Spring tulips, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Outside the Palm House, these fancy tulips bloom in large pots that border the lake. Across the lake, the building called Museum No. 1 proudly puts its face to the sun.


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Built in 1851, it houses the exhibit Plants+People, which "charts some of the uses of plants as food and drink, in maintaining our health and well-being, in clothing and ornament and as fuels, papers, toys and musical instruments."