Historic greenhouse, Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale

Historic greenhouse, now derelict and overgrown, in the Jardin d'Agronomie Tropicale, or Garden of Tropical Agronomy, in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. The earliest greenhouses date to 1899, and they originally housed test gardens providing 10, 000 cuttings and 40, 000 seeds annually, which were shipped to French colonies. The garden was first established in 1899 to conduct agronomical experiments on plants of French colonies. In 1907 it was the site of the Colonial Exhibition and many pavilions were built or relocated here. The garden has since become neglected and many structures overgrown, damaged or destroyed, with most of the tropical vegetation disappeared. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13437711

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45131189

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7087px x 4724px (17.3MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen