"Mauritius Hemp Nursery, Nyasaland, A. J. Storey, Blantyre". Exterior view showing a field of Furcraea Foetida, also know as Mauritius Hemp, Green Aloe or Giant Cabuya. It is grown to produce a natural fibre used in ropes and twine. The crop is precisely sown in straight furrows. There are cloud covered mountains in the distance. The photograph has been taken by an A. J. Storey, who worked on developing crops with good yields. ❧ From a Photograph Album of the Blantyre Mission, Nyasaland [Malawi] and the Mihecani Mission, Portuguese East Africa [Mozambique].
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79835
- Date published
- circa 1911
- Dates
- circa 1911
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 20.5 x 15 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Blantyre Malawi Southern region
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Malawi
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75658217-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/7c52c9763e241b442dcb9cdebd308cb4
