Images Dated 30th June 2011

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

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

688. Foliage and Flowers of the Clove, Fruit of the Mango, and H

The cloves of commerce are the unopened flower-buds, and the tree that produces them (Eugenia caryophyllata, Thunb.) is a native of the Moluccas, though now cultivated in the West Indies and other parts of the world. For further particulars respectin

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Art, Artist, Clove, Flowers, Foliage, Fruit, Hindoo God, Mango, Marianne North, Painting, Wisdom

676. Leaf-Insects and Stick-Insects

The singular forms assumed by these insects have suggested the names leaf -insect, stick-insect, &c., and these names are most appropriate, for the insects so closely resemble the twigs and leaves of the plants on which they live, that they seem to f

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Laeaves, Marianne North, Mr Bates, Painting, Plant