Clifford's banana plant mb-copyright Andy Rementer For some years this was

For some years this was the residence of William Hogarth and was one of the few houses that escaped the Great Fire of London in 1666

St Paul's Cathedral can be seen in the distance

This reflects the fear of a Catholic revival in Britain

horses and carriages in Threadneedle Street

Clifford's banana plant mb-copyright Andy Rementer For some years this wasBotanical 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