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1.  Missouri Botanical Garden Plant houses and background

View of Main Conservatory (1868-1916) with Juno in the foreground. Pollution and storage tank are visible in the background. 




2.  View. Carpet bedding at Main Gate. View directly west. Juno at right.

View of carpet bedding at Main Gate. View is directly west with Juno at right. Visitors visible to the left. (Gardener & 2 ladies.) 



1904

3.  View of west side of the parterre.

View of main greenhouse and steps on west side of parterre. West stone wall of Garden visible in background. Tulips in planting. 



1904

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

View looking due west from old Main Gate. 



1910

5.  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

6.  View. Tulips in Main Garden. Looking north-east. Main greenhouse. Juno.

Rectangular summerhouse near east wall. 



1904

7.  View of the 1868 Main Conservatory.

View of the 1868 Main Conservatory to the north with various visitors in the foreground. Original image entitled 'Shaw's Garden'. E. Boehl photographer. 



1890

8.  MBG -- Conservatory (1868-1916)

Aerial View of the 1868 Main Conservatory with visitors on paths. 



1890

9.  Terrace also known as the parterre in Shaw's Garden circa 1875.

Lithograph showing the "parterre." with the Museum and Observatory in the background. A parterre is a garden consisting of an ornamental arrangement of flower beds. Today this space is occupied by the lily pools in front of the Climatron; view is the to the south. The small pine tree in the middle would eventually become the first location for the sculpture "Juno." 




10.  Italian Garden with Juno, Pergola in background

Italian Garden with Juno, Pergola in background circa late 1940s. 



1851

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