Images Dated 2011 March

237. Gardening at Nainee Tal, India

On the other side of the lake, below the Oak Trees, the Willows (Salix babylonica, L.) are seen that formerly shaded the Temple of a Goddess, now covered by a landslip

© RBG KEW

Art, Artist, Goddess, India, Lake, Landscape, Leaves, Marianne North, Mountain, Nainee Tal, Oak Trees, Painting, Temple

713. View of Lake Wakatipe, New Zealand

New Zealand Flax (Phormniumn tenax, Forst.) in the foreground. This is the most useful plant in the islands. Half-a-pint of honey juice can be obtained from the flowers of a single plant ; a gum is exuded where the leaves are broken away from the ste

© RBG KEW

713, Art, Lake Wakatipe, Landscape, Marianne North, New Zealand, Painting, Phormium Tenax, Victorian