Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Desert garden views of carnegiea and cephalocereus specimens
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
This carnegia gigantea, more commonly known as a saguaro, was transplanted into the desert garden. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "Carnegiea gigantea (transplanted) N. R-14, 15."
photCL 107 vol1 (35)
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Two photographs mounted on a black page, labeled "Cereus gonianthus" and "Cephalocereus senilis - 1930."
photCL 107 vol1 pg42
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Two photographs of the desert garden mounted on a black page, labeled "Lemaireocereus weberi (transplanted), N. C-95" and "Lemaireocereus thurberi, N. C-91, 92." On the bottom right corner of the first photo: "W. Hertrich 1925." The photograph on the left appeared in San Marino News on March 4, 1930.
photCL 107 vol1 pg76
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On the right is the carnegia gigantea with supports featured in another picture on the same page of the album. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "General view - 1935, N. K-17."
photCL 107 vol1 pg35
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The labels that accompany the photographs read "General view, about 1932" and "Cephalocereus polyophus new planting in 1925, N. B-88."
photCL 107 vol1 pg22
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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