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832. Distant View of Santiago, Chili, from ApoquindoAcacia bushes in the foreground
830. Vegetation on a stream at Chanleon, ChiliLomaria procera, Spr. in front with Gunnera scabra, Ruiz. et Pay. and Fabiana imbricata, Ruiz. et Pay. on the right; Araucaria imbricata, Pavon, behind; on the left, yellow Bueddleia globosa, Lam
776. Flowers of a West Australian Shrub and Kangaroo FeetAnigozanthus flavida, Red. is the name of the herb. The genus Callistemon comprises about ten species scattered nearly all over Australia, but C. speciosus, DC
835. A climbing Plant of Old CalabarAristolochia Goldieana, Hook. f. is one of the most singular of the many species of its genus, , having the largest flowers of any yet known
793. Foliage, Flowers, and Seed-vessel of the Opium PoppyThis plant (Papaver somniferum, L.) has been cultivated in Eastern countries from the most remote time for the sake of the inspissated juice, called opium; it is largely grown in Asia Minor, Persia
825. View of the Corcovado Mountain, near Rio de Janerio, BrazilThe vegetation comprises Bamboo, Royal Palms (Oreodora regia, H.B.IK.), &c
800. View of Pushkar or Pokur, North-west IndiaPokur, or Holy Pokur as it has been called, is about five miles from Ajmere, and is remarkable for the large number of shrines and cenotaphs in the vicinity
828. View of the Bell Mountain of Quillota, Chili, with coloniseAmong emigrant plants none has perhaps taken almost sole possession of such vast areas as the European Cardoon (Cynara Cardunculus, Linn.), which is the wild parent of the Jerusalem Artichoke
826. Hot Baths of Cauquenas, ChiliSmall Bamboos in the foreground
816. Study of Chinese Bananas and Bamboos, TeneiffeThe Banana is essentially a tropical type of the vegetable kingdom, and a glance around this gallery will give an idea of how widely spread it now is in warm countries
790. Foliage, Flowers, and Fruit of a Queensland Tree, and BlackMacadamia ternifolia, F. Muell. belongs to the Proteaceae, and is closely allied to Helicia, which extends northward to India, China, and Japan
822. Noonday View in the Organ Mountains, Brazil, from Barara
794. Temple at Almorah, Kumaon, North-west IndiaA Yucca in flower on the left
783. View in the Botanic Garden, Brisbane, QueenslandFlowers of the Large Water Lily (Nymphaea gigantea, Hook.) with Screw Pines (Pandanus sp.) and a species of Aralia in the background. This Water Lily is peculiar to Australia
838. Adams Needle or Yucca, about half natural sizeYucca gloriosa, L. is a very old inhabitant of English gardens, having been cultivated during the latter half of the sixteenth century by Gerard and Parkinson
831. Wild Flowers and Fruits of the Salinas, ChiliEchinocactus sp. in fruit, above it Ephedra andina, Poepp. in fruit, and a sprig of a white variety of the same in front, with the globular, green flower heads of Eryngiumn paniculatum, Cay
829. One of the Volcanoes of the Cordilleras, from Poplar AvenueOn the left is a cottage, and on the right a large oven, as they are commonly constructed in Chili
827. View in the Salinas, ChiliThe principal plants on the rocks are the yellow and blue Puyas and the Cereus represented natural size in Nos. 23, 26, and 19
817. View at Peradeniya, CeylonBamboos and Jak-fruit tree in the foreground. See 333
773. View in the Bunya-Bunya Forest, Queensland, and KangaroosThe tall trees having slender spreading branches, leafy only at the tips, are the Bunya-Bunya, Araucaria Bidwillii, Hook. See description of 767
772. West Australian VegetationFlowers and fruiting cones in various stages of development, of Banksia coccinea. R. Br.; and flowers of a climbing Papilionacea (Gompholobium polymorphum, R)
821. View near Tijuca, Brazil, Granite Boulders in the foregrounThe plants in the foreground are overrun by a species of Dodder (Cuscuta americana, L.) from which an orange dye is obtained. A similar parasitical plant often preys on clover in this country
843. A New Zealand Tree FernA reduced representation of a fine specimen of Cyathea medullaris, Swartz, growing in the Winter Garden hard by. It is the Black Fern of the colonists and, in its native country
834. Strelitzia, a South African PlantSee 365
814. View in the Garden of Acclimatisation, TeneriffeThe 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
813. Plants of the Sandy-shore at Port Alfred, South AfricaThe shrub with shining leaves and white flowers is Scaeuola Koenigii (see 469); the hoary plant with yellow flowers, Microstephium niveum, Less. with Statice scabra, Thunb
811. Glimpse in a Glen at Gongo, BrazilThe dark flowers in the background are those of a Melostomacea (Pleroma), see 69; and the yellow ones belong to an Aspilia (see 44)
801. Another view at Pushkar
791. West Australian Shrubby VegetationVarious species of Hakea; a flower-bearing branch of Eucalyptus tetraptera, Turcz. at the top on the right; and a purple flowered Malvacea (Hibiscus Huegelii ?)
788. Fig-tree Village, and its Big Godfather, Illawarra
787. A Bush Fire at Sunset, QueenslandVast areas of country are devastated by periodical fires
786. Gum Trees and Tree Ferns, VictoriaThis Gum is the Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill. one of the loftiest of the numerous kinds of Gum trees. See 777
778. Australian Spear Lily and an AcaciaThere are two species of Doryanthes, the present D. Palmeri, Hill, and D. excelsa, which has a globose inflorescence. They both inhabit Eastern Australia. See 844 in the gallery above
777. Trees near Fernshaw, VictoriaThe tall trees are Eucalyptus amygdalina, Labill. most of them more than 300 feet high. Several trees of this species that have been measured were more than 400 feet high;
846. A South African SedgeThis is Restio subverticillata, Linn. one out of about eighty species of Restio native of South Africa. The Restiaceae are almost exclusively restricted to South Africa and Australia
845. A species of OrnithogalumThis is allied to W. rosea. (See 417.)
844. Australian Spear LilyAloe abyssinica, Lam, . was discovered by the celebrated traveller Bruce, who sent seeds of it to Paris about the year 1777, and it seems to have been in cultivation ever since
842. A Japanese MagnoliaThis showy spring-flowering hardy shrub (Magnolia obovata, Thunb.) has been cultivated in English gardens ever since 1796
841. A Japanese LilyLilium erratum, Lindl. is said to be one of the commonest wild flowers in some parts of Japan. Yet, in spite of its beauty, it was not introduced alive in this country till the year 1861
840. An Orchid of Tropical AsiaThis handsome orchid, (Vanda suavis, Lindl.), has been cultivated in England since 1848. The allied V.tricolor, Hook, differs chiefly in the colour of the flowers
839. A Garden Variety of Indian ShotThis is Canna Ehemannii, Hort. a hybrid between the tropical American C. iridiflora and another species
837. A Colombian AroidAfter a long reign, the brilliant Anthuriumn Scherzerianum has now to compete with its still more beautiful ally Anthurium Andraeanum, Linden, here represented
836. A Brazilian Columnar CactusUpwards 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 50ÔÇÜ├á├╗ N. lat
824. View from the Sierra of Theresopolis, Brazil
820. Spring Gardens, Jamaica, with its Cocoanut Palms
819. View from Kalutara, CeylonCasuarina and Cocoanut Trees
815. Barranca de Castro, TeneriffeTree Heather, Laurels, Goats, and Shepherds in blankets and topboots
812. Gate of Mariamma Temple, Japan
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