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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly Australian Glasshouse), 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view of a cyathea australis tree fern overlooking a marattia plant beneath the metal roof structure.
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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 cyathea australis tree fern tubercle.
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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 dried out branches of a cyathea australis tree fern whose warm cinnamon colour glows 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 cyathea australis tree fern tubercle unfurling in the afternoon light.
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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. Low angle view of a Cyathea Australis tree fern. The glass and metal roof structure is visible through a "window" between the leaves
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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 dried old cyathea australis tree fern branches picked out by the afternoon light and shade.
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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 dried branches of a cyathea australis tree fern crumbling away in the afternoon light and shade.
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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 cyathea australis tree fern tubercle unfurling 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 cyathea australis tree fern tubercle 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 cyathea australis tree fern tubercle unfurling 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 Asplenium australasicum plant (Bird's Nest Fern).
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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 cyathea australis tree fern tubercle unfurling 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 cyathea australis tree fern tubercle unfurling in the afternoon light, with the glass and metal roof structure in the background.
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  • Detail of a tiki statue and a medicinal fern, from the stained glass window of St Teresa, by Madame Deanna de Marigny, commissioned in 1968 by Mayor Michel Buillard and Monsignor Hubert Coppenrath, in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Papeete, or Cathedrale Notre Dame de Papeete, planned in 1844 and built in colonial Gothic style 1856-75, on the Rue du General de Gaulle in Papeete, on the island of Tahiti, in the Windward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia. 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 Cibotium schiedei (Mexican Tree Fern)in the Art Deco style Glasshouse.
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  • Main bedroom, with walls with stucco painted with reeds, rushes and ferns, on the first floor of Casa Vicens, a Catalan Modernist and Art Nouveau style house designed by Antoni Gaudi, 1852-1926, and built 1883, on the Carrer de les Carolines in the Gracia district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The house was commissioned by Manuel Vicens i Montaner as a summer residence and contains many references to mudejar architecture. The building is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 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. Low angle view of outdoor tree ferns at the Art Deco style entrance, seen through the glass windows.
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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. Detail of a fountain surrounded by tree ferns, behind which a rectangular glass structure reflects the trees of the Jardin des Plantes beneath a cloudy late afternoon sky. The fountain is seen amongst luxuriant vegetation and the glass and metal structure of the Art Deco building.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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 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 tangled foliage with cyatheales in the background and Equisetum myriochaetum plants on the right of the picture.
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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 tangled foliage with cyatheales in the background and Equisetum myriochaetum plants on the right of the picture.
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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 luxuriant foliage covering the rocks in the foreground. Arching above them the glass and metal roof structure is visible.
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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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  • 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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  • 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 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. General view of Cyatheales, Monstera Deliciosa plants and Ficus trees amongst the luxuriant Tropical vegetation in the Glasshouse lit by the morning light. In the background gardeners are visible between the 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 tubercle on a Cyatheales plant 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 tubercle on a Cyatheales plant lit by 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. Low angle view of Equisetum myriochaetum or Giant Horsetail plants, with cyathea australis in the background, lit by the afternoon light shining through the glass and metal structure windows.
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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 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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  • 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 plants in a quiet corner lit by the afternoon light.
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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. Low angle view of a gardener providing cyatheales with water.
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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 in the afternoon light, with a wall bracket at the base of a metal girder 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. Low angle view of cyatheales with the foliage of a Podocarpus Elongata (left) against the glass and metal structure.
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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 leaf throwing its shadow onto a white shelf below.
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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 Marattia Plant in the midday light which throws shadows onto the niched wall of the 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. Low angle view of a cyca plant in the midday light which throws shadows onto the niched wall of the 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. Low angle view of a cyathea australis trunk against the glass and metal structure of the 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. Low angle view of cyatheales in the 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. Low angle view of luxuriant Tropical plants, mainly cyathales, in the late afternoon light. In the background the New Caledonia Glasshouse (formerly Mexican glasshouse), 1834, Charles Rohault de Fleury, is visible through the glass and metal windows.
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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. View of a Podocarpus Elongata (SW Africa) from the first floor of the 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. Panoramic view of cyatheales plants in the afternoon light, with glass and metal windows in the background.
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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. Low angle view of cyathea australis plants growing towards the glass and metal roof structure 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. Low angle view of cyatheales with Equisetum myriochaetum plants on the right of the picture.
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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 frond amongst Myriocarpa leaves  in the midday 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. Low angle view of cyatheales in the glasshouse.
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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. Panoramic view from below, showing the glass and iron roof structure with a cyathea australis lit by the afternoon light.
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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 cyatheales showing the leaves against a dark background.
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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 cyatheales showing the leaves against a dark background.
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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 cyatheales against a dark background.
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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 cyatheales in soft focus with a dark background.
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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 cyatheales showing the leaves against the glass and metal roof structure.
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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 cyatheales showing the leaves in close up.
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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. Low angle view showing cyatheales growing in the glass and metal structure.
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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 under the arching glass and metal roof of the glasshouse. In the foreground new plants are staked with Equisetum myriochaetum plants.
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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 cyatheales showing the leaves against a dark background.
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  • SAVEOCK WATER, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 02: A detail of Spring stream next to the excavation site on August 2, 2008 in Saveock Water, Cornwall, England. Archaeologist Jacqui Wood is leading the excavations here. (Photo by Manuel Cohen)
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  • Fountain with statue of woman pouring water from a jug, at the entrance to the Carmen de los Martires Garden, on the site of a Barefoot Carmelite shrine and convent originally established in 1492, in Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain. A Carmen is a traditional house with enclosed garden, this example dates to the 19th century and displays various garden styles including English, Spanish and Nasrid. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Green Iguana or Common Iguana (Iguana iguana), in the Menagerie or Zoo of the Jardin des Plantes, part of the Musee National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History), in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plant History Glasshouse (formerly the Australian Glasshouse) built in the 1830s by Charles Rohault de Fleury, Jardin des Plantes, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Low angle view showing plants growing amidst the glass and metal structure.
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  • Statue of a stegosaurus, located in the Jardin du Stegosaure (Stegosaurus Garden) in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a stegosaurus, located in the Jardin du Stegosaure (Stegosaurus Garden) in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a stegosaurus, located in the Jardin du Stegosaure (Stegosaurus Garden) in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Over 2,000 species of mountain plants thrive in the Jardin Alpin (Alpine Garden) located in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of a stegosaurus, located in the Jardin du Stegosaure (Stegosaurus Garden) in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution.
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  • Over 2,000 species of mountain plants thrive in the Jardin Alpin (Alpine Garden) located in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. 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 from the ground of Equisetum plants with cyatheales leaves in the foreground
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  • Carved capital from the nave of Vezelay Abbey church, Vezelay, Yonne, Burgundy, France. Vezelay Abbey was a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery founded in the 9th century by St Badilo, who was said to have brought back relics of Mary Magdalene from the Holy Land. The Abbey Church or Basilica of St Mary Magdalene is a 12th century Burgundian Romanesque church. The capitals in the nave were probably carved by artists from Cluny Abbey and depict biblical scenes, ancient legends and mythological creatures. This capital is from the lower south side of the nave and depicts Lewdness and Despair. Lewdness is a woman with a snake gnawing at her stomach and Despair a demon with flaming hair who kills himself with a sword in the stomach. The fern in the centre has poisonous fruits. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Luxuriant ferns and trees in the Jardin de l'Ecole Botanique (garden of the botanical school), Jardin des Plantes, Paris, 5th arrondissement, France. Founded in 1626 by Guy de La Brosse, Louis XIII's physician, the Jardin des Plantes, originally known as the Jardin du Roi, opened to the public in 1640. It became the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793 during the French Revolution. 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 tree ferns outside Art Deco style entrance, seen through a window obscured by water droplets.
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