History Collection (page 2)

Portrait of William Aiton (1731-1793), holding a plant (Aitonia) in his right hand, and a hand lens in his left

The Temperate House - plan no 30
Plan of the Temperate House showing octagons details

The Temperate House- plan no 22
Plan of The Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, showing the section through the lower cornice and gutter

The Temperate House, plan no 1
Plan showing the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 4
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 5
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wing to Temperate House- plan no 5
Plan showing new wing to the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 8
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 8A
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House, plan no 10
The Temperate House- elevation showing principal entrances

The Temperate House- plan no 11
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 12
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 13
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 14
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 15
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 16
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 17
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 18
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 19
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 20
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- plan no 21
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- Basement plan of Octagon Building
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Basement plan of Octagon Building showing two boilers to warm one wing and Octagon Building

New wings to Temperate House
Plan of the wings of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House- Ground plan of Octagon Building, 1860
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, showing proposed warming apparatus, 1860

The Temperate House- Iron rafters
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Sections full size of rolled iron rafters to upper roof of centre building

Block plan of proposed Temperate House, 1859
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1859

Earth beds and paths
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Plan showing proposed arrangement of earth beds and paths, Centre House

Rain-water tanks under terrace, 1860
Plan of rainwater tanks under terrace, 1860

The Temperate House plan, 1861
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1861

The Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House, 1861
Illustration of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic gardens, Kew from the journal The Builder, 1861

Kew Temperate House
Illustration of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Plan of the Temperate House- smoke stacks, 1912
Plan of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, detailing new smoke stacks for boilers, H.M Office of works, Westminister, January 12th, 1912

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 10
Plan of the wings of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 11
Plan of the wings of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 8
Plan of the wings to the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 7
Plan of the wings to the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 4
Plan of the wings to the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 6
Plan of the wings to the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 1
Plan of the wings to the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

New wings to Temperate House- plan no 2
Plan of the wings of the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

The Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1867
Newspaper article by The Illustrated London News, 11th May, 1867, describing the Temperate House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Artocarpus altilis
Watercolour of Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit) collection of Miss Janet Hutton, 1894. Includes cross section of the plants fruit

Joseph Dalton Hooker at work in his office, 1896
Drawing of Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) with books and instruments, 1896. The artist was Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925). The material used is graphite, pen and ink on paper

Robert Fortune (1812-1880) born in Berwickshire, Scotland, was a botanist and plant-hunter best known for smuggling tea plants out of China at the behest of the East India Company

Stella Ross Craig, botanical artist
Stella Ross-Craig, born in 1906, received an early induction into plant life from her father, a botanist, who taught his young daughter to identify wild flowers

The Tea House, Kew Gardens, which opened in 1888, seen here before it was burned down by members of the womens suffrage movement as part of their campaign

Wardian Case
The Wardian case is a portable airtight, glass-lined greenhouse that was developed by Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791-1868) for the transportation of plants

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