Near the western end of the Palm House is a long avenue through the trees called the Pagoda Vista which goes to, you've guessed it, the Pagoda. It's just visible at the end.

On the north-western side of the Palm House is the formal Rose Garden of which this picture shows a small part. The little building on the left, peeping over to tops of the rose bushes, is the Waterlily House.

The Waterlily House at the north-eastern end of the Palm House is another of Kew's classic listed buildings. Its square glazed structure encloses a circular pond 36 feet in diameter and was completed in 1852 specifically to showcase the giant Amazon water lily (now called Victoria amazonica).

Although this glasshouse was designed to exhibit the giant water lily (Victoria amazonica) the plant, apparently, never thrived here. Today, one of its closest relatives, Victoria cruziana, inhabits the enclosed pond instead. Gourds and other climbers also enjoy the hot moist environment (it is Kew's hottest and most humid environment).

These waterlilies produce some pretty spectacular flowers.