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Gratiola aurea Pursh

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Leroy H. Harvey  Search this
Place:
Golden Hedge-Hyssop. Fryeburg., Maine, United States, North America
Collection Date:
10 Aug 1899
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Plantaginaceae
Published Name:
Gratiola aurea Pursh
Barcode:
03885486
USNM Number:
414599
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d33e6cb8-37ab-4952-82d5-95d403634418
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15637113

Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg. in DC.

Biogeographical Region:
63 - North-Central Pacific  Search this
Collector:
Clay Trauernicht  Search this
Margaret Clark  Search this
Min. Elevation:
10  Search this
Place:
Hawaiian Islands. Kauai: Kiahuna Plantation Village, Poipu. Cultivated as hedge in resort garden., Hawaii, United States, Pacific Islands
Collection Date:
12 Oct 2007
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae
Published Name:
Acalypha wilkesiana Müll. Arg. in DC.
Barcode:
04175373
USNM Number:
3546687
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ee5f2b00-8336-4f6f-936e-42b2accf45e0
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_16758484

Berberis vulgaris L.

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
F. R. Fosberg  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
In open hedge row, S of the swamp  Search this
Place:
Bergen Swamp, Genesee, New York, United States, North America
Collection Date:
22 Aug 1967
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Ranunculales Berberidaceae Berberidoideae
Published Name:
Berberis vulgaris L.
Barcode:
01119614
USNM Number:
2669538
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d5668d2d-1b33-4046-a239-dbb4f50a244f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10430995

Berberis thunbergii DC.

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
E. D. McDonald  Search this
Place:
Ithaca city, hedge along Triphammer Road, Tompkins, New York, United States, North America
Collection Date:
21 May 1942
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Ranunculales Berberidaceae Berberidoideae
Published Name:
Berberis thunbergii DC.
Barcode:
01119637
USNM Number:
1924396
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/380c3a78e-9240-4a2f-ac59-df3b6abc3837
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_10431018

Erythronium propullans A. Gray

Biogeographical Region:
74 - North-Central U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
M. B. Hedges  Search this
Place:
Minnesota, United States, North America
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Liliales Liliaceae Lilioideae
Published Name:
Erythronium propullans A. Gray
Barcode:
00532202
USNM Number:
784706
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Endangered Plant List
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3987cc9bb-3eac-4487-88f1-2a72b05af31a
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2056495

Crataegus pruinosa s.l. (H.L. Wendl.) K. Koch s.l.

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
W. M. Canby  Search this
Microhabitat Description:
Wood borders: hedge row  Search this
Place:
One mile E of Newport, New Castle, Delaware, United States, North America
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Rosales Rosaceae Amygdaloideae
Published Name:
Crataegus pruinosa s.l. (H.L. Wendl.) K. Koch s.l.
Barcode:
00599161
USNM Number:
1241728
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38d862934-a18c-4b66-b990-a95fda0021e5
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2063580

Pycnanthemum viridifolium E. Grant & Epling

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Charles T. Mohr  Search this
Place:
Cullman, Hedge woodlands., Alabama, United States, North America
Collection Date:
Jun 1890
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Lamiaceae Nepetoideae
Published Name:
Pycnanthemum viridifolium E. Grant & Epling
Barcode:
02812207
USNM Number:
720649
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38927d092-6eee-4940-a989-d519a2fa413d
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14146593

Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault

Biogeographical Region:
76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southwestern U.S.A.76 - Southweste  Search this
Collector:
Winthrop J. Osterhout  Search this
Place:
Hedge Creek Falls, Shasta, California, United States, North America
Collection Date:
30 Sep 1903
Taxonomy:
Eubacteria Cyanobacteria Nostocales Nostocaceae
Published Name:
Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flahault
Barcode:
02635156
USNM Number:
136964
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Collection of Francis Drouet
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33f3cfaa2-8afc-4332-a07c-14088ad8d0a2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2369291

Symphyotrichum cordifolium subsp. laevigatum

Biogeographical Region:
75 - Northeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Orra P. Phelps  Search this
Place:
Northern New York. Hedge rows, Canton., New York, United States, North America
Collection Date:
24 Aug 1914
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae
Published Name:
Symphyotrichum cordifolium subsp. laevigatum
Barcode:
01698340
USNM Number:
910937
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36f2c13b7-2ad2-4e21-bbd1-92dbbde7276e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12736410

Diaperia prolifera (Nutt. ex DC.) Morefield

Biogeographical Region:
78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Roland M. Harper  Search this
Place:
On partial shade of Toxylon Hedge in valley of Rosemary, Hale Co., Alabama, United States, North America
Collection Date:
2 May 1934
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae
Published Name:
Diaperia prolifera (Nutt. ex DC.) Morefield
Barcode:
01741155
USNM Number:
1729009
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f81348d9-ad9b-4d19-82d1-1fe6685e846e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12780267

Rudbeckia triloba L.

Biogeographical Region:
74 - North-Central U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
Paul C. Standley  Search this
Place:
Vicinity of Springfield, Hedges, Missouri, United States, North America
Collection Date:
31 Aug 1911
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Asterales Asteraceae Asteroideae
Published Name:
Rudbeckia triloba L.
Barcode:
01761790
USNM Number:
687447
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/304b8a4d3-0fb6-4461-a410-ddc1e9da63fc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12793668

Amaranthus albus L.

Biogeographical Region:
74 - North-Central U.S.A.  Search this
Collector:
J. Sperry  Search this
Place:
McLean County: moist, gravelly soil under a juniper hedge of a house one mile east of Merna., Illinois, United States, North America
Collection Date:
Jun 1978
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Amaranthaceae Amaranthoideae
Published Name:
Amaranthus albus L.
Barcode:
03540011
USNM Number:
2907309
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Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32f4c9fcb-66b0-481d-98d5-f153b87d6059
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15066652

Hillsborough -- Montrose

Provenance:
Rumson Garden Club  Search this
Former owner:
Graham, William A.  Search this
Graham, Susan Washington  Search this
Gardener:
Paxton, Thomas  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)
United States -- North Carolina -- Orange -- Hillsborough
Scope and Contents:
1 folder and 47 digital images.
General:
A 61-acre property is comprised of woodlands and numerous garden rooms, some with layouts that date back to the mid-19th century. The rock garden has remains of the original rocks and lilies of the valley. A fenced sunny garden behind one of many outbuildings is planted for color. A large kitchen garden has been subdivided but honors the original layout. Newer rooms are called the May Garden, Tropical Garden, Aster Border, Color Garden, Moonlight Garden, Jo's Memorial Garden, and Blue and Yellow Garden. Other early gardens rooms include a serpentine boxwood hedge planted in the 1920's and a circle garden on the approach to the house. Venerable trees include a massive juniper, oaks and redwoods, and the trees and varieties of shrubs complement the 1898 main house on a hill and the woodland garden. There are more than 20 named garden rooms or walks, ten historic outbuildings, and newer features that include cold frames, greenhouses, a lath house that provides shade, and deer fencing around 30 acres. The owners ran a small mail order nursery selling rare plants for about 10 years. In 1930 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) terraced the woodlands to control erosion. In 2001 Montrose was added to The National Register of Historic Places; that same year the owners deeded development rights for 50 acres to the North Carolina Triangle Land Conservancy and began planning a preservation project garden with the Garden Conservancy.

The Woodland Garden was started in 1985 on about 20 terraced acres planted with thousands of bulbs that included daffodils, trilliums, bloodroot, selaginella and wood hyacinths from the owner's mother's garden. Snowdrops proliferate along a walk and in the woods, followed by hellebores, rhododendron, Christmas orchids and cyclamen in August. Maple, beech, oak, sweet gum, hickory and walnut with understory dogwood and redbud provide shade and are filled with the sounds of birds. The informal woodland is the "soul" of the owner's garden. Other features throughout the gardens include a hand-made rustic trellis, antique urns and iron fencing, and large iron utilitarian farm pots that are planted with favorites from year to year.

Persons associated with the garden include: Kirkland (former owner, 1799- ); William A. and Susan Washington Graham and family members (former owners, 1842-1977); Thomas Paxton (landscape gardener, 1842)
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- North Carolina -- Hillsborough  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NC093
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / North Carolina
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb603e8ee37-0a01-4669-b4fc-9400bc8f0935
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32887

Dover Plains -- Copperheads

Provenance:
Millbrook Garden Club  Search this
Former owner:
Losee, William  Search this
De Forest, Isaac N.  Search this
De Forest, Augusta A.  Search this
Barrow, Lawrence  Search this
Johnson, Robert F.  Search this
Johnson, Caroline  Search this
Fuller, Rufus  Search this
Buckley, John  Search this
Buckley, Daniel  Search this
Anderson, Edgar V.  Search this
Middleton, Margaret  Search this
Colwell, Laurence J.  Search this
Rizzolo, Alfred F.  Search this
Rizzolo, Rose  Search this
Gelman, Irving  Search this
Goodstein, Robert  Search this
Goodwin, Jeanne  Search this
Mason:
Corsi, Daryl  Search this
Creator:
Horst, Werner  Search this
Horticulturist:
Pelletier, Amy  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
17 Digital images (color, JPEG file.)
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Copperheads (Dover Plains, New York)
United States -- New York -- Dutchess County -- Dover Plains
Scope and Contents:
17 digital images and 1 file folder.
General:
Copperheads sits on a 40 acre property in the town of Washington located in Duchess County, New York. The only evidence of a pre-existing garden was a lone Spirea atop the stone driveway wall and mauve peonies scattered throughout the site. The present owners adapted the old cow paths, building, and barn foundation into their garden.

The present garden began in 2001 when the Greek revival house was moved twelve feet during a major restoration project. The owners adapted sites utilized by the previous farmer owners, prompted by the 150-year old time capsule discovered inside a porch column during the renovation. On the foundation of what was once a storage barn, formal double perennial borders were constructed and enclosed by arborvitae hedges roughly following the outline of the barn. Stone steps lead down into the lower half of the garden, flanked by bronze mastiffs. In the center of the perennial garden is a lily pond. A secondary growth of trees was removed to open the view over the foothills of the Berkshires. To the north of the perennial garden, a pool backed by a Doric column pergola replaces the burnt remnants of an old cow barn. A fountain rests under the pergola smothered in Dutchman's pipe, a reference to the Dutch De Forest family that placed the time capsule in the house column. A cutting garden is located beyond the pool. To the west of the pergola on a steep slope, rubble from another building was uncovered. One side of the stone foundation remains functioning as a wall separating an upper path from a small pinery developed on the slope.

While constructing the house, a deep outhouse pit was uncovered revealing shards of Dutch clay pipes, clay storage jars, animal femurs, flower pots, and hand painted pottery. A boxwood parterre was planted on the outhouse site to be used as a vegetable garden. Before the gate is an iron arch topped with a copperhead snake to support a pair of weeping larch. Beside the carriage house is an apple orchard and fruit cage for growing blueberries. A stone pathway winds through a woods garden, complete with a wooden bench. The allee terminates at an urn and behind it grows a large Hydrangea.

In 2012, a teacup garden, called the "Pan Garden," was installed adjacent to the Daffodil Meadow to the right of the driveway. Boursault rhododendrons form a circle around a single Laburnum tree.

Persons associated with the garden include: William Losee (former owner, pre-1841); Isaac N. and Augusta A. De Forest (former owners, 1841-1856); Lawrence Barrow (former owner, 1856-1859); Robert F. and Caroline Johnson (former owners, 1859-1861); Rufus Fuller (former owner, 1861-1878); John Buckley (former owner, 1878-1917); Daniel Buckley (former owner, 1817-1923); Edgar V. Anderson (former owner, 1923-1945); Margaret Middleton (former owner, 1945-1948); Laurence J. Colwell (former owner, 1948-1959); Alfred F. and Rose Rizzolo (former owners, 1959-1972); Irving Gelman (former owner, 1972-1976); Robert Goodstein and Jeanne Goodwin (former owners, 1976-present); Daryl Corsi (stonemason, 2001-2008); Werner Horst (metal artist, 2008-2012); Amy Pelletier Clark (Horticulturalist, 2010-present).
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- New York -- Dover Plains  Search this
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File NY1188
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6aff610fd-309b-49b5-99f5-51ddaf11cbe6
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref32894

[Montrose]: View through the redwood to old boxwood hedge and house.

Photographer:
Brighton, Avery  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image (color, JPEG file. )
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Montrose (Hillsborough, North Carolina)
United States -- North Carolina -- Orange -- Hillsborough
Date:
2018 April 18
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- North Carolina -- Hillsborough  Search this
Redwood  Search this
Phlox  Search this
Primroses  Search this
Boxwood  Search this
Houses  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NC093147
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / North Carolina / NC093: Hillsborough -- Montrose
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6e0775e0e-db4c-4770-a99e-261f98c2e48d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33064

[Copperheads]: Looking East into perennial borders and Arborvitae hedges surrounding lower garden.

Photographer:
de las Heras, Stephen  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Digital image (color, JPEG file.)
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
Copperheads (Dover Plains, New York)
United States -- New York -- Dutchess County -- Dover Plains
Date:
2013 July 8
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Gardens -- New York -- Dover Plains  Search this
Perennials  Search this
Lily ponds  Search this
Hedges  Search this
Thuja  Search this
Sculpture  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item NY1188003
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / New York / NY1188: Dover Plains -- Copperheads
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6cc0ed173-29ba-4f60-99d0-65a5f11e5168
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref33099

[Francis Garden]

Creator:
Francis, Lewis, Mrs  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
Unidentified Garden (United States)
United States
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena [remaining text obscured]."
Historic plate number: "87."
Historic plate caption: "Mrs. Lewis Francis."
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Picket fences  Search this
Finials  Search this
Walls, stone  Search this
Stepping stones  Search this
Hedges  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lantern slides
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item GCA005001
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Unidentified Garden Images / Unidentified Locations / GCA005: Unidentified Location -- Francis Garden
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6602e22b6-b1de-4486-8908-d00e47252178
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref5125

[Henry Garden]

Creator:
Henry, Mrs.  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Extent:
1 Photograph (lantern slide, hand-colored, 3.25 x 4 in.)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographs
Lantern slides
Place:
Unidentified Garden (United States)
United States
Date:
[between 1914 and 1949?]
General:
Mount reads: "Edward Van Altena, 71-79 W. 45th St., N.Y.C."
Historic plate number: "86."
Historic plate caption: "Mrs. Henry."
Collection Restrictions:
Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.
Topic:
Garden borders  Search this
Hedges  Search this
Lawns  Search this
Genre/Form:
Lantern slides
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, Item GCA006001
See more items in:
The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Unidentified Garden Images / Unidentified Locations / GCA006: Unidentified Location -- Henry Garden
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb67837a1d1-55e6-4380-b06c-8041ef1ee936
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref5126

Manchester -- Grafton

Photographer:
Aquipel, Paul  Search this
Spang, Elizabeth R.  Search this
Landscape designer:
Hutcheson, Martha Brookes  Search this
Landscape architect:
Steele, Fletcher, 1885-1971  Search this
Innocenti, Umberto  Search this
Gardener:
Arnold, Jason  Search this
Kling, Denise  Search this
Hendryck, Jan  Search this
Spang, Elizabeth R.  Search this
Creator:
Landscape-by-the-Sea  Search this
Architect:
Hale, Herbert Dudley, 1866-1909  Search this
Boyden, Lincoln, Jr.  Search this
Provenance:
North Shore Garden Club of Massachusetts  Search this
Collection Creator:
Garden Club of America  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Digital images
Place:
United States -- Massachusetts -- Essex County -- Manchester
Grafton (Manchester, Massachusetts)
Scope and Contents:
12 35mm slides and 45 digital images and 2 folders.
Varying Form:
Undercliff, formerly
General:
Grafton is located in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. Established in 1903, the 13 acre property features a formal garden designed by Landscape Architect Martha Brookes Hutcheson. Sited above a private beach, Grafton offers views of the Atlantic Ocean, nearby islands, and Boston in the distance.
The formal garden is entered by stepping down through a hedge of Endless Summer hydrangeas flowering in front of the low stone wall. The garden is symmetrically laid out with two rectangular beds mirroring each other at the beginning and repeated at the end of the garden.  There are four L-shaped beds facing each other for a total of eight beds.  Additional beds are along the outer perimeter of these beds. The first two rectangle beds are planted with shrub roses from David Austin. Echinacea, Salvia, and geraniums encircle the roses providing color and scent.   Four L-shaped beds surround you with phlox, peonies, Euphorbia, Helenium, Asters, Monarda, daylilies, iris, dahlias and hostas.  Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight' provides a focal point and structure in the four corners of the main beds and Hibiscus syriacus 'Red Heart' added in the middle of the same beds. Color and height changing as the season progresses.
At the far end of the garden there is a semi-circular pond. It is approached through two rectangular beds which are full of Japanese tree peonies augmented with anemone. The pond is edged in granite, planted with water lilies and lotus, and backed by a yew hedge that is trimmed to a height of the arbor wall. A small lead statue of a boy which is placed on top of a rock in the middle and a trickle of water flows underneath.  Behind the pond is a semi-circular arbor with grape vines draping over the timber structure designed by Martha Brookes Hutcheson in 1902.  Long beds planted along the high wall of the garden hold English roses with clematis and cherry trees pruned against the wall.  Peonies, crocosmia, salvia and dahlias combine to enhance this area and tie the garden together.
Down the stairs past the tree peony bed, there is a border of new Stewartia pseudocamelia.  The border is also planted with holly, Weigela, peony, goat's beard, clematis, and hydrangea. A carpet of sweet woodruff lightens the space and is combined with the dropping magnolia flowers.  Another bed is filled with hydrangea, Weigela, and fothergilla shrubs.  A bird bath original to the property was sited across from the path between the tree peony beds and the back planting beds.
Toward the ocean between two shrub borders, a new hedge of Weigela has been planted along the whole backside of these two beds creating a visual ending of the formal garden where two old iron chairs and a wellhead are located. A long bed is planted with clipped Deutzias and underplanted with hostas.  A shrub rose is planted in the middle of the hedge forming a backdrop for the chairs. Behind all is a stone wall containing the garden, and in the background, the sea. The seating area is in line with a sundial placed along the long border and the opposite exterior garden wall.  To the left, the wall continues and then ends with some unclipped Deutzias forming an archway with hostas planted underneath.  On the right the garden becomes informal with cranberry Viburnums planted in a swath with steps leading down to a grass landing area and more steps leading to the house, the main lawn, or the beach.
The current Regency style house, designed by Lincoln Boyden Jr., was constructed in the 1940s to replace a larger 55-room mansion designed by Herbert D. Hale in 1900.
Persons associated with the garden's design: Martha Brooks Hutcheson (landscape designer, 1902-1910), Herbert D. Hale (architect, 1900-1905), Fletcher Steele (landscape architect, 1935), Lincoln Boyden Jr. (architect, 1941), Umberto Innocenti (landscape architect, 1942), Jason Arnold (gardener, 1978-1983), Denise King (gardener, 1984-1987), Jan Hendryck (gardener, 1988-1995), Elizabeth R. Sprang (garden designer, 2012-), Landscape-by-the-Sea (gardeners, 2012–).
Related Materials:
The Martha Brookes Hutcheson archives at The Morris County Park Commission, Morristown, NJ.
Provenance:
The North Shore Garden Club of Massachusetts faciliated the 2021 garden documentation update.
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Topic:
Gardens -- Massachusetts -- Manchester  Search this
Historic landscapes  Search this
Formal gardens  Search this
Seaside gardening  Search this
Walled gardens  Search this
Arbors  Search this
Fountains  Search this
Retaining walls  Search this
Genre/Form:
Digital images
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.
Identifier:
AAG.GCA, File MA255
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The Garden Club of America collection
The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Massachusetts
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Gardens
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6487834d0-68e2-493f-a427-c5b0d4eebcc4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref31795

Playbill for The First Breeze of Summer

Published by:
Playbill, American, founded 1884  Search this
Used by:
Palace Theatre, American, founded 1913  Search this
Subject of:
Ethel Ayler, American, 1934 - 2018  Search this
Charles Brown, American, 1946 - 2004  Search this
Carl Crudup  Search this
Peter DeMaio, American  Search this
Frances Foster, American, 1924 - 1997  Search this
Moses Gunn, 1929 - 1993  Search this
Bebe Drake-Hooks  Search this
Janet League, American  Search this
Anthony McKay, American, born 1965  Search this
Lou Myers, American, 1935 - 2013  Search this
Douglas Turner Ward, born 1930  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (22.5 x 14.3 cm)
Type:
theater programs
Place used:
New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1975
Topic:
African American  Search this
Broadway Theatre  Search this
Drama (Theatre)  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Kayla Deigh Owens
Object number:
2011.45.29
Restrictions & Rights:
Playbill used by permission. All rights reserved, Playbill Inc
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50f774153-3640-4daa-8579-8f94d946ec5e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.45.29
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