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Title
La Mortola botanical garden, view down a walkway enclosed by Wisteria sinensis on a pergola, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929
Alternative Title
Giardini Botanici Hanbury
Contributor
Cornell, Ralph D.
Date Created and/or Issued
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.
Walkway enclosed by a pergola built from stone columns supporting wooden poles in La Mortola botanical garden. Wisteria sinensis (Chinese Wisteria) grows on the enclosure. Clivia, a colorful flowering plant, and Nemophila insignis, a blue flowering plant, grow on the wall next to the path.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1411_0668
ark:/21198/zz002b6n9r
Language
English
Subject
International
Landmarks
Environment
Garden walks
Trees
Vines
Gardens
Wisteria
Paths
Botanical gardens
Landscape architecture
Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)
Source
Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

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