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661. Study of Japanese Chrysanthemums and Dwarfed PineThe Japanese delight in dwarfing normally big trees; and they have brought the art to such a degree of perfection that they can keep them down to the size of the one represented to a very
552. Flowers and Fruit of the Pomelo, a branch of Hennah, and FlHennah (Lawsonia inermis, Linn.) yields a dye much used by Eastern ladies to dye their hair, eyelids, finger nails, &c. The Pomelo is a variety of Shaddock (Citrus decumana, Linn.)
511. Dragon Tree in the Garden of Mr. Smith, TeneriffeThe 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
497. Native Vanilla hanging from the Wild Orange, . Praslin, SeycVanilla Phalaenopsis, Reichb. f. is endemic in the Seychelles, and, like several other species of the genus, it is leafless. The orange on which it grows is naturalised only in these islands
369. Strelitzia augusta at St. Johns KaffrariaTrees of the same in the background, and Tecormaria capensis, Spach. trailing over the vegetation on the left (see 365)
361. Papyrus or Paper Reed growing in the Ciane, SicilyIn ancient times the Papyrus (Cyperus Papyrus, Linn.)was a plant of great importance, for from its stems was prepared the paper upon which the Egyptians wrote their books, etc
338. Mount Everest or Deodunga, from Sundukpho, North IndiaThis is believed to be the highest peak of the highest range of mountains in the world; its estimated height being 29, 002 feet, or about five miles and a half
278. Michelia and Climber of Darjeeling, IndiaThe tree is Michelia excelsa, Wall. a lofty congener of the Champak, and the climber is Porana grandiflora, Wall. which is remarkable in its family (Convolvulaceae) for being sweetscented
45. Harvesting the Sugar-Cane in Minas Geraes, BrazilThe solid stems of the sugar-cane (Saccharum offcinarum, Linn.) grow ten, or even as much as fifteen, feet high, and the -sugar-juice is expressed from them by machinery
27. Chilian Lilies and other Flowers in Black Jug and ornamentedBehind is a yellow Calceolaria and a blue Heliotrope, with the beautiful striped Placea ornata, Miers, in the centre, and three varieties or species of Leucocoryne below
24. Sea-shore near Valparaiso, ChiliThe vegetation on the rocks consists largely of Puya, Cereus and Mesembryan-thermum chilense, Molin. This is the only species of the last named genus in Chili
18. Chilian Flowers in Twin Mate Pot, and Chilian StrawberriesBehind, the heath-like Fabiana imbricata, Ruiz et Pav. and a miniature irid (Tigridia sp ?), with the deep blue Pasithaea coerulea, Don, yellow Mimulus luteus Linn. pink Eyrthraea chilensis, Pers
17. View of Concon, Chili, with its two Palms
13. Two Climbing Plants of Chili and ButterfliesHanging above Tacsonia pinnatistipula, Juss. (syn. T. chilensis, Miers); below the dull purple flowers and green fleshy edible fruit of Lardizabala biternata, Ruiz et Pav
11. Mexican Poppies, Chilian Schizanthus and InsectsThe Mexican Poppy (Argemone mexicana, Linn.) colonisesfreely, and is now widely spread in warm countries of both hemispheres
Tectona grandis Willd. watercolour on paperWatercolour illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh
William Aiton (1731-1793)Portrait of William Aiton (1731-1793), holding a plant in his right hand (species of Aitonia), and a magnifying glass in his left
Reynoutria japonica, 1880Illustration of Reynoutria japonica, commonly known as Japanese knotweed. Hand-coloured lithograph on paper after the original drawing by Anne Barnard, 1880
835. A climbing Plant of Old CalabarAristolochia Goldieana, Hook. f. is one of the most singular of the many species of its genus, , having the largest flowers of any yet known
823. View of the Sugarloaf Mountain from the Aqueduct Road, Rio JaneiroA Sloth feeding on a Trumpet Tree (Cecropia peltata, L.) in the foreground. The Trumpet Tree is so called because its hollow branches are used by the natives
822. Noonday View in the Organ Mountains, Brazil, from Barara
794. Temple at Almorah, Kumaon, North-west IndiaA Yucca in flower on the left
783. View in the Botanic Garden, Brisbane, QueenslandFlowers of the Large Water Lily (Nymphaea gigantea, Hook.) with Screw Pines (Pandanus sp.) and a species of Aralia in the background. This Water Lily is peculiar to Australia
781. Poison Tree strangled by a Fig, QueenslandThe central figure of this picture represents the skeleton-like trunk of a Fig Tree, which has nearly strangled the Poison Tree (Laportea, moroides, Wedd.)
697. Group of Wild Flowers of Java, from TosariThese flowers were from an elevation of 6000 feet. The most noteworthy flower in the group is the fine large Forget-me-not in the centre
638. Foliage and Fruit of Sterculia parvifloraThe lower seed-vessels ripe and open, exposing the seeds to view. Each cluster of seed-vessels is the product of a single flower. See 281
584. The Quicksilver Mountain of Tegora, Sarawak, by moonlight584.The Quicksilver Mountain of Tegora, Sarawak, by moonlight
566. View from the Istana, Sarawak, BorneoDucu or Dookhau fruit (Lansium domesticum, Jack.) in front
510. View of the Peak from the bridge of Icod, TeneriffeBananas and Date Palms in the foreground
506. Dragon Tree at Orotava, TeneriffeThis is the largest descendent of the famous tree of which a short history is given under 511
Laelia schilleriana splendens (Laeliocattleya schilleriana), 1862Watercolour illustration by Cornelius Durham, 1862. Artwork from John Days Scrapbook, Volume 4, Page 66
492. The Clove in fruit, and view over Mahe, SeychellesIt is rare to see the clove tree in fruit where it is properly cultivated, because the cloves used as a condiment are the unopened flower buds. See 688
475. Male inflorescence and Ripe Nuts of the Coco de Mer, SeycheA portion of the outer fibrous covering of the fruit has been removed showing the two-lobed nut, which usually contains only one seed, probably the largest in the vegetable kingdom
430. Water-Lily and surrounding vegetation in Van Staadens KlooNymphaea stellata, Willd. the Water-Lily in this painting, is very widely spread in Africa and India, and there are white, blue, purple, and rose varieties
393. Part of the Residence, St. Johns, Kaffraria. 393. Part of the Residence, St. Johns, KaffrariaAt the time of the Artists visit the whole " Residence" consisted of a number of Pondo Huts, one of which forms a part of this painting; and the tree overhanging it is the White Pear
385. Some grotesque plants from the Karroo, South AfricaIn front on the right the singularly-formed and coloured flowers of Gomphocarpus grandiflorus, Benth. & Hook. f. a member of the Asclepiadaceae. On the left,
360. Doum and Date Palms on the Nile above Philae, EgyptAmong Palms the Doum (Hyphaene thebaica, Mart.) is remarkable for having normally a branched trunk, instead of a single trunk with a terminal crown of leaves
343. Foliage and Flowers of a Madagascar tree at SingaporeA tree of the same (Poinciana regia, Boj.) in the distance
265. Nepalese Temple and Peepul Tree, with Blue Pigeons bathingThe Peepul, a kind of fig (Ficus religiosa, Linn.), and the pigeon (Columba livida) are both sacred to the Hindoos. It is the skeleton leaves of the Peepul on which Chinese Buddhists paint flowers
258. Foliage and Flowers of an Indian Forest Tree of great beautIt is the Pterospermum acerifolium, Willd. a member of the Sterculiaceae. The texture of the buds is like velvet and of the leaves like satin
252. Blue Poppy growing on Mt. Tonglo, Sikkim-HimalayaThis ornamental plant (Meconopsis Wallichii, Hook.) has several times been introduced and cultivated in this country, where, however, it does not develop its full beauty, owing, doubtless
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
217. The South Indian RhododendronThis (Rhododendron nidagiricum, Zenk.) is the only species found in the Peninsula of India. Some botanists have regarded itas distinct from the Himalayan R
356. Angraecum and Urania Moth of MadagascarThe genus Angraecum numbers about 250 species, inhabiting the Mascarene Islands and Tropical and South Africa; and their flowers vary in size from less than a quarter of an inch long in A
179. View in the Fernwalk, JamaicaThis is at an elevation of 5000 feet above the sea, and it is nearly always bathed in a mist
169. Two Tropical American FlowersThe one having white flowers (Utricularia montana, Jacq.) is a congener of the Bladderworts of our ponds and ditches. It has a wide range of distribution
137. Foliage and Fruit of the Akee, JamaicaBlighia sapida, Kon. is a tree, native of Guinea and other parts of tropical Africa, and was conveyed to Jamaica in 1778 in a Slave ship under the name Akee
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