Clifford's banana plant skirt East elevation of the Church

East elevation of the Church of St Paul

'A Degenerate Daughter'

View of Bishopsgate

while only the back of her dress is visible

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were among those attending the ceremony

Clifford's banana plant skirt East elevation of the ChurchBotanical study of a banana plant belonging to the banker and Dutch East India Company director George Clifford (1685 1760). Clifford's estate and gardens were at Hartenkamp in Holland. This banana was grown there in a heated glasshouse and is thought to a hybrid of Musa acuminate and Musa balbisiana and therefore a cultivar plantain. It was among the first, if not the first, plant of this type to fruit in Europe. Plate 1 from the monograph Musa