“Reading the paper in a Gympie[, Queensland,] garden,” ca. 1871, by Edward H. Forster, via State Library of Queensland Commons on flickr.
Edward Forster was a professional photographer who worked in and around Gympie, a gold-mining town in eastern Australia, during the 1870s. Many of his photos feature local families in front of their cottages.
‘Gympie’ is an aboriginal term for Dendrocnide moroides, a stinging shrub in the area.
Petit Trianon, Versailles, France, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900, a photochrom by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
More beautiful photochroms of France from the Library of Congress. . . . Enjoy.
“The Promenade, Montpelier, France,” between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900, a photochrom by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (and all photos below).
“The Tuileries garden, Paris, France.”
The Cours Dajot, Brest, Brittany, France.
“The Square and the Place D’Arcy, Dijon, France.”
“Royal Palace and hotel de ville, Caen, France.”
“Hotel de ville, posts and telegraphs, Vichy, France.”
“Monks’ promenade, [Abbey of] Mont St. Michel, France.”
House of Rousseau, Les Charmettes, in Chambéry, France, between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900, a photochrom by Detroit Publishing Co., via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived at Les Charmettes from 1736 to 1742. Today, the property is a museum.
“Mexican ambassador Don Manuel Tellez standing amidst potted cacti in the embassy’s conservatory, Washington, D.C.,” ca. 1925, by National Photo Company, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
R.G. Gunther, a Mexican artist, and the Secretary of the Embassy, M.Y. DeNegu, among the cacti on May 28, 1929, also via Library of Congress.
More winter gardens are here.
After she left he bought another cactus
just like the one she’d bought him
in the airport in Marrakesh. . .Next week he was back for another, then another. . .
— Matthew Sweeney, from “Cacti“
enclos*ure 