Green House Collection

Tropical plant and orchid house
Cross-section view of a tropical plant and orchid house

Horticultural Society conservatory, Chiswick, London
People inside the large conservatory (or greenhouse) of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick, west London

Darwin / Greenhouse / 1882
CHARLES DARWIN Greenhouse at his home in Downe, Kent, where the naturalist conducted his research

Reginald Malby with a giant camera in his garden
Reginald Malby (1882-1924), official photographer to the Royal Horticultural Society, using a giant camera in his garden at Woodford, Essex

Wheatenhurst Union Workhouse, Eastington
The Wheatenhurst Union workhouse at Chippenham Platt, Eastington, Gloucestershire. The main building (right) has a greenhouse attached. A large pond is in the foreground

Wendy Craig, English actress, with butterflies
Wendy Craig (b 1934), BAFTA award-winning English actress, seen here posing with butterflies, a reference to the popular sitcom Butterflies in which she starred between 1978

Union Workhouse, Southam, Warwickshire
The Southam Union workhouse on Welsh Road in Southam, Warwickshire. A man, perhaps the workhouse porter, stands on the doorstep. A greenhouse is attached at the left of the building

At the garden centre
People You See. From Teddy Bear (15 October 1966)

Tennyson Farringford Iow
ALFRED LORD TENNYSON English poets home at Farringford, Isle of Wight Date: 1809 - 1892

The flower farmers of Britain 1938
Picking the blooms at Rosenvale, Penzance, where the early spring flowers are grown extensively in greenhouses. Most of the Scilly Isles are employed in the flower industry

Lyon - Parc de la Tete-d Or - Les Grandes Serres
Lyon, France - Parc de la Tete-d Or - Les Grandes Serres Date: circa 1910s

Exhaust Fumes
Even back in the 1960s, car exhaust pipes caused air pollution! Date: 1960s

New Compensation Act - 1906 - Gardener takes a fall
" The New Compensation Act" - " I ken see a life of ease for me!" - a Scottish Gardener is not unduly concerned at his tumble off a ladder and into the greenhouse

Japanese Botanical Gardens - the Greenhouses
Higashiyama Botanical Gardens, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan. The Greenhouses. Opened in 1937. Date: circa 1937

Greenhouses 18th France
Various sections of greenhouses in 18th century France. Date: Circa 1760

Packing Lettuces
Workers packing early lettuces in a market garden greenhouse in Essex, England. Date: 1930s

Tomato Hothouse
Tomatoes growing in a greenhouse, four weeks after planting. Date: 1950s

Nursery Greenhouses
A fine row of nursery greenhouses near Wavendon, Buckinghamshire, England, with the well-wooded ground of the Bow Brickhill district in the background. Date: early 1960s

Greenhouse Nursery
Growing chrysanthemums in a greenhouse. Date: 1930s

Palm Tree - Dates - Mombassa, Kenya Date: circa 1910s

Greenhouse 18th France
Small greenhouse with ventillation flaps and chimney. Date: Circa 1760

Greenhouse France 18Th
Greenhouse with window blinds Date: Circa 1760

Greenhouse with manure pit
A greenhouse with a manure pit filled with compost in 18th century France. Date: circa 1760

Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish, Pembrokeshire
A group of Edwardian friends inspecting a catch of fish in a large Pembrokeshire garden. The two men, one of whom is a vicar, are holding fishing rods

Boy with cigarette behind the garden shed
A boy having a crafty cigarette behind the garden shed

The conservatories at Chiswick House
Wealthy Victorians enjoy the hospitality of the Duke of Devonshire as part of his fete celebrations at Chiswick House

Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire
Monks at work in the gardens at the Mount St Bernards Abbey, Leicestershire. Many hands make light work

Family group in a Devon garden
A family group chatting in a Devon garden -- from left to right Olive Harper, Edwin Pitts Tucker, and Christine Watts

Market garden produce
A selection of market vegetables including artichokes, displayed in baskets in front of greenhouses and vegetable plots

The Palm House, Kew Gardens, London. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

View inside a greenhouse at Kew Gardens, West London, with an array of plants and flowers of different colours

The Botanist Who Plucked A Blossom on Kew Gardens by Leslie
A homage to H.M. Bateman showing a young and bespectacled botanist, blissfully unaware of the shock and horror provoked by his actions

Harvesting Grapes
Men cutting grapes from a fine Royal vine in a hothouse at Hampton Court, England. Date: 1930s

Sandford Manor House, west London (later demolished)

Camellias at Milnes Nursery, Vauxhall, London
Camellias at Milnes Nursery in Vauxhall, south London

Jardin des Plantes, Paris
Inside a large greenhouse at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris

House at Windermere
Mr Schneiders elegant home at Belsfield, Bowness-on- Windermere, in the English Lake District : notice too the elaborately laid-out garden and the huge greenhouse

Summer Flowers 1866
Orchids (Dendorbium Devonianum & Cattleya Leopoldi); Stephantis; Begonia; Rondeletia Odorata; Melastoma (Dedinella Magnifica); Cissus Discolor

Garden Scene 1770
A general garden scene with people performing various operations

Tending Flowers
A young barefoot boy in a greenhouse is introduced to the mysteries of horticulture

Ladies in a conservatory
Four elegant ladies and a child in a large conservatory (or greenhouse). They are tending plants and one of them is consulting a large book

Ormsons conservatory (or greenhouse)

Proposed conservatory for Glasgow
Inside a proposed conservatory (or greenhouse) for the Queens Park, Glasgow

Ewings glass wall, Chiswick, London
Ewings glass wall, designed for the Horticultural Societys garden at Chiswick, west London

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