Palm garden looking to cactus garden with William Hertrich

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  William Hertrich in the Japanese garden, March 1962

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  William Hertrich, wearing a suit and bow tie, stands at the entrance gate to the Japanese garden. There is a lion-dog statue on either side of the double doors, and the wisteria pergola is visible through the open gate. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949. On verso: William Hertrich at entrance to Japenese Garden, March 1962.

  photCL 107 fld 9 (41)

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  William H. Hertrich outside library building, May 1960

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  William Hertrich, wearing a light colored suit, stands on the grass in front of an expansive tree with benches surrounding the trunk, with the library building in the background on the right. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949.

  photCL 107 vol4 p 150

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  William Hertrich with the bell house in the Japanese garden, March 1962

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  William Hertrich, wearing a suit and bow tie, rests his left hand on the side of the pagoda-esque bell house on the slope of the east ridge of the Japanese garden canyon. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949. On verso: William Hertrich by gong in Japenese Garden, March 1962.

  photCL 107 fld 9 (40)

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  William Hertrich with agave attenuata

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  Commonly referred to as a "foxtail" agave, due to the appearance of the flower stem (inflorescence) which Hertrich is here supporting. William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "Agave attenuata."

  photCL 107 vol1 pg3

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  Rockery with fountain and cycads near the Huntington residence, circa 1915

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  A view of the fountain and plants to the north of the loggia, with the porte cochère in the background. MS notes on verso read "HEH residence: fountain, rockery and cycads c. 1915" and "reproduced in Hertrich: Hunt'n Bot Garden, p. 69; palms & cycads, p. 105; part of cycad collection, The Rockery."

  photCL 107 fld1 (13)

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  William Hertrich with agave attenuata, circa 1911

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  Commonly referred to as a "foxtail" agave, due to the appearance of the flower stem (inflorescence) which Hertrich is here supporting. MS note on verso says "Agave attenuata blooming for the first time in about 1911." William Hertrich was Superintendent of Botanical from 1927 to 1949.

  photCL 107 vol7 (45)