Syon Park Conservatory

As samples of newly discovered flora from around the British Empire arrived, the very purpose of conservatories began to shift from gardens of pleasure to research centers where plants’ potential value, for both medicine and industry, could be explored. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew became a center for such study and a model for conservatories worldwide. At 363 feet long and 100 feet wide, with a central dome 66 feet high to accommodate palm trees, the Palm House at Kew represented the first large-scale structural use of wrought iron. 

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