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Today’s photo is of a Vanilla plant model being constructed.
© The Field Museum, CSB36789, Photographer Charles Carpenter.
Milton Copulos, standing near a window, trimming Vanilla model. Stanley Field Plant Reproduction laboratory [Botany]. Field Columbian Museum
5x7 glass negative
1913
The vanilla pod is actually the fruit of the tropical orchid, Vanilla planifolia. It is the only orchid cultivated en masse for industrial purposes. ~AR](http://25.media.tumblr.com/4de7dd8c12e7ed0b8cca49c230bd1280/tumblr_mmufp13NSi1s5mxl9o1_1280.jpg)
Today’s photo is of a Vanilla plant model being constructed.
© The Field Museum, CSB36789, Photographer Charles Carpenter.
Milton Copulos, standing near a window, trimming Vanilla model. Stanley Field Plant Reproduction laboratory [Botany]. Field Columbian Museum
5x7 glass negative
1913
The vanilla pod is actually the fruit of the tropical orchid, Vanilla planifolia. It is the only orchid cultivated en masse for industrial purposes. ~AR
“Mixed Emotions”
NYBG; April 21, 2013
And to think I thought I was done with tree silhouette photographs for the season. Just gorgeous! ~AR
(Source: supluiza)
ca. 1863. “West-southwest view with Maryland Ave. SW and B Street SW (i.e., Independence Ave. SW) to the left, Maine Ave., 3rd, 4 1/2, and 6th streets SW to the center; view includes The Mall, Washington Armory, Armory Square Hospital, Smithsonian Castle, Washington Canal, Botanic Garden, Gas Works, Washington Monument, under construction, and the Potomac River.” Library of Congress.
Who doesn’t love vintage photographs of botanic gardens? I sure do! And this is a really cool one. It looks like the old conservatory at the U.S. Botanic Garden which dates it to between 1858 and 1867.
If you follow us on Instagram or on our blog then you’ll already know that we’re huge fans of the winter landscape. In case you thought we were a bit batty, the New York Times has our collective back and explains why you should love the starkness of winter, too. Hint: There’s more going on out there than you can ever imagine! ~AR
The Garden got a mention on ‘Mad Men’ Sunday night, and that got me thinking: What was NYBG like in 1966? So I asked our archivists. Turns out, just like ‘Mad Men’ has you think it would be! ~AR
A little more than a week ago, the Museum of the City of New York tweeted a photo of the Garden’s Daffodil Hill from 1947 as their photo of the day.
Inspired by the serene scene, I asked Garden photographer Ivo to head out and see if he could capture a similar shot. Trees have moved and grown, and this year’s strange weather has taken its toll on the blooms, but I think Ivo did a pretty good job. What do you think?
Thank you MCNY for the inspiration! ~AR
Orchids aren’t just colorful, they also have incredible shapes (Taken with Instagram at The Orchid Show At New York Botanical Gardens)
A note on the back of this photo reads: “Economic Botany Museum at the New York Botanical Garden 1905. (H.H. Rusby, Honorary Curator, Economic Botany)”.
Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
Kiku portrait. Fall Flowers of Japan. (Taken with Instagram at New York Botanical Garden)
1921.
1940.
1961.
Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
Unknown dates.
Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.
From an early-20th-century photograph, a view of the Garden from atop the Library Building with neighboring Fordham University in the distance.
(Source: The New York Botanical Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.)
The New York Botanical Garden, July 1916.
(Source: The Garden’s historical photographs, in the collections of The LuEsther T. Mertz Library.)
Artist Philip Haas installation of the Four Seasons in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory Courtyard at the NYBG (New York Botanical Garden)....
Imagined conversations from bygone times
What do we want?
A robust variety of naturally-occurring flora in bloom for campus beauty and...
Botanical Gardens, Bronx, NY.
People just accept that I love the New York Botanical Garden and look at the pictures of the pretty things.
BTW NYBG I love the new Native Plants...
Rosemary (in NYBG pot) and friend
Love you, Mom <3
Happy National Public Gardens Day! A female carpenter bee visiting the pea vines yesterday. She’s California’s largest bee.
