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A traditional conservatory at the Horniman Museum in London, now used as a cafe. A modern implementation, Adelaide's Bicentennial Conservatory Conservatory interior in the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, Czech Republic. A conservatory is a building or room having glass or other transparent roofing and walls, used as a greenhouse or a ...
The original architect for the conservatory was the greenhouse company Lord & Burnham, which was "the premier glasshouse design and fabrication firm of the time" [10] and completed several large commissions in addition to the NYBG Conservatory. The firm, founded in 1856 by Frederick A. Lord, was joined in 1872 by Lord's son-in-law William ...
Major Lord & Burnham conservatories include: Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 1878-1879, a wood-and-glass greenhouse; Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, 1892–1893; Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, Buffalo, New York, 1895–1899; New York Botanical Garden, 1899–1902
The estate's second owner, Jay Gould, rebuilt the conservatory in 1881, hiring the local firm of Lord & Burnham – which had moved from upstate New York to Irvington, New York to be closer to its Hudson Valley clientele, [15] to manufacture his greenhouse. The 1881 Lord & Burnham structure was composed primarily of cast iron and glass.
The City's Parks Department staff erected the building, completing the work in 1912. In 1922, the conservatory added growing greenhouses to grow and propagate plants. By 1978, the Conservatory's glass panes and framework of wood and iron had deteriorated and, during high winds, the building was forced to close.
Of particular interest is a wide-ranging conifer collection as well as several rare plants, including Taiwania and the "living fossil" Wollemia. [1] The arboretum has a "Jurassic Park" section with flowering plants species dating back to the age of dinosaurs and another section for California native plants , with some 50 different species ...
The approximate number of living plant accessions recorded in these botanical gardens — 600,000. [6] The approximate number of taxa in these collections — 90,000 taxa or approximately 40,000 species. [6] Estimated percentage of collections in existence before Convention on Biological Diversity — 70% [6]
Scientists at Brooklyn Botanic Garden launched the New York Metropolitan Flora project, a comprehensive study of the plants of metropolitan New York City, in 1990. [342] [343] The study was intended to catalog and describe all vascular plants growing in the region. [344] BBG started creating magnolia cultivars in the 1950s. [192]