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31.  Parterre view with Juno, formal bed of echeveria in foreground.

View looking due west from old Main Gate. 



1910

32.  View. Main Garden from top of old palm house looking southwest. Juno. Observatory.

View of Main Garden from top of old palm house looking southwest. Juno, Observatory, and Victory visible. Tower of Tower Grove House visible through trees. 



1907

33.  MBG -- Italian Garden

MBG Italian Garden (a.k.a. the Formal Garden). South side, Desert House. PRINT AVAILABLE -- SEE PHO 1982-0265. The Pergola was the open row of columns and trellises bordering the west side of the Italian Garden. The Arbors were the two roofed structures at the center of the Pergola. The Greenhouse which made up the surrounding border of the Italian Garden was -- as a whole -- referred to as the Conservatory or the Italian Garden Greenhouse, with each part of the building segmented into; Desert House, Cycad and Fern House, Economic House, South African House, and Palm House. After the Palm House was torn down, the remaining south and north buildings were called the Desert House and the Mediterranean House. 



1921

34.  Italian Garden. Looking west toward pergola. Juno.

Italian Garden view looking west toward pergola. Juno visible. 



1918

35.  Poinsettia Show. View toward south end of Floral Display House.

Poinsettia Show with view toward south end of Floral Display House. Marble sculpture of lady with a rose in her hand in center of display. 1- 7x5 in. print. 



1920

36.  Spring Flower Show. View in Floral Display House looking north.

1924 Spring Flower Show. View in Floral Display House looking north. Marble statue of lady with rose in background. 



1924

37.  Statue of Victory. Ladies strolling outside.

Statue of Victory with ladies strolling outside. 



1890

38.  Mediterranean House and Italian Garden with tulips. Juno and Portico in view.

Mediterranean House and Italian Garden with tulips. Juno and Portico in view. 



1918

39.  Spring Flower Show. View toward north of Floral Display House.

Statue of lady with rose in background. 



1924

40.  View of the 1868 Main Conservatory looking north.

View of the 1868 Main Conservatory looking north with visitors in the foreground. The image was probably taken from top of the Observatory, old Gasometer visible in distance. 



1890

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