, during World War II

Kewites and wives Kampala, Uganda, 1923
This group photograph of " Kewites and wives" was taken in Kampala, Uganda, in 1923. Second from the right: John Davenport Snowden, with his wife, centre

Ringing the work bell, India circa 1910
Bell tolled to summon staff to work, Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Kolkata, India, circa 1910. The bell is being rung by a Nepali durwan (doorman)

House of Walter Haydon, curator of the botanic station at Kotu in Gambia
House of Walter Haydon, appointed curator of the botanic station at Kotu in Gambia in 1894. The house was built for him on site so that he could always command a view of all the ground under

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

Drying or withering tea leaves
Drying out the tea leaves, known as withering. Approx. 80% of moisture needs to be removed from freshly picked leaves to preserve them and enhance the teas flavour

Packing tea in India for export to the west

Bringing in the plucked tea leaves in India. Workers with baskets of tea leaves ready to be processed for export

Tea plantation, Far East
Terraces of a tea plantation in the Far East, showing Camellia sinensis var sinensis, used to produce Chinese and green tea. Women harvest the tea leaves, a process known as " plucking"

Temperate House

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