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Many different kinds of flower and vegetable gardens fill this set of international scenes from the 1800s to the present day. Unless otherwise noted, the images are from the Prints & Photographs Division.

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• Flowers, including a blooming cactus, at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, around 2000.

  

• Buckingham Fountain on Chicago's lake front. Poster by John Buczak, 1939.

  

• Gray Gardens, East Hampton, New York. Lantern slide by Frances B. Johnston and Mattie E. Hewitt, around 1914.

  

• Creative planting at the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2018.

  

• Children's school victory gardens, New York City. Photo by Edward Meyer, 1944.

  

• Henry Truvillion's children (4 of the 5), in his flower garden, Newton, Texas. Photo by Ruby Lomax, 1940.

  

• Worker vegetable garden with scarecrow at the National Cash Register Company, Dayton, Ohio. Lantern slide, around 1905.

  

• Flower garden gate at Beechgate, Englewood, New Jersey. Lantern slide by Frances B. Johnston, 1918.

  

• Government employee taking a nap on a bench in the Botanical Garden, Washington, DC. Photo by John Ferrell, 1942.

  

• Gardens surrounding the Zuni Pueblo, in which are raised a variety of vegetables. Stereograph by Timothy O'Sullivan, 1873.

  

• Bartram's Garden, America's oldest botanical garden, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, around 2000.

  

• Reflecting pool, Yerba Buena Gardens, atop Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco, California. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, around 2000.

  

• Pathway at Reef Point, Beatrix Farrand house, Bar Harbor, Maine. Lantern slide by Frances B. Johnston, 1920.

  

• Japanese American men work in a greenhouse operated by the Issei-owned Ozone Park Nursery, New York City. Photo by Stone S. Ishimaru, 1945.

  

• Adams Garden, Quincy, Massachusetts. Delineated by Margaret M. Webster, 1936.

  

• Paris. Jardin du Palais Royal. Lithograph by Lemercier from drawing by Philippe Benoist, around 1850.

  

• George Washington Monument and frozen fountain, Richmond, Virginia. Stereograph by David H. Anderson, 1860-1870.

  

• Forsyth Park fountain, Savannah, Georgia. Stereograph by J.N. Wilson, 1860-1880.

  

• Botanical Gardens, Washington, DC, approximately 1880.

  

• Kew Gardens, the museum, England, 1890-1900.

  

• Luxembourg Gardens, the Medici fountain, Paris, France, 1890-1900.

  

• Water garden, China. Lantern slide by William Henry Jackson, 1895.

  

• Basin for fountain in the Winter Garden at Biltmore, Asheville, North Carolina. Drawing by Richard M. Hunt, around1895.

  

• Kindergarten in a vegetable garden, Washington, DC. Photo by Frances B. Johnston, 1899.

  

• Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem. Stereograph, 1900.

  

• A spring day in the Kabota iris gardens--children playing among the tall flower stalks, Omori, Japan. Stereograph by Underwood & Underwood, 1905.

  

• Buddhist pagoda in the Burmese style, Eden Gardens, Calcutta (now Kolkata), India. Stereograph by American Stereoscopic Co., 1907.

  

• Statue of Linnaeus, Humelgard Park, Stockholm, Sweden. Stereograph by Standard Scenic Co., 1907.

  

• A cottage & garden, Alaska. Photo by National Photo Co., 1909-1920.

  

• Roof garden, Elizabeth McCormick open air school, Hull House Chicago, 1912.

  

• The story of the Blue Garden in Newport, Rhode Island, is a great way to learn about reading photographs.

  

• Flower garden, Mariemont, Middletown, Rhode Island. Lantern slide, by Frances B. Johnston and Mattie E. Hewitt, 1914.

  

• Dovecote, Gray Gardens, East Hampton, New York. Lantern slide by Frances B. Johnston and Mattie E. Hewitt, around 1914.

  

• Immense bamboos of the world-famed botanical gardens, Buitenzorg (now Bogor), Java. Stereograph by Underwood & Underwood, 1915.

  

• Penthouse on a skyscraper, New York City. Photo by Bain News Service, 1919.

  

• Tulip garden in the Washington, DC, area. Photo by Theodor Horydczak, around 1940s.

  

• Fountain in pool at The Dunes, East Hampton, New York. Lantern slide by Frances B. Johnston and Mattie E. Hewitt, around 1915.

  

• Foundation plan for James Scott Memorial Fountain, Belle Isle, Detroit, Michigan. Design by architect Cass Gilbert, 1920.

  

• Sculpture and children in fountains - Jane Addams Houses, Chicago. Photo by Peter Sekaer, 1938-1940.

  

• Flowers in a window, New York City. Photo by Walker Evans, 1938.

  

• Plants in window of Nebraska farmhouse. Photo by John Vachon, 1938.

  

• Picket fence near Faribault, Minnesota. Photo by John Vachon, 1941.

  

• Grow it yourself: Plan a farm garden now. Poster by Herbert Bayer, 1941-1943.

  

• Greenbelt, Maryland. Buying vegetable seeds in the Greenbelt variety store 1942.

  

• Citizen working on Sunday morning in his victory garden, Oswego, New York. Photo by Marjory Collins, 1943.

  

• Bird bath, U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California. Photo by Edward Gohlich, 1985.

  

• Petersen's Rock Garden, Statue of Liberty monument, Redmond, Oregon. Photo by John Margolies, 1987.

  

• Bob Jarrell's vegetable garden, West Virginia. Photo by Mary Hufford, 1996. American Folklife Center.

  

• Detail of a garden in Virginia. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, around 2000.

  

• Pond and conservatory at Hershey Gardens, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, 2019.