Images Dated 2nd June 2011

560. Flowers of a Dogwood and an Indigo from the Himalayas

The flowers of the Dogwood (Cornus capitata, Wall.) are quite small and many crowded together, each head being subtended by four coloured bracts, that look very much like petals. This shrub bears an edible fruit not unlike that of the strawberry-tree

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Dog Wood, Flowers, Himalayas, Indigo, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting

544. Flowers and Fruit of the Carambola and Butterflies, Singapo

The Carambola (Averrhoa Carambola, L.) is a small evergreen tree, and, like its only congener, the Bilimbi (152), a native of some parts of tropical Asia; it is often cultivated for its fruit, which makes excellent tarts. It will also take out stains

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Butterflies, Carambola, Flowers, Fruit, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Singapore

532. The Breadfruit, painted at Singapore

The Breadfruit, Artocarpus incisa, Linn., is a tree of moderate size, a native of the South Sea Islands, where its fruit forms the chief food of the inhabitants, answering in use and taste to our bread. A cloth is made from the fibre of the young tre

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Bread Fruit, Butterflies, Fruits, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Papilio Polytes, Pieris, Singapore, White