Images Dated 2011

658. Distant View of Mount Fujiyama, Japan, and Wistaria

This beautiful, hardy, climbing shrub Wistaria chinensis, DC., is a native of China and Japan, and was introduced into this country about the year 1816. The original plant was nearly killed through being kept in a hot-house

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Art, Artist, Blue, China, Flower, Japan, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Mount Fujiyama, Painting, V Iew, Wistaria

21. Parasites on Beech Trees, Chili

" Robble, " literally oak, is the name given to the common large-leaved Chilian "Beech"(Nothofagus obliqua, Mirb.), which is represented here with a parasitic plant (Loranthus sp.) having very similar foliage, a common occurrence in

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Bamboo, Beech, Bush, Butter Fly, Green, Marianne North, Oak, Orange, Painting, Red, Tree, Winter, Yellow

23. A Chilian Cactus in flower and its leafless Parasite in frui

Referring to the various Chilian landscapes, we see that columnar cacti are a conspicuous feature. This, the-commonest species, is Cereus Quisco, Gay, which grows to a height of 1.5 to 20 feet, and is often preyed upon by a leaf less parasite, Lorant

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Berries, Cactus, Green, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Snow Peak, White