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Transplanting aricastrum palm

Description: A group of men stand around a palm being transported for planting. In the background is the loggia, and sprinklers running on the lawn to the east of the loggia. MS notes on verso read "HEH grounds: palms, transplanting arecastrum" and "Aricastrum [sic] Romanzoffiana transplanting." Arecastra are now referred to as syagrus, and this particular species is often referred to as a "queen palm."
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Call number: photCL 107 fld4 (1.1)
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Cycas revoluta specimen on the terrace of the Huntington residence with the loggia in the background

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The cycas revoluta is also referred to as the sago palm. Label accompanying photographs in album reads "HEH 8 This specimen of Cycas revoluta (sago palm), native of Japan, is 300 years old. Terrace, Huntington Art Gallery. Loggia at left." Another version of this is no. 548 Pictures Archives, box 3, folder 5. MS note on verso reads "HEH 8 Feb 1938." Stamp on verso gives permission for the print to appear in "Exhaust." (?)

photCL 107 vol13 (8)

Transplanting a large cereus, 1925

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Workers stand on either side of a large cereus specimen, being transported across makeshift wooden rails to its new home in the desert garden. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "Transplanting large cereus, N. B-16." Written in white on the bottom right corner of the page is "W. Hertrich 1925."

photCL 107 vol1 pg28

Huntington residence from the east

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View of the southeast corner and loggia of the Huntington residence with only a few young palms and a pine tree to the east of the building. A man in a dark suit and hat stands under the palm on the left. MS note on folder reads "HEH residence: south and west facades." MS note on verso reads "HEH residence: loggia."

photCL 107 fld1 (4)

Huntington residence from the southeast

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A view of the south east corner of the Huntington residence, showing the loggia. MS note on folder reads "HEH residence: south and west facades." MS note on verso reads "HEH residence: loggia."

photCL 107 fld1 (3)

Cereus jamacaru transplanting

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A tall bound and boxed specimen on its way to its new home in the desert garden. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "Cereus jamacaru (transplanting), N. B-58."

photCL 107 vol1 pg48

Cereus jamacaru transplanting

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A tall bound and boxed specimen on its way to its new home in the desert garden. The label that accompanies this photo in the album reads "Cereus jamacaru (transplanting), N. B-58."

photCL 107 vol1 pg48

Transplanting aricastrum palm

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