But not just houses. They also had laboratories and vast botanical gardens—both used to research a domestic source for rubber back in the day.

And while the idea of those three having big intellectual powwows in the middle of a sultry Florida summer kept me reading, I couldn't help focusing on the photo of the lab (see below):

        

I love everything about the architecture of the space, from the industrial pendant lights to the utilitarian work tables to the old-school plumbing fixtures.

Out of the whole mix, though, what I was attracted to most were the moody amber-colored glass apothecary jars.

There is something purposeful and mysterious and beautiful about that particular kind of glass.

Which is probably why we're seeing so much of it in design these days (see examples below):

      

Apothecary Jars from Design Within Reach

Goblet from Jayson Home & Garden

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