Wood Collection

204. View in a Redwood Forest, California
The Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, Endl.) is the most valuable tree of the Californian forests, and is almost equal in size to the Big Tree or Mammoth Tree

Cissus rhombifolia
cross section

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

319. Sandal-wood of India
Santalum album, L. is a small tree celebrated by the poets on account of the sweet scent of its wood. An oil is extracted which is used to incense temples, and also medicinally

311. The Kuddum or Cadamba
Anthocephalus Cadamba, Miq. is a Rubiaceous tree often mentioned by poets. It has a deep yellow wood recommended for furniture. The yellowish-brown flowers are small and collected in dense balls

303. The Dhak or Bastard Teak
The Dhak (Buteafrondosa, Roxb.) is one of the most striking of the Indian arboreous Leguminosae; its wood and leaves and flowers, the latter dried and reduced to a fine powder, which is sprinkled

Dwarf sumac
ANACARDIACEAE, Dwarf sumac, common sumac

Bluebells in Bethlehem Wood, Wakehurst Place

Temperate House

tree canopy

Swietenia mahagoni
longitudinal section, block

Swietenia macrophylla
transverse section, block

Diospyros ebenum, K├Ân. (Ebony)
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)

Diospyros melanoxylon, Willd. (Ebony)
Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1820). In Flora Indica, Roxburgh notes that the bark of this tree

578. Bitter wood in flower and fruit, painted at Sarawak
This is Quassia amara, L. a tropical American tree, cultivated in various parts of the world for its medicinal properties. " Quassia chips" are the product of this tree

425. View from the Steps of Table Mountain through a Wood of Sil
The Silver Tree (Leucadendron (argenteum, R. Br.), characterises the vegetation of the slopes on the eastern side of Table Mountain, where alone it grows plentifully in a wild state

treetop

treetops

spring woodland walk

Pines in the pinetum
Pinetum in spring

Autumn view

tangential longitudinal section, mag x 5

Vitis
transverse section

Dysoxylum fraserianum
tangential longitudinal section, mag x 5

Betula lenta
tangential longitudinal section, mag x 5

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