Information Sheets

Adaptations to environment

• Epiphytes - adaptations to an aerial habitat A 1
• Desert plants - adaptations to hot dry conditions A 2
• Alpine and tundra plants A 3
• Hydrophytes - adaptations to aquatic environments A 4
• Carnivorous plants A 5

Basic botany

• Studying plant diversity - plant classification B 1 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
• Plant names B 2 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
• Plant structure - leaves, stems and roots B 3 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)
• Flower structure and variations B 4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format)

Cellulose and plant fibres

• Cellulose in the plant C 1
• Rope-making C 2
• Rope-making fibres - manila hemp and sisal C 3
• Coir C 4
• Basket-making materials - rattans and willows C 6
• Paper C 7
• Paper manufacture C 8
• Paper mulberry C 9
• Cotton C 10
• Linen C 11
• Coarse fibres C 12
• Ramie C 13
• Fibres, plastics and chemicals from wood pulp C 15
• Viscose and allied products C 16
• Cellulose acetate C 17
• Cellulose chemicals C 18
• Cellulose and micro-organisms - food and fuel for the future C 19

Economic plants

• Avocado E 1
• Banana E 2
• Kiwifruit E 3
• Passion flowers and passion fruit E 4
• Ginger E 5
• Pawpaw E 6
• Loquats E 7
• Coconut palms E 8
• Lychees and their relatives E 9
• Gourds E 10
• Staple foods I - root and tuber crops E 11
• Staple foods III - rice E 12
• Pineapples and other bromeliads E 13
• Staple foods II - fruits E 14
• Mango E 15
• Rattans E 16
• Staple foods - amaranths, quinoa and buckwheat E 17
• Pumpkins E 18 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 484 KB)

Ornamental plants

• Bird-of-paradise flower O 1
• Cultivated impatiens O 3
• Proteas O 5
• Ginkgo O 6
• Yuccas O 7
• Sensitive plant O 8
• Giant waterlily O9
• Titan arum O10 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 312KB)

Rainforests

• Rainforest - a description R1 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 217 KB)
• Rainforests - the economic potential R2 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 210 KB)
• Destruction of the rainforests R3 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 193 KB)

Poisonous plants

• Caper spurge T 1
• Dragon arum T 2
• Horsetails T 3
• Invasive species T 4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 195 KB)

Kew

• Micropropagation KI (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 200KB)
• Arboretum K2 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 248KB)
• Princess of Wales Conservatory K4 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 252KB)
• Pagoda K5 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 272KB)
• Temperate House - history and restoration K6 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 240KB)
• Seasonal features K7 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 284KB)
• Marianne North and the Marianne North Gallery K9 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 165KB)
• CITES and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew K10 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 352KB)
• Gardening without peat K11 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 212KB)
• The role of the living orchid collection K12
• Orchid taxonomy at Kew K13
• Micropropagation of Orchids at Kew K14
• Sainsbury Orchid Conservation Project K15
• History of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew K16 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 232KB)
• Birds at Kew K17 (Adobe Acrobat format 206KB)
• Butterflies at Kew K18 (Adobe Acrobat format 206KB)
• Palm House Kl9 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 428KB)
• Pest control K20
• Order beds K21 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 251KB)
• Kew Seed Bank at Wakehurst Place (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 275 KB)
• Dragonflies at Kew K23 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 189 KB)
• Queen's Cottage grounds K24 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 1.56MB)
• The Broad Walk at Kew: 2000 and beyond K25
• The Role of Kew K26 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 312KB)
• Convention on Biological Diversity K27 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 256KB)
• Chokushi Mon and the Japanese Landscape K28 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 364KB)
• The Queen's Garden K29 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 336KB)
• The Sackler Crossing K30 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 361KB)
• Plant cryopreservation K31 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 252KB)
• Bryophytes at Kew K32 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 252KB)
• The Davies Alpine House K33 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 312KB)
• Phenology at Kew K36 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 216KB)

Wakehurst Place

• Guide leaflet W 1
• Wakehurst bog oak W 2
• Seasonal features W 3 (Adobe Acrobat format 548KB)
• History of Wakehurst Place W 4 (Adobe Acrobat pdf format 241KB)
• National collections at Wakehurst Place W 5 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 184KB)
• Charcoal production and coppice management at Wakehurst Place W 6
• Birds of Wakehurst Place Gardens and the Loder Valley Reserve W 7 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 307KB)
• Conservation at Wakehurst Place W8 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 223KB)
• Traditional woodland skills W9
• Bats at Wakehurst Place W10 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 180KB)
• Visitor information at Wakehurst Place W11 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 214KB)
• The Winter Garden Wakehurst Place W12 (Adobe Acrobat PDF format 408KB)
• Millennium Seed Bank MSB001