Images Dated 28th July 2011

835. A climbing Plant of Old Calabar

Aristolochia Goldieana, Hook. f. is one of the most singular of the many species of its genus,, having the largest flowers of any yet known. It is a native of western tropical Africa, and living plants or seeds of it were sent to this country about t

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836. A Brazilian Columnar Cactus

Upwards of a thousand species of Cactaceae are known, nearly all of them inhabiting America, and ranging from Chili and Buenos Ayres in the south to about 50????? N. lat., their greatest concentration being in Mexico. They vary in stature from an inch o

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814. View in the Garden of Acclimatisation, Teneriffe

The plant with yellow flowers in the left corner is a species of Sonchus, behind which rise the crimson spikes of an Aloe ; and at the back is a fine American Wigandia, with broad leaves and large clusters of blue flowers. In front of the cypress, on

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