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Crystal Palaces, American Garden Conservatories

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Gardeners, Horticulturists , or anyone else will enjoy the beauty of this book. What struck me was the beautiful preparation and the reproduction of the Photos. The color and architectural features leap off the pages.

The history of the development of Conservatories adds an extra dimension - and of course nearly every large city has one, open for visiting now !

A great read, and a terrific gift for anyone.

Important background information on these lovely historic glass houses is matched with lovely photos. It would make an excellent book for planning travel to any of the cities where these conservatories are located. Well known properties are listed as well as ones less famous. This book is a "must" if you are a lover of gardens and plants.

As I live close, I have gone to Phipps since a toddler and grew up loving conservatories. As an adult, I get to Longwood as often as I possibly can.
And I have been to several others covered in this book.
And as I own a 25 x 80 Wm H. Lutton glasshouse, I get to experience a glass palace every day :-)
The photographs in this book are astounding. It must have been a lot of fun for Anne to go to all these glasshouse to write this book :-) An experience I would enjoy much, too :-) Due to this book, I have made a list of those I will be able to visit in the future. And for those I cannot, I am enjoying them immensely via this book :-)
Well written, excellent information, very lovely photos .. and out in the open for other to enjoy also when they visit. Thanks :-)

Beautiful photos of wonderful US glasshouses.
I have personally been to several, but it was really nice to be able to see the ones I cannot visit.
The author captures these beautiful structures in all their glory :)

This book contains beautiful photographs and is very well written. Ms.Cunningham has done a wonderful job.