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The Royal Botanic Society. Block plan of proposed extension of large conservatory.

Proposed conservatory extension, Royal Botanic Gardens.

The Royal Botanic Society. Sketch of proposed additions to large conservatory.

Elevation of proposed winter garden to be erected in the Inner Circle Regents Park for the Royal Botanic Society 1845.

Botanic Garden, Oxford: panoramic view of the greenhouses with a small ornamental detail of the gates and plans. Line engraving by J. Skelton, 1820, after B. Green.

Botanic Gardens, Oxford: plan of the gardens with details of the gateway and greenhouses. Etching, 1707, after D. Loggan.

Botanic Gardens, Oxford: showing the fountain and greenhouses, with a glimpse of Magdalen College behind. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.

Les agremens de la campagne, ou remarques particulieres sur la construction des maisons de campagne plus ou moins magnifiques; des jardins de plaisance, et des plantages ... on y a ajoute un traité touchant la manière de couper et de multiplier les arbres fruitiers et sauvages ... comment on peut cultiver ... les ananas, les citroniers, etc. ... la manière de construire les thermometres nécessaires / [Anon].

Design for proposed extension to conservatory, Royal Botanic Society.

The vital landscape : nature and the built environment in nineteenth-century Britain / William M. Taylor.

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Greenhouses

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Images about Greenhouses

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Botanic Garden, Oxford: panoramic view of the greenhouses with a small ornamental detail of the gates and plans. Line engraving by J. Skelton, 1820, after B. Green.

Botanic Gardens, Oxford: showing the fountain and greenhouses, with a glimpse of Magdalen College behind. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.

Design for proposed extension to conservatory, Royal Botanic Society.

The vital landscape : nature and the built environment in nineteenth-century Britain / William M. Taylor.

Greenhouses

Images from the collections

Images about Greenhouses

Works from the collections

Botanic Garden, Oxford: panoramic view of the greenhouses with a small ornamental detail of the gates and plans. Line engraving by J. Skelton, 1820, after B. Green.

Botanic Gardens, Oxford: showing the fountain and greenhouses, with a glimpse of Magdalen College behind. Line engraving by J. Le Keux, 1836, after F. Mackenzie.

Design for proposed extension to conservatory, Royal Botanic Society.

The vital landscape : nature and the built environment in nineteenth-century Britain / William M. Taylor.

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