Images Dated 13th July 2011

767. Study of the Bunya-Bunya

This noble Conifer, Araucaria bidwillii, Hook., the bunya pine, is perhaps the most valuable indigenous food-tree in Australia, and only grows on one semi-circle of hills, within 100 miles in stretch, between the Brisbane and Burnett rivers, Queensland

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Bunya Pine, Edible Nuts, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting

760. White Gum Trees and Palms, Illawarra, New South Wales

The lofty pinnate-leaved Palm is Archonto phoenix Cunninghamii, Wendl. & Drude, better known in gardens in this country under the name Seaforthia elegans. One of these has its crown far away up in the tall Gum tree, and its very slender stem is proba

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Illawarra, Leaves, Marianne North, New South Wales, Painting, White Gum Trees And Palms

730. A Selection of Flowers from Mount Wellington, Tasmania

In the foreground on the left are the clustered red and bluish berries of Cyathodes glauca, Labill., the rosy flowers of a Pimelea, the lilac flowers of a Prostanthera, and behind these the small spicate flowers of Bellendena montana R. Br., the red b

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Bluish Berries, Cyathodes Glauca, Flowers, Leaves, Marianne North, Mount Wellington, Painting, Red, Tasmania, White