The Gallery of Marianne North's Paintings of Plants and Their Homes, Royal Gardens, Kew; Descriptive Catalogue (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1882. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... England since 1848. The allied V. tricolor, Hook, differs chiefly in the colour of the flowers. 624. A Japanese Lily (Lilium auratum, Lindl.). This is said to be one of the commonest wild flowers in some parts of Japan. Yet, in spite of its beauty, it was not introduced alive in this country till the year 1861. The late John Gould Veitch had the good fortune to introduce it. True lilies are found all round the north temperate zone. 625. A Japanese Magnolia (Magnolia obovata, Thunb., syn. M. purpurea, Curt.). This showy, springflowering, hardy shrub has been cultivated in English gardens ever since 1796, and is recorded as having first flowered in the collection of the Duke of Portland. 626. A New Zealand Tree Fern (Cyatheamedullaris, Swartz.) A reduced representation of a fine specimen growing in the Winter Garden hard by. It is the Black Fern of the colonists; and, in its native country it forms a stout trunk from twelve to forty feet high. 627. Australian Spear Lily (Doryanthes Palmeri, Hill). About one quarter natural size, painted from a plant that flowered in these gardens this spriDg. See 600. INDEX. (TVie Numbers refer to the Pictures.') A BY ABYSSINIAN Aloe, 616 ii Acacia alata, 551 -- armata, 600 -- catechu, 340 -- cyclopia, 575 -- dealbata, 547, 548 -- false, 213 Acer palmatum, p. 76 Achras Sapota, 427 Aciphylla, 545 Acrocomia, 94 Actinotus Helianthi, 581 Adam's Needle, 621 Adansonia digitata, 276, 289 .