La Mortola botanical garden, view of garden superintendent S. W. McLeod Braggins standing in front of a Giant Agave plant, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Item Overview

Title

La Mortola botanical garden, view of garden superintendent S. W. McLeod Braggins standing in front of a Giant Agave plant, Ventimiglia, Italy, 1929

Alternative title

Giardini Botanici Hanbury

Photographer

Cornell, Ralph D.

Date Created

April 1929

Date

1929-04

Language

English

Collection

Ralph D. Cornell Papers, 1925-1972

Notes

Description

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.

Caption

Handwritten on edge of nitrate negative: Agave Salmiana - La Mortola - April - 1929S.W. McLeod Braggins - Director
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: La Mortola 1929

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

black-and-white photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Braggins, S. W. McLeod
Giardino Botanico Hanbury (Mortola, Italy)

Location

Italy--Ventimiglia

Resource type

still image

Subjects

International
Environment
Agaves
gardens
Culture
botanical gardens

landscape architecture