Images Dated 16th September 2005

The Wardian case, ca 1940- 1950

Image of a horticulturalist packing plants into a Wardian Case ready for transportation. The Wardian case was a portable airtight greenhouse developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward to protect live plant material during transportation. The Wardian case was a portable airtight greenhouse developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868). As he lived in the docklands area of London, Ward's interest in amateur botany was thwarted by the polluted, sooty air that killed everything he tried to grow. After noticing that seedlings flourished in a glass jar and were protected from London's smoky environment, Ward created the Wardian Case; it revolutionised botany in the 19th century, allowing live plants to be transported across the globe

© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Air crewmen wave from their F-14D Tomcat as they taxi

Virginia Beach, Virginia, September 16, 2005 - Air crewmen wave from their F-14D Tomcat as they taxi at the conclusion of their tactical flight demonstration at 2005 Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show

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The Adoration of the Trinity (The Landauer Altarpiece), 1511. Artist: Albrecht Durer

The Adoration of the Trinity (The Landauer Altarpiece), 1511. This picture shows the Holy Trinity in glory, worshipped by all the saints. In the upper zone the Trinity of God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are flanked by Angels carrying the instruments of Christ's passion. Below them on the left are the female saints led by the Virgin Mary. On the right are the male saints led by John the Baptist, and Old Testament figures including Moses holding the Tablets of the Law and King David playing the harp. In the bottom zone are Popes and Cardinals, Kings, Princes and commoners floating on clouds. Durer has painted a self portrait pointing to a tablet with date and signature (bottom right). From the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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