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Notebooks on Plants and Planting

Description

Four notebooks containing articles and clippings, handwritten and typed notes, plant lists, and other information on plants and planting; titles are from spines or were devised by cataloger. Some of the material from the notebooks was found missing.

Notebooks include:

Bulbs - Cosper and Lime (approximately 1936), a 3-ring binder referencing Cosper, a horticultural consultant and soil analyst who co-wrote a book, Gardens for Victory, about victory gardens with Jean-Marie Putnam in 1942.

Planting instructions and notes on Lloyd Cosper (approximately 1962, title devised), a 3-ring binder containing directions concerning various plant varieties, pest and other treatment instructions, and troubleshooting; includes "Directions for Red Aggregate Paving for Mrs. Hancock Banning Cottage at Laguna."

Check List of local flora, Los Angeles (undated), an 18-page typed list of plants in alphabetical order by plant name; names are in Latin.

Miscellaneous (approximately 1936; title on spine: "Misc."), a 3-ring binder containing articles on floral decoration and on various geographic areas, including Florida and the Colorado Rockies in the United States, Mexico, and New Zealand.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1869, 1906-2013.
Call number
archYoch
Creator
Yoch, Florence(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of James J. Yoch and Nancy Yoch, 2015.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Objects (boxes 42-45) do not circulate. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
Associated people
Aplin, William, (1938-2018,)
Bashford, Katherine, (1938-2018,)
Clark, E. Harrison,
Clarke, William M.,
Council, Lucile,
Dapprich, Fred R.,
Haight, George D.,
Hiller,
Yoch, Florence,
Yoch, James J.,
Yoch, James J.,
Associated organizations
George D. Haight Architectural Photographers,
Hiller Studios,
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