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Portrait of Charles Darwin, 1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron. The photograph is signed by Darwin with the inscription " I like this photograph very much better than any other which has been
Miss Cotton posing on the leaf of giant waterlily Kew Gardens, 1923" Miss Cotton" posing on the leaf of giant waterlily Victoria amazonica, Kew Gardens, Richmond, Surrey, 1923. It is likely that she was the daughter of Arthur Cotton
Women gardeners at Kew, 1939-1945Female gardener in springtime, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, WWII (1939-1945)
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, 1939Observation 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, 1939Sandbags protect some of the lower windows and doors at the Herbarium and telephone room, RBG Kew, 1939, during World War II
The Mounting RoomTwo members of staff working int the Mounting Room, Kew Gardens. Once collected specimens have been dried and pressed, they are mounted onto a herbarium sheet of archival quality paper with an
Sir William Thiselton Dyer in court dress with his Order of St Michael and St George, on being knighted in 1899
H. W. SayerH.W. Sayer Sub-Foreman of the Temperate House pits, RBG Kew, May 1924. this was where plants destined for the Temperate House were propagated
C. F. Coates, Aboretum propagator, 1943C.F. Coates, Arboretum propagator seen here taking a bud from a cutting for grafting onto new stock in 1943
William Turrill botanising aquatic plants with his vasculum slung over his shoulder. WIlliam Turrill was Keeper of the Herbarium and Library at Kew from 1946-57
Kewites and wives Kampala, Uganda, 1923This 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 1910Bell 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 GambiaHouse 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
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
Men laden with Brick tea for TibetTachienlu (now Kanding), West Sichuan, China : Men laden with Brick tea for Tibet. One mans load weighs 317 lbs, the others 298 lbs
Drying or withering tea leavesDrying 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 EastTerraces 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"
W. Botting Hemsley, 29 Dec 1843 - Oct 7 1924 - (1893) botanist
Sir William Hooker (1785-1865). Botanist, illustrator and the first public Director of Kew Gardens 1841. He also held the post of Regius Professor of Botany in Glasgow in 1820
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