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The name of the genus was given as a tribute to Italian botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773–1846) by the German botanist Kurt Sprengel (1766–1833).
Chelsea Physic Garden
London SW3
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Note from Wikipedia:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Giovanni Zantedeschi (3 May 1773, Molina, - 16 May 1846, Bovegno) was an Italian physician and an important Italian botanist.
He studied in Verona and later in Padua, where he graduated with honors, in medicine and surgery. He completed his training in Verona, and practiced his profession for some time in Tremosine (Province of Brescia) and subsequently in Bovegno, until his death in 1846.
Being passionate about botany, he published ten works on the flora of the province of Brescia. This was a legacy of his friendship with Professor Ciro Pollini (1782–1833), a Veronese botanist and author of the authoritative work Flora Veronensis ("Flora of Verona"). He also maintained an eager scientific correspondence with the German botanist Kurt Sprengel (1766 - 1833) who named the plant Zantedeschia in tribute to him.
Four plant varieties were discovered and described by Zantedeschi for the first time.
Molina, his birthplace, has dedicated the botanical museum, Museo Botanico della Lessinia di Molina, to him. It holds over 300 species of flora from the region which include many exemplary orchids.
St. Leonard`s Terrace, Chelsea, London SW3.
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London Borough of Chelsea & Westminster,
Park Walk & Paulton Square,
London SW3, Chelsea,
Promenades & Streetscapes,
The Royal Hospital Chelsea,
London SW3,
Chapel and Refectory
architects Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor
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AT a side entrance of the Royal Hospital there is access to the old Burial place (now a park) (see headstones in the background).
in this picture one can see the model of a "Pensioner" (the name given to the war veterans who are looked after here in their retirement) in the traditional red tunic uniform. The model elephant sports l;ikewise the same uniform and cap with the initials "RH". There were several hundred copies of elephants individually decorated by well-known artist painters which were put out for auction in the grounds of the hospital. the proceeds from their sale went to a charity who looks after the conservation of the Asian elephant, whose habitat is threatened in India.
St. Simon Zelotes, Chelsea, SW3
Victorian Gothic
Promenades and Streetscapes
London SW3, Chelsea
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Church consecrated 1859, Milner Street .
Bldg of Kentish ragstone with Bath stone dressings designed by Jos. Peacock 1858–9, built by White of Pimlico, in idiosyncratic Dec. style. Shallow sanctuary, aisled and clerestoreyed nave, with higher E. bays of aisles forming transepts galleried until 1896, W. bell turret. Polychrome interior with much naturalistic carving by J.L. Jacquet, and rich E. end with glass by Lavers & Barraud and furnishings by Hailand & Fisher. Organ by Walker.
London Borough of Chelsea & Westminster,
Park Walk & Paulton Square,
London SW3, Chelsea,
Promenades & Streetscapes,
All Elephants come home to roost
Royal Hospital Chelsea, London SW3
Ranelagh Gardesn
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All elephants are for sale: this is a publicity stunt kind of "adopt an elephant" sound bite. It is initiated by a charity involved in wild life conservation and the idea is that the money received from selling these elephants will go to a good cause.
Before they were gathered here, in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea (seen in the background) these cast and highly decorated sculptures were dotted around central London with a "for sale" sign and the aim of the Charity. Now that they gathered here marks probably the grand finale of a several weeks long campaign.
The obelisk seen in some of these photos is a memorial erected to the British soldiers who fell in the Second Sikh war. Most of the names are irish and the long roll call reads like the list from an Irish parish graveyard. The great Koh-I-Noor gemstone now displayed in the British Crown was "gifted" to Queen Victoria by the (defeated) leader of the Sikhs who was recognis3ed as a "Prince of the Realm" and enjoyed the full honours of the Court.