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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. S. W. McLeod Braggins, superintendent of La Mortola botanical garden, standing in front of an Agave salmiana plant, which is almost twice his height. Agave salmiana, or Giant Agave, is a type of succulent. Handwritten on edge of nitrate negative: Agave Salmiana - La Mortola - April - 1929S.W. McLeod Braggins - Director Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0659 ark:/21198/zz002b6n03
Language
English
Subject
International Environment Agaves Gardens Culture Botanical gardens Landscape architecture Braggins, S. W. McLeod Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)
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