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41.  MBG -- Greenhouse Damage From Fire

Set of three prints from c. 1902 Fire at Greenhouse. 



1902

42.  MBG -- Greenhouse Damage From Fire

Set of three prints from c. 1902 Fire at Greenhouse. 



1902

43.  Parterre and Herbaceous Garden prior to removal.

MBG Herbaceous Garden, contact sheet of all 8 photographs which are part of a panoramic view of the garden shortly before it was removed and replaced. Image taken from roof of newly constructed Palm House. 



1914

44.  MBG -- Italian Garden, Employees

MBG Italian Garden (a.k.a. the Formal Garden). Employees posed for group shot in front of Conservatory. Adhered to scrapbook page with another photograph on reverse side. 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. 




45.  Climatron under construction in 1959.

Climatron under construction in 1959. 




46.  Climatron exterior in the 1960s.

Climatron exterior in the 1960s. 




47.  Floral Display House, 1978 fire damage.

Floral Display House, 1978 fire damage. 




48.  Floral Display House, 1978 fire damage..

Floral Display House, 1978 fire damage. 



1978

49.  Floral Display House, 1978 fire damage.

Floral Display House, 1978 fire damage. 




50.  Greenhouse, 1868

Greenhouse, 1868. West wing of Old Main Plant House. N.d. ca. 1900. 




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