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England Travels: Cambridge University Botanical Gardens

Tuesday, April 17, 2018.

The Botanical Gardens opened in 1846 and is a nice place to walk around, with over 8000 plants from all over the world in various climates. They have rocky areas, a pond, garden-like areas, a fountain, a greenhouse (called a "glasshouse", which makes me curious if the saying "people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" meant something different back in the day; in any case, I didn't throw any stones), and more. It's a large enough place that we only spent time in 3 or 4 areas. There were people around, but it wasn't crowded.

2018 England trip pictures
Part 1: The Arrival
Part 2: Cambridge (Part 1)
Part 3: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Part 4: Alnwick
Part 5: York
Part 6: Sutton Bank
Part 7: Thirsk
Part 8: Helmsley and Rievaulx
Part 9:  Backyard Blacksmith Workshop
Part 10: Bagby Airfield
Part 11: Byland Abbey
Part 12: National Rail Museum
Part 13: Cambridge (Part 2)
Part 14: Cambridge Botanical Gardens
Part 15: The Departure

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Botanical gardens fountain with Stephanie gazing into the waters and the...(more)

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The fountain with a botanical duck in the foreground.

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The fountain waters!

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A pheasant crossingthe path. I had to follow him until he left the tall grass....(more)

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Rocks in the rock garden.

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Rocks in the rock garden.

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Water in the bog garden.

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Maybe a Magnolia denudata, one that starts to bloom early, in March.

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Unopened Magnolia flower bud on a tree. Magnolia 'vulcan' maybe?

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Magnolia tree pink flower. Maybe Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva'.

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Magnolia tree pink flower. Maybe Magnolia sprengeri 'Diva'.

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Magnolia tree white flower.

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Magnolia tree white flower.

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This might be a Fritillaria reuteri. It has a harlequin look.

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The Fritillaries contain the highest quantities of DNA known in any plant or...(more)

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Some Geranium variant?

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Cool tiny black and white flowers.

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A spiney red flower!

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Bird of Paradise

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The fleshy rosette of an Aeonium.

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Two-tone Tulips! Likely Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha.

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Tulipa acuminata. Cool looking, weird, finger-like, colorful pedals.

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A colorful collection.

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Fritillarias.

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Saxifraga trifurcata, very round.

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Saxifraga trifurcata, darker exposure, slightly different focus point.

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A Tulip variety.

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No clue.

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A pretty flower.

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A flower that screams I'm red!

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The greenhouse wall and another wing of it visible beyond the glass.

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Trillium chloropetalum (I can read the sign!).

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More two-tone tulips.



2018 England trip pictures
Part 1: The Arrival
Part 2: Cambridge (Part 1)
Part 3: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Part 4: Alnwick
Part 5: York
Part 6: Sutton Bank
Part 7: Thirsk
Part 8: Helmsley and Rievaulx
Part 9:  Backyard Blacksmith Workshop
Part 10: Bagby Airfield
Part 11: Byland Abbey
Part 12: National Rail Museum
Part 13: Cambridge (Part 2)
Part 14: Cambridge Botanical Gardens
Part 15: The Departure

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