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July 31, 2005 : Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Cacti Beds
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Keywords: Cactaceae | JD Slide #1271
This entry was posted while I was on vacation, hence the brief written accompaniment. -- Daniel
An archival photograph from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in Surrey, England. The date that this picture was taken is currently unknown, though its photographer was John Davidson.
In the time since this photograph was taken, most (if not all) of the cacti and succulents in Kew's collections have been moved indoors into glasshouses, I assume at least in part to protect the plants from winter-wet. At UBC Botanical Garden, we've recently received funding to modify our unused glasshouse in the Alpine Garden to create an open-air glasshouse that will protect a collection of Opuntia and other cacti from the winter-wet of our climate.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at July 31, 2005 12:00 AM
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Posted by: pam in DM,CA at July 31, 2005 7:36 AM
Nice to see older photos of gardens. Are those hens & chicks with the prickle pear ?
Posted by: Deb at July 31, 2005 10:12 AM
I worked with the glass lantern slide collection that this image is scanned from. I would guess the photo was taken around 1900-1910.
It looks like the beds are lined with hens and chicks (Sempervivum spp.), but it is hard to be sure from the old photo. And in the centre of the front bed, I think I see an agave or is it an aloe?
Posted by: Eric La Fountaine at July 31, 2005 10:33 AM
Center foreground plant is definitely an aloe.
Posted by: Jeff Crecelius at August 1, 2005 6:57 AM
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From the length of the lady's skirt in the upper right hand corner of the photo, it appears the the photo is from the early 20th or late 19th century. Definitely not a digital photo.