As winter drags on it's a good time to visit a greenhouse. A few historical greenhouses can be found around Boston, including the Ferguson Greenhouses at Wellesley College. They were built with funds raised by Dr. Margaret Ferguson, master of the Wellesley College faculty in the first half of the 20th century. She completed a Ph.D. at Cornell in the 1800s (extraordinarily rare for a woman at that time) and in 1930 became the first woman president of the Botanical Society of America. The greenhouses were designed by her and built by the firm of Lord & Burnham, the preeminent builders of greenhouses at that time.
Begonia House
Potting Room
Desert House
Cryptogam House
Tropic House
Seasonal Display House
Hydrophyte House
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