Images Dated 2011 June

658. Distant View of Mount Fujiyama, Japan, and Wistaria

This beautiful, hardy, climbing shrub Wistaria chinensis, DC., is a native of China and Japan, and was introduced into this country about the year 1816. The original plant was nearly killed through being kept in a hot-house

© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Art, Artist, Blue, China, Flower, Japan, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Mount Fujiyama, Painting, V Iew, Wistaria

511. Dragon Tree in the Garden of Mr. Smith, Teneriffe

The Dragon Tree, or more correctly the Dragon's Blood Tree (Dracaena Draco, L.), is a native of Teneriffe, and is one of the most celebrated trees in the annals of natural history, for until within a few years ago there stood at Orotava a giganti

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Dragon Tree, Garden, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Mrsmith, Painting, Teneriffe

698. Two Swamp Plants of Java in Flower

The snow-white flowers of the Costus speciosus, Sm., like those of most of its allies, are very fugitive, but the red bracts from which they spring are more durable. Cassia alata, Linn., belongs to a genus numerous in species, generally diffused in w

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Flowers, Java, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Swamp Plants