Images Dated 2011 February

217. The South Indian Rhododendron

This (Rhododendron nidagiricum, Zenk.) is the only species found in the Peninsula of India. Some botanists have regarded itas distinct from the Himalayan R. arboreurn; but the differences are very trifling, and it is usually treated as a variety. See

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228. The Taj Mahal at Agra, North-West India

This magnificent mausoleum was built by the Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Arjamand Benu Begum, who died in 1629. The Taj was finished in 1648. In the foreground Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima, Wilid.), Bougainvillea, Cypresses, and a species of

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234. Foliage and Flowers of the Indian Rhododendron grande

A native of the Sikkim Himalaya, where it forms a tree thirty feet high or more, at elevations of 8000 to 9500 feet. It is in this region that the genus Rhodedendron reaches its greatest development, both in number and diversity of species. Sir Josep

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