Rbg Kew Collection (page 2)

Moss on the roots of trees at the Francis Rose Reserve, Wakehurst Place. This is the first nature reserve devoted to cryptogams (mosses, lichens and ferns)

Francis Rose Reserve, Wakehurst
Moss on the roots of trees at the Francis Rose Reserve, Wakehurst Place. This is the first nature reserve devoted to cryptogams (mosses, lichens and ferns)

Quercus castaneifolia acorns
Acorns of Quercus castaneifolia (chestnut-leaved oak). Family: Fagaceae. An extremely rare sight in Britain, the chestnut-leaved oak is native to the mountains of the Caucasus and Iran

Henry Moore, large reclining figure
Henry Moore s, Large Reclining Figure, exhibition at RBG Kew

Women gardeners, The Rock Garden, RBG Kew, World War II
Women gardeners were again employed at Kew during World War II, after an interval of nearly a quarter of a century. Fourteen women were enrolled onto the staff in 1940

World War II, Kew Gardens: Talk at the Demonstration plot about growing your own food
Sydney Albert Pearce, Assistant Curator of the Decorative Department, gives a talk at the Demonstration Plot in front of Kew Palace, 1940

Joseph Reardon pictured during service in WWI
Joseph Reardon joined the staff as a gardener in July 1914, having trained at Tully Nurseries, Kildare. He attended Kews " Mutual improvement Society" scoring the highest numbers in

Kew Guild dinner at the Holborn Restaurant, London, 1905. The Guild was established in 1893 to bring together past and present members of staff

Frank Norman Howes, RBG Kew
Frank Norman Howes inspecting samples of wood in the Museum store. Born in South Africa, he was Economic Botanist in the Gold Coast Department of Agriculture before becoming an Assistant in Kew

Ann Webster, botanical artist, RBG Kew, 1951
Ann Webster studied at Guildford School of Art before becoming a freelance botanical artist, contributing to Curtiss Botanical magazine, Flora of Tropical East Africa and other Kew publications

John Hutchinson, Keeper of Museums at Kew from 1936 to 1948. He curated Economic Botany collections and advised british ministries and colonial governments

The Kew Fire Brigade was operated on a voluntary basis by staff from the Gardens with, from 1882, a station in the Melon Yard on the Kew Road near the southern tip of Kew Green

The Royal Botanic Gardens Constabulary, ca 1910-1915
Photograph of William Thiselton Dyer and Royal Botanic Gardens Constabulary, ca 1910-1915. William Thiselton Dyer is the white-haired officer carrying the cane in the centre

The first four Keepers of the Herbarium, Kew Gardens
The first four Keepers of the Herbarium, left to right: Professor Daniel Oliver (Keeper 1864-90), W. Botting Hemsley (1899-1908), Dr Otto Stapf (1908-22) and J. G

The arrival of the flagstaff off the Sion Vista, Kew, circa 1916
The arrival of the flagstaff off the Sion Vista, Kew: " accepting delivery", circa 1916. Gifted by the Provincial Governement of British Columbia, it was towed along the Thames by tug boat

Joey the Stanley Crane, Kew Gardens
Joey the Stanley Crane was a well-known Kew personality. In 1935 The Journal of the Kew Guild described his eventful life, which included losing a toe to a lawn mower

Aircraft crash, Kew, 1928
On the 16th August, 1928, a single seater Siskin aircraft came down in flames to the west of the Syon Vista, Kew Gardens, during an aerial display

Burnt remains of the Refreshment Pavilion, Kew Gardens, 1913
In 1913 the tea pavilion at Kew Gardens was burnt down by members of the womens suffrage movement as part of their campaign

D. Oliver, Otto Stapf, W. Botting Hemsley, J. G. Baker. The first four Keepers of the Herbarium, RBG Kew, photographed in 1916

Women Gardeners (drinking tea) 1939
Women Gardeners (drinking tea), RBG Kew, 1939. A tea break was only instigated at Kew after Minnie Hill made a personal appeal to the director, Sir Arthur Hill

Helleborus argutifolius, (holly-leaved hellebore). Family: Ranunculaceae

Helleborus orientalis. Family: Ranunculaceae

Hosta Sum and Substance (plantain lily Sum and Substance ). Family: Asparagaceae

Lupinus The Govenor (Band of Nobles series). Family: Papilionaceae

Jasminum nudiflorum (winter jasmine). Family: Oleaceae

Ophiopogon planiscapus (lilyturf). Family: Asparagaceae

Lupinus My Castle
Lupinus, My Castle (lupin). Family: Papilionaceae

Verbena bonariensis (Argentinian vervain). Family: Verbenaceae

Salvia officinalis (Common sage) in flower. Family: Lamiaceae

Sedum Herbstfreude
Sedum (Herbstfreude Group) Herbstfreude, Sedum spectabile Autumn Joy. Family: Crassulaceae

Virginia creeper
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper). Family: Vitaceae

Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn. Family: Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae)

Fatsia japonica. Family: Araliaceae

Hyssopus officinalis var. roseus (Hyssop). Family: Lamiaceae

Mentha spicata (spearmint)
Mentha spicata (spearmint, common mint, garden mint). Family: Lamiaceae

Ajuga reptans (bugle). Family: Lamiaceae

Geranium endressii (Endres cranesbill). Family: Geraniaceae

Primula denticulata (drumstick primula). Family: Primulaceae

Laurus nobilis, bay tree
Laurus nobilis (bay tree, bay laurel, sweet bay). Family: Lauraceae

Melocactus matanzanus (Dwarf Turks cap cactus or Turks cap cactus). Family: Cactaceae

Cleistocactus baumannii. Family: Cactaceae

Pilosocereus piauhyensis. Family: Cactaceae

Mammillaria laui subs dasyacantha
Mammillaria laui. Family: Cactaceae

Echinopsis oxygona. Family: Cactaceae

Echinocereus klapperi. Family: Cactaceae

Neoregelia carolinae (Blushing Bromeliad or Cartwheel Plant). Family: Bromeliaceae

Epimedium brevicornum. Family: Berberidaceae

Galanthus x valentinei subsp. valentinei (snowdrop). Family: Amaryllidaceae

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