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...public and private passion, is rooted in the late 18th century. In that formal, opulent era, imperial collectors sent a steady stream of exotic flora from the newly acquired lands of Africa and America, and the first plantings were made in what was to become the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In those heady years, Robert Thornton, a physician and amateur botanist, spent his passion and his fortune commissioning paintings and engravings that he hoped would become a national treasure. The Temple of Flora (New York Graphic Society; Ill pages; $35) is an exquisite review of his labor. Bankrupted by printing...
William D. Buckley Kew Gardens...
Iris Koranda Kew Gardens...
...Richard Davis, a Des Moines businessman, applied for a license for an "adult" moviehouse in Mason City. The mayor refused to sign the license, but Davis took the case to court and won. "There was nothing we could do then, and nothing we can do now," says Kenneth E. Kew, a news director at a local TV and radio station at the time, and today the mayor...
...Monica Baldwin opened Monica's Massage on the same site last month. Baldwin, an ex-boxer, hotly denies any sexual services at Monica's. Word around town is that he is almost correct: voyeurism is the main attraction, with a little masturbatory help here and there. Mayor Kew offers the familiar refrain: "Much to our dismay, there was nothing we could do; just make sure they abide by the codes...