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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. In front is the Fontaine de Dalou, 1898, by Aime Jules Dalou. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Serre de Formige, also known as the Serre du Palmarium, a large 19th century greenhouse and palm house, in the French style formal garden or Jardin a la Francaise, at the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil, a botanical garden opened in 1761 under Louis XV, in the Bois de Boulogne, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. On the left is the Fontaine de Dalou, 1898, by Aime Jules Dalou. The gardens house a huge parterre in French style, 5 19th century greenhouses, a palm house and an aviary. The Bois de Boulogne is a large public park gifted to the city of Paris in 1852 by Napoleon III. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of arenga englerii Palm Tree fruits lit by the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of arenga englerii Palm Tree fruits hanging amongst the luxuriant Tropical foliage lit by the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of cave in the Art Deco style building showing a reflection of a Howea Forsteriana palm tree in the rockpool.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of a Howea Forsteriana palm tree overlooking the Tropical foliage seen from the third floor of the cave.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Panoramic view from the third floor of the cave of the luxuriant tropical foliage with a Howea Forsteriana palm tree in the middle, beneath the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.  View from below of a Sabal bermudana palm tree surrounded by the luxuriant tropical foliage, against the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger,  Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of a Howea Forsteriana palm tree overlooking the luxuriant tropical foliage, beneath the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, Rene Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view from the third floor of the cave of luxuriant tropical foliage with a Howea Forsteriana palm tree in the middle, beneath the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of trunk, leaves and fruits of a Howea Forsteriana palm tree lit by the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view from the ground of Musa plants and palm trees surrounded by luxuriant Tropical vegetation.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.  Detail of a ladder against the glass and metal walls of the Art Deco building with palm tree and banana foliage in the foreground.
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  • Roman relief of a Winged Victory, with the inscription, 'To the Victory of the Emperor', found in Castlesteads, or Camboglanna Roman Fort, on Hadrian's Wall, at the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The goddess Victory has one foot resting on a globe, is holding a wreath in one hand and a palm branch in the other. Carlisle sits at the Western end of Hadrian's Wall. Hadrian's Wall was built 73 miles across Britannia, now England, 122-128 AD, under the reign of Emperor Hadrian, ruled 117-138, to mark the Northern extent of the Roman Empire and guard against barbarian attacks from the Picts to the North. The wall was fortified with milecastles with 2 turrets in between, and a fort about every 5 Roman miles. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bin Matar House, built in 1905 by pearl merchant, businessman and philanthropist Salman bin Hussain bin Salman bin Matar, built by Bahraini master builder Mussa bin Hamad, and constructed traditionally using palm tree trunks, sea-stone and gypsum, in Muharraq, Bahrain. Salman also helped form the Natural Pearl Protection Society in 1936. The building was saved from demolition and restored as part of the Sheik Ebrahim Center, to house a pearling museum and art gallery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fakhro House, home of Yousif Abdurrahman Fakhro, a boat builders' merchant and owner of a fleet of dhows, in Muharraq, Bahrain. The house is of 2 storeys with 2 courtyards and was built with its own jetty on the bay, on land reclaimed from the sea. Muharraq is a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade, where 17 buildings form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fakhro House, home of Yousif Abdurrahman Fakhro, a boat builders' merchant and owner of a fleet of dhows, in Muharraq, Bahrain. The house is of 2 storeys with 2 courtyards and was built with its own jetty on the bay, on land reclaimed from the sea. Muharraq is a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade, where 17 buildings form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Badr Ghulum House, home of Badr Ghulum Suleiman, a traditional folk doctor and barber who founded his health business here in 1912, in Muharraq, Bahrain. Bad Ghulum Suleiman treated many pearl divers at his clinic, suffering from the effects of prolonged dives at depth. Muharraq is a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade, where 17 buildings form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • House of the bishop at Ao-Kena, on the island of Manga Reva, Gambier Islands, by Louis Le Breton, 1818-66, published by Gide, in the Musee de Tahiti et des Iles, or Te Fare Manaha, at Punaauia, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. The Museum of Tahiti and the Islands was opened in 1974 and displays collections of nature and anthropology, habitations and artefacts, social and religious life and the history of French Polynesia. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The House of the Nereides, named after a mosaic of sea nymphs, Volubilis, Northern Morocco. Volubilis was founded in the 3rd century BC by the Phoenicians and was a Roman settlement from the 1st century AD. Volubilis was a thriving Roman olive growing town until 280 AD and was settled until the 11th century. The buildings were largely destroyed by an earthquake in the 18th century and have since been excavated and partly restored. Volubilis was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapter House, 13th century, in Late Romanesque and Early Gothic styles, with rib vaults in the shape of a palm tree, and tomb slabs of abbots on the floor, in the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, a Cistercian monastery founded in 1151, built by Arnau Bargues in Catalan Gothic style, in Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Poblet formed part of the Cistercian Triangle in Catalonia, along with Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus, and was the royal burial place of the Aragon dynasty. The monastery is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of doors showing the Plant History Glasshouse (formerly the Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, in the background. The glass and metal structures are lit by the late afternoon light.  The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of doors showing the Plant History Glasshouse (formerly the Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, in the background. The glass and metal structures are lit by the late afternoon light.  The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse, formerly the Australian Glasshouse, 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, (foreground) and the New Caledonia Glasshouse, formerly The Mexican Hothouse (background), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury.  Low angle view in the late afternoon light, showing the glass and metal structures. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Howea Forsteriana tree surrounded by luxuriant Tropical vegetation seen in the mist of the atomisers against the light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Howea Forsteriana tree surrounded by luxuriant Tropical vegetation seen in the mist of the atomisers against the light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of plant against the trunk of a Howea Forsteriana tree.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of a Caryota, beneath the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of a chamaedorea flower whose delicate pale flowers peep out from between the luxuriant Tropical foliage in the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Howea Forsteriana trunk with dry seeds lit by the afternoon light.
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  • Facade of the Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, Rene Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the main Art Deco style entrance consisting of pillars in luminescent glass paste by Auguste Labouret, and wrought iron decoration by Raymond Subes seen from the surrounding Botanical Garden reflecting the sunrise. The lower railings were also made by Raymond Subes. To the left of the image The Grand Gallery of Evolution is visible in the background. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view showing the glass and iron structure in the morning light. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing the glass and iron structure at sunset reflecting the Grand Gallery of Evolution in its many panes. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of cyatheales with the glass and metal roof structure in the background.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, RenÈ Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the cave, covered by luxuriant Epiphytes plants, seen in the morning light against the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. General view of the luxuriant tropical vegetation beneath the glass and metal roof structure of the Art Deco style glasshouse, seen from the cave. Creeping plants and green leaves, seen against the light, form the foreground.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing the metal structure of the roof of the Art Deco style glasshouse with luxuriant tropical foliage.
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  • Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the Glasshouses in the morning light, left to right: Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger,  and alongside it the Desert and Arid Land Glasshouse, 1930s; New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly Mexican Hothouse), 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury, with the new stone stairway entrance in front of it; Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, Rene Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of illuminated Tropical foliage which contrasts with the orange and purple glow of the floodlighting against the night sky beyond the windows of the Art Deco main entrance.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing the glass and iron structure at night reflecting the Grand Gallery of Evolution in its many panes. The illuminated foliage inside glows through the reflections.
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  • New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly The Mexican Hothouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury,(left) and Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, Rene Berger, (right)Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. A Panoramic view of the Glasshouses illuminated at night, with the new stairway leading up to them lit in blue. The New Caledonia Glasshouse, or Hothouse, was the first French glass and iron building.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, Rene Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the main Art Deco style entrance consisting of pillars in luminescent glass paste by Auguste Labouret, and wrought iron decoration by Raymond Subes seen in the morning light. The lower railings, just visible in the foreground, were also made by Raymond Subes. The glass door is reflecting the rising sun.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Rudolf Guillaume, gardener, raking the earth around the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of a gardener picking dead leaves from the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. High angle view of workers positioning a fossilised tree trunk from Arizona, USA, in the glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Panoramic view from behind of welders working amongst the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from behind of Rudolf Guillaume, gardener, raking the earth around the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Rudolf Guillaume, gardener, watering the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Rudolf Guillaume, gardener, working amongst the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Rudolf Guillaume, gardener, watering the Tropical plants in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of cyatheales plants.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of cyatheales plants.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of cyatheales with Equisetum myriochaetum plants on the right of the picture and rocks in the foreground.
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  • Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Aerial view of the Jardin des Plantes showing the Glasshouses in the afternoon light, left to right: Incubators, restored 1995-97, Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro; Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury; New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly Mexican Hothouse), 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury; Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger,  and alongside it the Desert and Arid Land Glasshouse, 1930s; in the background is the Paris skyline.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of tubercles unfurling on Cyatheales plants by the fountain outside the Glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of flowers and leaves of a Begonia Angularis plant, lit by the morning light streaming through the glass and metal structure of the Art Deco glasshouse.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Musa banana plant and Tropical vegetation seen in the mist of the atomisers against the light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Musa banana plant and Tropical vegetation seen in the mist of the atomisers against the light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Epiphytes plants around the entrance to the cave.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. General view of a Dracaena umbraculifera plant against the glass and metal structure of the glasshouse. It is a rare species and has not been recorded in the wild since it was first described in 1797.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of pale young Piper nigrum leaves with a small blossom (white) in the middle of the two leaves shining in the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail showing a worker hanging from the metal structure of the roof of the Art Deco style glasshouse whilst installing an atomiser to ensure that the atmosphere has the correct humidity for the luxuriant tropical foliage.
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  • Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Aerial view of the Jardin des Plantes showing the Glasshouses in the afternoon light, left to right: Incubators, restored 1995-97, Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro; Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury; New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly Mexican Hothouse), 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury; Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger,  and alongside it the Desert and Arid Land Glasshouse, 1930s.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Musa flower with a background of foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of tubercles unfurling on Cyatheales plants by the fountain outside the Glasshouse. Through the windows luxuriant Tropical vegetation is visible inside the Glasshouse lit by the hazy afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of a worker, lit by the afternoon sun, hanging from the metal structure of the roof of the Art Deco style glasshouse whilst installing an atomiser to ensure that the atmosphere has the correct humidity for the luxuriant tropical foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of the luxuriant Tropical foliage of  Cyatheales and Monstera Deliciosa plants in the morning light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of chamaedorea flower in the morning light.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of old and new shoots of Equisetum myriochaetum, or Giant Horsetail plants.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Selaginella plant growing amongst rocks in the glasshouse, lit by the afternoon sun.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of star shaped Crinum Asiaticum flowers with the windows of the Glasshouse in the background.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of star shaped Crinum Asiaticum flowers in a profusion of blooms.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of star shaped Crinum Asiaticum flowers in a profusion of blooms on a shady site.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly the Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of a rare Taiwanese Amentotaxus formosana tree showing its fruit and foliage in the afternoon light.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of an Acmopyle Pancheri tree showing its seed cone and needle like foliage in the afternoon light.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of an Acmopyle Pancheri tree showing its seed cone and needle like foliage surrounded by other plants in the afternoon light.
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1830s, Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of star shaped Crinum Asiaticum flowers in a profusion of blooms.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of cyathales plants outside the Art Deco entrance on both side of the fountain, seen from inside the Glasshouse, lit by the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Philodendron giganteum flower in the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Pachystachys lutea flower and foliage with a metal girder in the background.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Thunbergia erecta flower in profile.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of Musa plants lit by the afternoon light shining through the Art Deco style glass and metal roof.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Pachystachys lutea flower with a background of Tropical foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of the balcony above the cave entrance surrounded by luxuriant Tropical foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of fruits, seeds and leaves of Sabal Bermudana tree lit by the afternoon light shining through the Art Deco style glass and metal structure.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of fruits and leaves of Musa plants lit by the afternoon light shining through the Art Deco style glass and metal structure.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Pachystachys lutea flower with a background of luxuriant Tropical foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Ardisia Latipes berries in the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Hypocyrta glabra. The coloured leaves are precursors of the next flowering when the real flowers will burst forth from their buds.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Musa flower surrounded by leaves.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Justicia brandegeana in the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Aeschynanthus in flower.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Bromeliad Guzmania Lingulata flower which, being originally from South America, flourishes in a warm humid environment.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Porphyrocoma pohliana flowers surrounded by luxuriant Tropical foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Ardisia Latipes berries, the red berries clustered amongst the green leaves in the afternoon light.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of Musa plants lit by the afternoon light shining through the Art Deco style glass and metal roof.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Detail of Alpinia Zerumbet flower with a background of luxuriant Tropical foliage.
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  • Tropical Rainforest Glasshouse (formerly Le Jardin d'Hiver or Winter Gardens), 1936, René Berger, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. View from below of Musa plants lit by the afternoon light shining through the Art Deco style glass and metal roof.
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