The Ceylon Plates
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India rubber trees with buttress roots. Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya.
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Natural History

India rubber trees with buttress roots

Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya
c. 1875–1895

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Identified
Named on the print, matched to a published caption, an unmistakable landmark, or identified by the collection’s owner.
On the print
"Ficus elastica - Assam India-rubber trees in Peradeniya Gardens" - Scowen & Co, Ceylon
Maker
Scowen & Co
Date basis
Scowen negatives were sold on in the mid-1890s; a print could be later
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Place
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Reference
TCP-N23

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