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Desert garden photographs of beaucarnea specimens



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  • Desert garden view and a cereus being transplanted

    Desert garden view and a cereus being transplanted

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    Two photographs of the desert garden mounted on a black page, labeled "General view" with a MS note that says "Cereus jeruriana(?)" and "Transplanting cereus dayamii, N. B-22." On the right hand side of the second picture, in white, is "W. Hertrich 1925."

    photCL 107 vol1 pg32

  • Desert garden views of echinopsis and echeveria specimens

    Desert garden views of echinopsis and echeveria specimens

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    Two photographs mounted on a black page, labeled "Echeveria x gibiflora, N. C-33, 38" and "Echinopsis robinsoniana, N. C-54."

    photCL 107 vol1 pg64

  • Desert garden views of dasylirion and dracaena specimens

    Desert garden views of dasylirion and dracaena specimens

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    Three photographs mounted on a black page, labeled "Dasylirion texana - 1935, N. L-53", "Dasylirion wheeleri (close up), N. W-60, 61", and "Dracaena draco - 1911, N. I-3, 4."

    photCL 107 vol1 pg51

  • Desert garden photographs of flowering agave attenuata plants

    Desert garden photographs of flowering agave attenuata plants

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    Three photographs labeled "Agave attenuata", "Agave attenuata N. R-52", and "Agave attenuata close up of flowers" mounted on a black page. Commonly referred to as a "foxtail" agave, due to the appearance of the flower stem (inflorescence) which Hertrich is here supporting in the picture on the left. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949.

    photCL 107 vol1 pg3

  • Desert garden views of agave and indria specimens

    Desert garden views of agave and indria specimens

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    Four photographs of the desert garden mounted on a black page, labeled "Agave cerulata, N. ID-19", "Agave pachycantha 1944, N. IG-73", "Indria columnaris", and "Agave aurea, N. R-16."

    photCL 107 vol1 pg93

  • Desert garden views of four cereus specimens

    Desert garden views of four cereus specimens

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    Four photographs of the desert garden mounted on a black page, labeled "Cereus grandicustatus 1936, N. R-36, 37", "Cereus grandicustatus, N. H-1, 2", "Cereus horribarbis - 1936, N. R-38", and "Cereus horridus 1934, N. H-15."

    photCL 107 vol1 pg79