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1.  Lily Pond -- Main Garden

Lily Pond located in the Main Garden. Man and woman visible. Lily pool east of parterre. Euryale ferox in pool. 




2.  Lily pool showing details of Victoria pool with hot water pipes.

Lily pool showing details of Victoria pool with hot water pipes. This pool was between the greenhouse and the Linnaean House. 



1909

3.  Lily Pools. Garden view.

l 7x5 in. print. Damaged in the left bottom corner. 



1910

4.  Victoria regia pond.

Victoria regia pond in front of the Linnean House with ladies standing around it. 



1890

5.  Euryale ferox water lily displayed in lily pond.

Euryale ferox water lily displayed in lily pond, horticulturalist James Gurney and part of Main Greenhouse Range in background. 



1890

6.  Palm House in the Garden.

View of the Palm House looking to the west. The Climatron sits upon this same location today. 



1914

7.  Palm House. Lily Ponds. Main Gardens.

View of Palm House, lily ponds, and main gardens. 



1918

8.  Original Main Gate to the Garden.

Original Main Gate to the Garden located on Tower Grove Avenue; replaced in 1920. Visitors standing at lily pond. 



1907

9.  Windstorm and hail damage at the Garden in 1946.

Windstorm and hail damage at the Garden, September 1, 1946. Photo shows damaged Palm House, Gingko trees, and pool plantings. 



1946

10.  Japanese stone lantern beside water lily pool at home of Leonard Matthews, a trustee of MBG.

N.B. Japanese lantern is undoubtedly one of the two in the Garden which were originally in the Japanese exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. 1 7x5 in. print. 



1910

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