Images Dated 19th January 2011

30. The Wild Tamarind of Jamaica with scarlet Pod and Barbet

This showy Leguminous tree is Cojoba arborea var. arborea (synonym Pithecellobium filicifolium) which ranges through the West Indies and Central America. The barbet builds an ingenious nest in banks, cleverly tunnelled straight in, and then at a right angle to prevent curious s

© RBG KEW

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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