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The balcony of Laurel Peart's Kingston apartment

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" 'Fauning' over flora: The balcony of Laurel Peart's Kingston apartment hardly has room for people. Her potted plants have taken over, and now they're even invading the living area.
The place is a profusion of staghorn fern, baby's breath, palm,…

The West India flower girl

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A West Indian woman, wearing a checkered shawl and headwrap, holds out a dish with flowers towards two women. The woman wearing a broad rimmed hat has taken one of the flowers to smell. A boy, seated at the entrance of a nearby building, is watching…

The West Indian Court, Crystal Palace Colonial Exhibition, 1905

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Jamaican exhibition at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, held at Crystal Palace in the summer of 1905.

Florist at work in art exhibition

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Plants being arranged in front of the "Revolt" painting from the Guyana Collection by Aubrey Williams.

Poinsettia

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A picture of a red poinsettia.

Dr. Paul Chen-Young

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"Dr. Paul Cheng Young, General Manager of the Workers Savings and Loan Bank Limited, who was in Britain very recently as a guest of the Government caught admiring the spring daffodils near his hotel in Grosvenor Square, London. His extensive…

Miss Lou, Eric and two others on her wedding day

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Newlyweds Louise Bennett-Coverley and Eric Coverley standing between two elderly women at their wedding reception. The head table has a wedding cake and vases with flowers.

Poinsettia

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The poinsettia plant - widely used decoratively during the Christmas period.