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La Mortola botanical garden, view of tulips growing on a hill, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

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Title: La Mortola botanical garden, view of tulips growing on a hill, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929
Alternative Title: Giardini Botanici Hanbury
Contributor: Cornell, Ralph D
Date Created and/or Issued: April 1929
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Cornell (Ralph D.) papers
Rights Information: copyrighted
Copyright is owned by the UC Regents. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The Giardini Botanici Hanbury (also known as La Mortola, or Hanbury Botanical Garden, or Villa Hanbury), on the cape of Mortola, are major botanical gardens operated by the University of Genoa. The gardens were founded by Sir Thomas Hanbury, a British entrepreneur, after he had made his fortune in China.
Gravel path at the base of a hill in La Mortola botanical garden. Tulips, wildflowers and trees are growing on the hill.
Text from nitrate negative: Tulips & [A??tly] [s????] - La Mortola - Apr. 1929
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1411_0653
ark:/21198/zz002b6msh
Language: English
Subject: Environment
Flower gardens
Landscape architecture
Paths
International
Garden walks
Landmarks
Botanical gardens
Tulips--Italy--Ventimiglia
Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)
Source: Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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