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Interior of a curing barn
Interior of a curing barn
A wooden shed is used to dry or cure the tobacco plant. wooden poles are stretched across the shed with lighter tobacco sticks on them. The stalks are hung over these with the leaves hanging down to dry. Heat from coke fires is evenly distributed for 4-5 days until the leaves are dry and brittle. Sufficient moisture is re-introduced to allow the plants become pliable. They are then taken down, stripped and sorted. The leaves are heaped on the floor and the heat allowed to rise to 130 Fahrenheit to allow fermentation to occur. In 3-5 weeks the process is complete when the leaves have a uniformly brown tint.
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Sir Nugent T. Everard
Sir Nugent T. Everard
This is a photograph of Sir Nugent Everard, 1849-1929, of Randlestown, Navan, Co. Meath. He is dressed in military uniform and was a lieutenant in the Royal Meath Militia. In 1898 he began experiments in growing tobacco on the Randlestown estate.
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Nicotiana Tabacum: the tobacco plant
Nicotiana Tabacum: the tobacco plant
colour illustration of the plant showing both the bloom and the leaf
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Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)
Colour photograph of the Common Fumitory (Fumaria officinalis) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin.
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata)
Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata)
Colour photograph of the Yellow-wort (Blackstonia perfoliata) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin. Yellow-wort has a firm erect stem rising up to 40 cm high. There is a basal rosette of bluish-green oval leaves and perfoliate paired stem leaves--that is, the leaves are united at their base around the stem forming a boat-shaped cup with the stem rising through the centre. The stem branches near the top forming a loose cyme of short flower stalks. The bright yellow flower has 8 spreading pointed petals united at base. It is about 15 mm across. There are 8 prominent stamens rising from a superior ovary and the flowerhead is cupped in an 8-lobed green calyx. Fruit is a rounded capsule. This distinctive plant can be found all across the grassland dunes during late summer, lasting well into October. Flowers: July-October
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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Evening Primrose (Oenothera)
Evening Primrose (Oenothera)
Colour photograph of the Evening Primrose (Oenothera) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin.
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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Norfolk Island Pine
Norfolk Island Pine
Digital photograph of Araucaria heterophylla, Norfolk Island
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Wild Thyme (Thymus praecox)
Wild Thyme (Thymus praecox)
Colour photograph of the Wild Thyme (Thymus praecox) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin. The short creeping wild thyme spreads across the more open dune areas among the mosses and shorter grasses. Its barren prostrate stems root and form a dense mat. Flowering stems angle upwards to a height of 3-7 cm and these are covered in paired dark green oval leaves, smooth-edged and about 8 mm long. Each stem carries a dense head of tiny purple flowers having five petals joined at base. The upper two petals are so closely joined they resemble a two-lobed hood, while the lower three petals are spread out flatly. The flower protrudes from a green hairy calyx tube having three upper pointed teeth and two lower ones. There are four protruding stamens. The nut-like fruit is smooth and splits into four parts containing the unreleased seeds. Flowers: June-August
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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Pale Flax (Linum bienne)
Pale Flax (Linum bienne)
Colour photograph of the Pale Flax (Linum bienne)wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin. Lovely pale flax can be found growing amidst the dry tall grasses on the open sunny dune grassland, reaching a height of 60 cm. The wiry stems are sheathed in small narrow pointed leaves arranged alternately. Each flower has five rounded pale blue petals spread out flatly about 20 mm across. Each petal is prominately veined in a deeper blue. A central blue style rises from the superior ovary and the fruit is a capsule. Pale flax is an ancestor of the cultivated flax used for the linen industry. Flowers: June-August
By kind permission of Dorothy Forde
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Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)
Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)
Colour photograph of the Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) wild flower found on the grassland dunes of Bull Island, Dublin. Great willowherb towers over the tall grasses on the open duneland to a height of 150 cm. Stems are stout and covered in soft hairs. The narrow stalkless lanceolate leaves are toothed, pointed and usually opposite. The 2 cm flowers have four slightly notched rose-purple petals on long stems rising from the leaf axils. Each flower has a prominent 4-lobed white stigma on a long style. Four green pointed sepals enclose the bud. Fruit is a long 20-80 mm capsule which opens by four long splits to release the small white seeds with their hairy plumes for easy distribution by the wind. Flowers: July-August
Dorothy Forde