Images Dated 19th January 2011

4. Puzzle -Monkey Trees and Guanacos, Chili

Pehuen is the Chilian name of the familiar Araucaria imbricata, Pav. here represented in full development at home close under the Cordilleras of Chili, where there are no monkeys, and
where it loses its branches as it grows old, and its thick bark

© RBG KEW

1795, 1892, Art, Artist, Branches, Darwin States, Deer, Landscape, Marianne North, Monkey, Mountains, Painting, South American

45. Harvesting the Sugar-Cane in Minas Geraes, Brazil

The 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. The harvest is always a festival for men and beasts, the latter growing very fa

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Brazil, Farmers, Field, Marianne North, Minas Geraes, Painting

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