Machine generated contents note: ch. Six Amazon Spheres SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. ch. Two Orangeries For Aristocrats -- The Orangery at Kensington Palace LONDON, UK -- Bowood House WILTSHIRE, UK -- Wye House Orangery MARYLAND, US -- Mount Vernon Orangery VIRGINIA, US -- Castle Ashby NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK -- Alton Towers Conservatory STAFFORDSHIRE, UK -- The Great Conservatory at Syon Park BRENTFORD, UK -- ch. Three The Glass Palaces of Great BRITAIN -- The Great Conservatory CHATSWORTH -- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew LONDON -- The Crystal Palace LONDON -- The Leeds Arcades LEEDS -- ch. Four Conservatories on the Continent -- Chateau Lednice Conservatory CZECH REPUBLIC -- Hluboka nad Vltavou CZECH REPUBLIC -- The Conservatory at Wilhelma STUTTGART, GERMANY -- Schonbrunn Palace VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- Neuschwanstein Castle BAVARIA, GERMANY -- University of Copenhagen Botanical Gardens COPENHAGEN, DENMARK -- Jardin d'Hiver PARIS, FRANCE -- Grand Palais PARIS, FRANCE -- Jardin des Plantes PARIS, FRANCE -- Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil PARIS, FRANCE -- Palacio de Cristal MADRID, SPAIN -- The Royal Greenhouses of Laeken BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II MILAN, ITALY -- ch. Five New World Conservatories -- The Crystal Palace NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK -- Conservatory of Flowers SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA -- The New York Botanical Garden NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK -- Phipps Conservatory PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA -- Mark Twain's Home HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT -- The Biltmore Estate ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA -- Howard Peters Rawlings Conservatory BALTIMORE, MARYLAND -- Franklin Park Conservatory COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Buffalo Botanical Gardens BUFFALO, NEW YORK -- The Fernery at Morris Arboretum PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA -- Belle Isle Conservatory Detroit, Michigan -- Volunteer Park Conservatory Seattle, WASHINGTON -- Garfield Park Conservatory Chicago, Illinois -- Lincoln Park Conservatory CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Longwood Gardens KENNETT SQUARE, PENNSYLVANIA -- Marjorie McNeely Conservatory SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA -- The Balboa Botanical Building SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- United States Botanic Garden WASHINGTON, DC -- The Crystal Garden VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Allan Gardens Conservatory TORONTO, ONTARIO -- ch. Six Modern Glasshouse Marvels -- Forest Park Conservatory SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI -- Jardin des Plantes PARIS, FRANCE -- Princess of Wales Conservatory, Kew LONDON, UK -- Adelaide Botanic Garden ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA -- Pare Andre Citroen Conservatory PARIS, FRANCE -- Kyoto Botanical Gardens KYOTO, JAPAN -- National Botanic Garden of Wales UK -- The Davies Alpine House, KEW LONDON, UK -- Phipps Tropical Forest Conservatory PITTSBURGH, PA -- Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- Gardens by the Bay SINGAPORE -- Amazon Spheres SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
Summary:
Elegant and magnificent, conservatories reveal fascinating social, cultural, botanical, and engineering advances as they have evolved across history. First appearing in the eighteenth century as simple structures designed to protect fruit trees and other delicate plants from harsh European winters, conservatories became grand glass houses that spread across the European continent, to the Americas, and ultimately around the world.0Through evocative archival and contemporary photographs, drawings of landmark structures, and graceful, accessible text, 'The Conservatory' celebrates the patrons and designers who advanced the technology and architectural majesty of these light-filled structures. The importance of conservatories continues to grow with efforts to conserve phenomenal plants and their environments.
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