Cultivated Collection

Wilmots Late Scarlet Strawberry. Coloured engraving from William Hooker, Pomona Londinensis: containing colored engravings of the most esteemed fruits cultivated in the British Gardens. Vol. I

Union Workhouse, Wincanton, Somerset
The Wincanton Union workhouse, Somerset, with extensive vegetable gardens in front which were cultivated by the workhouse inmates. The workhouse opened in 1838 and was designed by George Wilkinson

Banana tree, Musa paradisiaca, Musa sapientium, Bananier. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pierre after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A. Dupuis, Fr

Sifting Tea in Assam, India
British Empire multiplied the tea gardens in north-east corner of India due to demand in Britain. Photograph showing one of the many processes of sifting the tea prior to packing. Date: late 1890s

Avenue near a Small Town Date: 1865

Two poses of Anna Held taken in Paris before she came to America in 1898 - she had cultivated a naughty French stage persona Date: 1929

Cultivated double varieties of poppy anemone, Anemone coronaria. Handfinished chromolithograph by Henry Noel Humphreys after an illustration by Jane Loudon from Mrs

Rice Plant - preparing land with harrow
Chinese cultivated the land intently, annually the ground would flood by heavy rains, when the waters had receded the earth was covered with a thick coating of slime and mud

Farmer Irrigates Land Date: 1948

Athanasius Kircher (1601 / 16021680). German Jesuit scholar C
Athanasius Kircher (1601/16021680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner). German Jesuit scholar. China Monumentis, qua sacris qua profanis, 1667. Tea Plant

Mossbank Industrial School, Glasgow
A view of the Industrial School for Boys, Mossbank, Glasgow. Extensive plots of vegetables were cultivated by the inmates. Date: circa 1924

Taxus melanosporum, Yew - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, 1835. Paper, watercolour. London. Botany Library, Bauer Unit, Unfinished Drawings of Plants Cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew 6: f. 29

Erica taxifolia - Coloured engraving by D. MacKenzie based on a watercolour by Franz Bauer. Delineations of exotick plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew, t. 19, London, 1793. Date: 1793

Athanasius Kircher (1601 / 1602A?i?1680). German Jesuit schol
Athanasius Kircher (1601/1602A?i?1680) (sometimes erroneously spelled Kirchner). German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology

Spain. Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes. Nuns orchard. Dra
Barcelona. Monastery of Pedralbes. Nuns orchard. Engraving, 19th century. Drawing of G. Mosteyrin. Museum of City History. Barcelona. Spain

George Bancroft as a young man
GEORGE BANCROFT (1800-1891) American statesman and historian, as a relatively young man, before he cultivated a moustache and let his beard spread. Date: Circa 1830

French Workers Homes
Cites ouvrieres at Mulhouse, Alsace - conveniently close to the factory, yet each with its own garden where vegetables may be cultivated. Date: 1861

Cartoon, German Kultur, WW1
Cartoon, German Kultur or the cultivated truth during the First World War, showing a blindfolded allegorical female figure with flames rising around her. Date: 1915

Potato farmers waiting for collectors. Kitulo National Park, Tanzania, Africa

Destruction of rainforest: preparation for oil-palm plantation which replaces rainforest in a river-valley, (Elaeis guineensis). Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June

Oil palm fruits are piled on a road-side along one of the oil-palm plantations (Elaeis guineensis). Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo; Malaysia; June

Saudi Arabia - Cultivated Fields Near As-Sudah Date: 1976

Polyanthus sp. primrose
Folio 64 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Old Workhouse Infirmary, Hunslet, West Yorkshire
The infirmary at the old Hunslet Union workhouse on Hillidge Road, Hunslet. The area next to the building was extensively cultivated to grow vegetables for consumption by the inmates

Madonna Lilies
The Madonna Lily (Lilium Candidum) is one of the oldest cultivated lilies, propigated by the Minoans. It was probably brought to Europe by Phoenician traders. Date: 1950s

Primula Denticulata (Drumstick or Himalayan Primrose), a flowering plant of the Primulaceae family, native to alpine regions as well as Afghanistan and China

Cobnuts, Filberts
Kentish Cobnuts Filberts These are both cultivated varieties of the Hazel-nut

RAVENALA
Ravenala, or Travelers Tree, is cultivated in Madagascar for its water-retaining and ornamental properties. It is related to the banana, which are also shown here

Bamboo Cultivation
Bamboo is cultivated throughout Asia : the young shoots are edible, while the mature stalks have countless uses - building, piping and holding up garden plants

Pampas Grass Cultivate
Pampas Grass (cortaderia selloana) (aka gynerion) is cultivated extensively in southern South America for use in building and basket making, also for its decorative value

Underground Harvesting
Crops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production

Salt Flats in France
A birds eye view of a salt production area in the marshes, showing the areas where the salt is cultivated to the boat that will export it

Winter Flowers 1866
Cultivated & Wild: Hyacinthus (Hyacinths); Narcissus; Galanthus (Snowdrops); Polyanthus Primula; Euphorbia Pulcherrima (Poinsettia); Correa; Salvia

Autumn Flowers 1866
Cultivated Autumn flowers including: Lantana; Petunia; Phlox Drummondi; Calceolaria; Penstemon; Verbena; Fuschia & Solanum Jasminoides

Truffles Liebig 4
Although truffles normally grow naturally, they can be cultivated artificially if suitable conditions are created - a skilled process ! card 4 of 6

Timur on his Throne
TIMUR LENK (also known as Tamerlane etc) Mongol conqueror from Samarkand, depicted on his throne. He was ruthless but cultivated art and architecture. Date: 1336 - 1405

Halls Coca Wine
Coca Wine is made from a shrub cultivated in Bolivia and Peru, containing an alkaloid, the value of which cannot be overestimated. Yet it can be bought for only 2/6 a bottle

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