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  • Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • A rhododendron (Rhododendron indicum): small flowering shrub in grassland. Watercolour.
  • Rhododendron yakushuminum 'Grumpy'
  • Rhododendron yakushimanum 'Grumpy'
  • A rhododendron (Rhododendron species): flowering branch and gynoecium. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
  • A flowering branch of rhododendron. Watercolour.
  • Patterns of nature: a series of decorative plants. 2, Rhododendron.
  • Patterns of nature: a series of decorative plants. 2, Rhododendron.
  • Patterns of nature: a series of decorative plants. 2, Rhododendron.
  • Patterns of nature: a series of decorative plants. 2, Rhododendron.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Seven plants, including a rhododendron and a yucca: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Four British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • An Indian azalea (Rhododendron cultivar): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1863, after J. Vandamme.
  • An Indian azalea (Rhododendron cultivar): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1854, after J. Vandamme.
  • An azalea (Rhododendron species): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1872, after himself.
  • Eight plants, including two orchids, a primrose and a rhododendron: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • Seven British garden plants, including a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • A bunch of winter-flowering plants, including heather, camellia and rhododendron. Chromolithograph by A. Bouvier, 18--.
  • Four British garden plants, including daffodil and rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Ten flowering plants, including a rhododendron and a blood lily (Haemanthus species). Coloured transfer lithograph, c. 1833.
  • Seven garden plants, including two orchids and a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Seven garden plants, including an orchid and a rhododendron: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1835.
  • Singapore rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum L.): branch with flowers and fruit, flowering shoot and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
  • Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker in the Rhododendron area of the Himalaya. Mezzotint by W. Walker, after F. Stone, 1854.
  • Nepal; foot transport in the Khumbu, 1986. A young Sherpa takes a 'breather' by resting his load on a walking staff. Sherpas carry enormously heavy loads on their backs and many of the raw materials and goods which move through the Khumbu are transported in this way. The tree on the right of the picture is a Rhododendron aboreum which grows to fifteen metres and bears the national flower of Nepal. Photographed near Lukla (altitude 28287 metres).
  • Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, 1986. The Kathmandu Valley is situated in Nepal's Hill Region ('Pahar' in Nepali - altitutides 1000-4000 metres), and is the country's most fertile and urbanised area as well as being its political and cultural centre. The hills, sculpted into a vast complex of terraces, are extensively cultivated. Hill farmers produced food staples, mostly rice and corn, although this is still a food-deficit area. Other crops include wheat, millet, barley, sugarcane, tobacco, potatoes and oilseed. The climate is mild with summer temperatures reaching 30 degrees C and winter temperatures about 10 degrees C. The most common trees are oak, alder, jacaranda and rhododendron.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1834.