'The Root China' Product:Postcard showing the monkey house

showing the monkey house

View of the revolving temple erected for the peace celebrations of 1814

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Lord Derby (left) and Disraeli represent the Conservatives who awaited the verdict of the country following the 1865 General Election

'The Root China' Product:Postcard showing the monkey houseBotanical study of 'The Root China' (Ginseng), with mountains and a settlement visible in the background. The accompanying text states that the plant is used in the treatment of 'Spanish pox' and gout. Plate from the book An embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperour of China., by John Nieuhoff (London, 1669). John Nieuhoff (1618 1672), Dutch traveller, was appointed steward of the mission to China