Images Dated 2011 July

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

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Brazilian, Cactus, Columnar, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting

816. Study of Chinese Bananas and Bamboos, Teneiffe

The 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, and what a striking object its noble foliage is in almost every scene and landsca

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Bamboos, Bananas, Chinese, Kingdon, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Teneiiffe, Vege Table

793. Foliage, Flowers, and Seed-vessel of the Opium Poppy

This 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, India, and China. Morphia, one of the alkaloids ex

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Flowers, Foliage, Leaves, Marianne North, Opium Poppy, Painting, Pink, Seed Wessel, Yellow