GARDEN FALL 2017 CITINGS

FOUNDED BY THE CHEROKEE GARDEN CLUB IN 1975

A LIBRARY OF THE KENAN RESEARCH CENTER AT THE HISTORY CENTER DIRECTOR & EDITOR Table of Contents GARDEN CITINGS Staci L. Catron

ASSOCIATE EDITORS 04 18 Louise S. Gunn SEEKING EDEN: CONSERVATION Jo Ann McCracken-Redding Jennie Oldfield A COLLECTION MAKES RARE

FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF ’S ITEMS AVAILABLE Anne Coppedge Carr HISTORIC GARDENS FOR RESEARCH (1917–2005)

CHAIR 08 20 Jane Robinson Whitaker TRAVELS INTO GIFTS TO THE ADVISORY BOARD NORTH AMERICA: ANNUAL FUND Hilton Hines Ball C. Duncan Beard AN ACQUISITION Adelaide Ward Burton IN MEMORY OF 22 Mary Johnson Calhoun TRIBUTES Carolyn Carr BEVERLY BUTLER J. Cannon Carr, Jr. COKER 24 Sharon Jones Cole Lane Beebe Courts THE CHEROKEE 10 Mary Wayne Dixon ROSE SOCIETY Kinsey Appleby Harper SOME FINE FALL Susan L. Hitchcock GARDEN PLANTS AND SUPPORTING John Howard THE ENDOWMENT Ozzie Johnson Andrew D. Kohr 12 FUND Molly Yellowlees Lanier Richard H. Lee RECENT RARE 26 Missy Means Madden BOTANICAL PRINT Audrey Hill McMenamy ACQUISITIONS: BOOK & Tracy Gray Monk MANUSCRIPT Carter Heyward Morris BESLER & MERIAN Caye Johnson Oglesby DONATIONS Nancy Roberts Patterson 14 Mary McConnell Poe Elizabeth King Prickett GRAVE Muriel Foster Schelke LANDSCAPES: Claire McCants Schwahn Alex Smith THE NINETEENTH- Spencer Tunnell II CENTURY RURAL Marsha Pirkle Webb Jane Robinson Whitaker CEMETERY Zach Young MOVEMENT

16 EUGENE E. CLINE, GEORGIA HORTICULTURIST, PLANT COLLECTOR, AND CONSERVATIONIST

3 Seeking Eden: A Collection of Georgia’s Historic Gardens By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director GARDEN CITINGS

A CONVERSATION WITH THE COLLABORATORS

Co-authors Staci Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director, and Mary Ann Eaddy, Historic Preservationist, and Jim Lockhart, Historic Preservation Photographer

Between the leaves of Seeking Eden, Lockhart, also retired from the Preservation specializing in historic architecture, but the you’ll find everything the Cherokee Garden Office, would be the perfect photographer idea of working with the organic nature of Library was founded to be: a celebration based on his 30 years’ experience gardens intrigued me. It’s been a rewarding of horticultural beauty, landscape design, photographing historic properties across the experience. Gardens and landscapes are history, research, community collaboration, state. A few months later, the three met to constantly changing, and the documentation and the stories of people who have a passion discuss the project. Everything clicked and of a garden throughout its life is important so for these things. they embarked on what they describe as an that future generations will be able to see how “epic journey” together. previous caretakers interpreted the space. THE STORY BEHIND THE BOOK The same holds true for all constructions of WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE man, be they buildings, gardens or works of In 2002, a collaboration to conduct a SEEKING EDEN PROJECT? art. A picture shows a small slice of life as it statewide inventory of Georgia’s historic was at a point in time. gardens was forged among the Garden Club Mary Ann: As a historic preservationist and historian, I was interested in the stories of of Georgia, the State Historic Preservation ANY SURPRISING DISCOVERIES each garden: Who owned them and cared Office, the Cherokee Garden Library (a UNCOVERED BY RESEARCH? Library of the Kenan Research Center at the about them? Who planned or designed them? ), and the National What were the people like who enjoyed these Mary Ann: I very much enjoyed researching Park Service—Southeast Regional Office. gardens? What was happening in Georgia the properties and made a surprise find when or the nation that could impact the fate of researching the Coffin-Reynolds Mansion This collaboration, named the Georgia these landscapes? How did they survive when on . There had been questions Historic Landscape Initiative, used Garden so many gardens did not? How have they about what, if anything, R. J. Reynolds did History of Georgia, 1733-1933, published changed since 1933 when Garden History to change the garden after he purchased it by Peachtree Garden Club in 1933, as a of Georgia was published? What issues do from Howard Coffin. framework. Its focus was to determine what their current owners face as they try had happened to the designed landscapes to maintain the historic integrity of such During a research day at the Georgia identified in the book—which ones had fragile resources? Archives with a colleague, I happened to been lost and what changes had occurred glance through the collection of Atlanta to those still existing—and to highlight Staci: Over the past two decades, in my role landscape architect William Pauley the importance of these landscapes in as the Cherokee Garden Library Director Drawings looking for something totally Georgia’s history. and as a Southern Garden History Society unrelated to Sapelo. I found a 1935 past president, I have seen a growing interest topographical map of the grounds of the In 2000 Staci Catron met Mary Ann in historic landscapes, so I was excited to help residence that Pauley had prepared for Eaddy, an adjunct professor of a historic tell the stories of historic designed gardens Reynolds. It shows what the property looked preservation class Staci was taking at Georgia across Georgia. like immediately after Reynolds’ purchase State University. Two years later, Staci and and confirms that the basic form of the Mary Ann began working together on the Mary Ann and I also wanted the book to garden has remained fairly intact since then. Georgia Historic Landscape Initiative. be visually engaging so we were thrilled Over a decade later, as the work on the Jim Lockhart agreed to take contemporary Neither my colleague nor I had been aware projects neared completion, Mary Ann and photographs of these remarkable sites. of Pauley’s involvement which led us to look Staci talked about making its results more I had admired Jim Lockhart’s photography more closely at Pauley’s papers at Emory widely known to the public. Out of their in dozens of books on historic architecture University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, conversation, Seeking Eden was born. long before I met him through Mary Ann. Archives and Rare Book Library. It was an It was a bonus that Jim is a plant lover! exciting discovery for both of us! Mary Ann, then retired from Georgia’s State Jim: Throughout my career I’ve primarily Historic Preservation Office, thought Jim been a documentary photographer

4 5 Seeking Eden: A Collection of Georgia’s Historic Gardens GARDEN CITINGS

DESCRIBE THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS wealth. They are found in Atlanta’s Staci: Although this volume is focused on allow your eyes and mind to be open to a good SEEKING EDEN DEMONSTRATES SAVE THE DATE neighborhood; in an elite hunting plantation garden history in Georgia, the themes are view at any time. Gardens change every day, HOW OUR COLLECTION SERVES Mary Ann: From the beginning, the project and a winter home in the woodlands near broad and speak to trends in garden history and the biggest challenge is to know when to RESEARCHERS AND AUTHORS Staci L. Catron, was a partnership among the three of us. Thomasville; and on Sapelo, an isolated throughout the United States from the make the exposure. I could have easily visited Staci and I took on writing responsibilities, barrier island on the Georgia coast. colonial period to the early twentieth century. every garden every day for three years and While myriad resources from repositories Cherokee Garden and Jim handled the photography, including They also show regional differences versus seen something different on each visit. around the state were used in the research caption preparation. Staci and I each selected The names of professional designers, such national trends. The sites are often associated for Seeking Eden, this list represents some Library Director, specific gardens for which we would as J. Neel Reid, Phillip Trammel Shutze, with famous people in the history of the state HOW DO YOU HOPE YOUR BOOK WILL of the many references used from the be responsible. William Pauley, Robert Cridland, the and sometimes the nation, and some are also INSPIRE OR BE USED? Cherokee Garden Library collection and and Mary Ann Olmsted Brothers, and Hubert Bond Owens associated with notable landscape architects other collections of the Kenan Research With a couple of exceptions, all three of us are associated with some of the most striking and designers. The role of women in the Staci: We hope Seeking Eden will appeal Center at the Atlanta History Center: Eaddy, Historic made initial visits to see the landscapes of the designed landscapes. life of many of these historic gardens is a to lovers of history and gardens and that it Preservationist, together, investigate local resources, and valuable part of the gardens’ stories, as is the will inspire or validate their appreciation Over 100 books, theses, articles, and other meet the property owners. Each of us then The importance of the role women played involvement of African Americans who often of Georgia’s rich garden heritage. We also scholarly works Present Seeking made follow-up visits. Learning about in the preservation of most of these gardens laid out and cared for these landscapes. created Seeking Eden to serve as a historical each garden was a delight. Interviewing cannot be overstated. Martha Berry’s vision record for future students interested in Manuscript Collections Eden: A Collection property owners, visiting libraries and saw the development of one of Georgia’s most HOW HAS THE HISTORIC GARDEN Georgia’s landscape history. Our desire Constance Knowles Draper Papers, MSS 968 archives, meeting helpful and knowledgeable beautiful campuses, and the stewardship of PRESERVATION MOVEMENT EVOLVED? is that Seeking Eden will encourage Edward L. Daugherty Papers, MSS 997 of Georgia’s people, following leads and uncovering three generations of strong southern women people to visit some of the public historic Georgia Historic Landscape Initiative new information—all of this was part of the ensured the future of the spectacular Hills Mary Ann: When the state historic gardens throughout our state and foster an Records, MSS 1007 Historic Gardens pleasure of this process. Sometimes we had and Dales Estate in LaGrange. Landscape preservation offices were first established appreciation of historic gardens in their own James R. Cothran Papers, MSS 989 to make ourselves stop researching and architect Clermont Lee was intricately after passage of the National Historic towns and cities. We want Seeking Eden to Norma K. and Edward J. Seiferle Papers, with photographs begin writing! involved with the documentation and Preservation Act of 1966, the emphasis, encourage preservationists, community MSS 1050 by James R. preservation of Savannah’s early parterre by necessity, was on the preservation of leaders, and others to consider the significant Peachtree Garden Club Records, MSS 681 HOW DID YOU CHOOSE WHICH GARDENS gardens and world-renowned squares. historic buildings. As time passed, there contribution garden history and historic Philip Trammell Shutze Papers, MSS 498 Lockhart TO INCLUDE IN THE COLLECTION? was an increased awareness of the landscapes make to a full understanding of Primrose Garden Club Records, MSS 656 WHY DID YOU NAME YOUR BOOK importance of historic landscapes and a site and its interpretation for the public. Robert Foster Maddox, Jr. Papers, MSS 143 Staci: All the designed landscapes featured SEEKING EDEN? the need for their preservation. in Seeking Eden are from Garden History Mary Ann: Of course, we hope the book Visual Arts Collections When of Georgia, 1733-1933. We included both Staci: We had many discussions about the In the early 1990s, Georgia’s State Historic will be fun for folks to flip through and Edward L. Daugherty Landscape Wednesday publicly accessible and private gardens. title of the volume. The team decided on Preservation Office initiated the “Georgia’s read. The sites have great stories and the Architectural Drawings, VIS 207 April 25, 2018 Each has historic interest and visual Seeking Eden to speak to the suggestion of Living Places” project that stressed the photographs are stunning. Hentz, Reid and Adler/Hentz, Adler and appeal that photography can showcase. the inherent goal of many gardeners to create importance of historic houses and their Shutze Architectural Drawings 7:00pm We selected gardens from across Georgia their own personal garden as a sanctuary or landscaped settings. Many of the gardens ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wilber G. Kurtz, Sr. Visual Arts Collection, representing various garden types and time “Eden.” The effort, time, money, skill, and in Seeking Eden are listed in the National VIS 197 Where periods. We also selected gardens based on energy that went into developing the gardens Register of Historic Places, either as a Staci, Mary Ann, and Jim are grateful for the William C. Pauley Landscape Architectural the willingness of the property owner to featured in the book were tremendous on component of an individual site or as part support of many people and organizations Drawings, VIS 184 Atlanta History Center participate in the process. There are still the part of the owners, landscape designers, of a historic district. that made the project possible. Publication William T. Smith Landscape Architectural McElreath Hall many significant historic landscapes in and gardeners who made their vision of Eden of this book was supported in part by Drawings, uncataloged Georgia worthy of inclusion in a book, but come to life. The includes cultural the following organizations: The Garden space constraints did not allow us to select landscapes as a category of historic resources Club of Georgia, Inc.; Atlanta History Lecture followed by them all for Seeking Eden. Maybe one day WHY ARE HISTORIC GARDENS worthy of recognition and preservation. Center; Georgia Department of Economic book launch and signing, we can do a second volume. IMPORTANT TO US TODAY? National and regional groups, such as the Development; Georgia Chapter of American Cultural Landscape Foundation and the Society of Landscape Architects; and The exhibition opening, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE TYPES AND Staci: Each garden has a layered, complex Southern Garden History Society, work to Mildred Fort Foundation. We are also and reception. STYLES OF GARDENS FEATURED IN history and has evolved over time. Historic identify, study, and promote these properties. grateful to the owners and managers of the YOUR BOOK? gardens are a direct link with the past, Overall, however, there is still much to be gardens, the Peachtree Garden Club, the helping us understand who we are today. done to raise the awareness of and encourage Cherokee Garden Club, and the Cherokee Mary Ann: The earliest landscapes date In the crowded, changing, and busy twenty- an appreciation for historic gardens. Garden Library Advisory Board. Friends, from the 1730s; the latest originated in the first century, gardens are essential. They feed families, and professional colleagues have early twentieth century. From the squares us intellectually, visually, and spiritually. JIM, COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE been so supportive and helpful. of Savannah to a late nineteenth-century ABOUT YOUR APPROACH TO CAPTURING kitchen garden in Cobb County to a major WHY DOES THE HISTORY OF GEORGIA THE SOUL OF A GARDEN? BOOK PROCEEDS TO HELP PRESERVE geological formation turned tourist GARDENS AND LANDSCAPES MAKE SUCH HISTORIC GARDENS attraction near , the A GOOD STORY? Jim: The most important aspect of variety is impressive. In a state where the photographing a garden is light and how it The three collaborators have asked that devastation of the Civil War changed so much Mary Ann: As one of the 13 original colonies, interacts with the garden. Light changes proceeds from the publication go towards of the landscape, it is remarkable that formal Georgia is one of the country’s oldest states from minute to minute and from season to the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.’s Historic antebellum boxwood gardens survive as do and has a long, rich history. Geographically, season, and it is the photographer’s job to Landscape Preservation Grants Program, the ruins of a rare A. J. Downing-influenced it contains gardens that thrive in coastal interpret the interaction of light and nature. which supports the restoration and Georgia estate. Landscapes representative areas and in landscapes that call the Early morning or late afternoon on a slightly rehabilitation of historic gardens across of early twentieth-century Country Place mountains home. The diversity of gardens overcast day is probably the sweet spot to the state. Matching grants have provided Era design illustrate a period of enormous in the state is breathtaking. achieve the most success. But you should seed money for projects sponsored by local governments and nonprofits since 1998.

6 7 By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director GARDEN CITINGS

KALM ON WINE MAKING IN collection. Bev also explains that the word PENNSYLVANIA AND MARYLAND “The ladies make wine from some of the fruits of the land. They principally take white TR AV ELS and red currants for that purpose, since the shrubs of this kind are very plentiful in the gardens, and succeed very well. An old sailor who had frequently been in Newfoundland told me that red currants grew wild in that country in great quantities. They likewise INTO make a wine of strawberries, which grow in great plenty in the woods but are sourer than the Swedish ones. The American blackberries, or Rubus occidentalis, are likewise made use of for this purpose, for they grow everywhere about the fields, NORTH almost as abundantly as thistles in Sweden, and have a very agreeable taste. In Maryland, a wine is made of the wild grapes, which grow in the woods of that province.”

Peter Kalm, September 1748 (Travels into AMERICA North America, Volume 1, 1770, pp. 85–86)

The library recently acquired a rare three- countryside, and recording notes on the KALM ON THE USE OF SASSAFRAS BEVERLY “BEV” BUTLER COKER was out in library circles that thieves An Acquisition volume work by Peter Kalm entitled inhabitants, the fauna, and the flora of the IN VIRGINIA Bev Coker had an enquiring mind and a in search of valuable botanicals were in Memory of Travels into North America; Containing region. Among his companions on a trip into “A woman in Virginia has successfully devotion to the Cherokee Garden Library. known to use wet dental floss to extract the Its Natural History, and A Circumstantial the backcountry of New York was American employed the berries of the Sassafras against The Acquisitions Committee and Bev’s illustrations from old books. Therefore on Beverly Butler Coker Account of Its Plantations and Agriculture naturalist John Bartram. Returning to his a great pain in one of her feet, which for three family agree that she would be well pleased her watch, new bookcases were ordered with In General, with the Civil, Ecclesiastical, native Stockholm, Kalm published the first years together she had to such a degree, that with the selection of Peter Kalm’s volumes locking glass doors to protect the Garden Peter Kalm’s Travels into North America in three and Commercial State of the Country, edition of his observations between 1753 and it almost hindered her from walking. She was to honor her leadership. Library’s treasures. The conservator advised volumes to honor Bev Coker’s contributions to the The Manners of the Inhabitants, and 1761. The first edition in English, translated advised to boil the berries of Sassafras and that, due to damaging “outgassing,” shelving library. Photograph by Bartram Nason. Several Curious and Important Remarks by John Reinhold Forster, followed as to rub the painful parts of her foot with the Reprinted from “Legends of the Cherokee materials had to be tested before ordering. on Various Subjects (Volume 1. Warrington: volume one in 1770 and volumes two and oil, which by this means would be got from Garden Library” publication, by Carter Beverly “Bev” Butler Coker, for “Legends of the Printed by William Eyres, 1770; Volumes 2 three in 1771. Volume one includes engraved the berries. She did so, but at the same time Heyward Morris, 2013,to honor Mrs. Coker’s Literally, a hands-on leader, Bev obtained Cherokee Garden Library,” 2013. Photograph and 3, London: Printed for the Editor, and plates of a raccoon and American pole-cat contributions to the Garden Library. samples of shelving and took them home to by Jim Fitts. it made her vomit; yet this was not sufficient sold by T. Lowndes, 1771). This significant set as well as a flying squirrel and a ground to keep her from following the prescription be “scientifically tested.” She purchased glass was acquired in memory of beloved Cherokee squirrel. Volume two contains engraved three times more, though as often as she Bev Coker loves gardening. She recalls when bowls, which are nonreactive, from Richard’s Garden Club member Beverly “Bev” Butler plates of the American migratory pigeon, the made use thereof, it always had the same her son Dake was very young and was asked Five and Dime, placed the wood samples in Coker. Bev Coker served as the third purple jackdaw and red-winged stare, the effect. However she was entirely freed from what his mother did, he replied, “She digs the bowls along with lead strips, and then president of the Cherokee Garden Library mocking bird and red breasted thrush, and that pain, and perfectly recovered.” holes!” Bev also loves old books, so when covered the bowls with glass, making them Board, was named one of the “Legends of the the Cohoes Fall of the Mohawk River (the she was asked to succeed Margaret Block to airtight. After some time, lo and behold, Library” in 2013, and was actively involved largest tributary of the Hudson River) in New Peter Kalm, October 1748 (Travels into become the third president of the Cherokee several of the strips had changed color, with the library for decades. This important York. Volume three has an engraved folding North America, Volume 1, 1770, p. 147–148) Garden Library Board, she stepped right indicating that gasses were being emitted. acquisition was made possible due to the map entitled “A New and Accurate Map up to the task, which touched on two of her Those building materials were eliminated generosity of the Cherokee Garden Club of Part of North America comprehending KALM ON SHEEP LAUREL passions. This was a particularly valiant from consideration! Community Fund, contributions to the the provinces of New England, New York, (KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA) effort because Bev is severely allergic to all library in memory of Bev Coker, and the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, things old and dusty. In those days without During her presidency, Bev recalls the help of “The Kalmia angustifolia was now Carter Heyward Morris Acquisitions Rhode Island & part of Virginia, Canada, professional assistance, the leaders of the key leaders in the garden club who provided everywhere in flower. It grows chiefly on Fund, part of the Cherokee Garden and Halifax, for the illustration of Mr. Peter Garden Library were pressed into service wise revisions to the Garden Library’s sandy heaths, or on dry poor grounds, which Library Endowment. Kalms’ Travels.” to dust off newly acquired treasures. Bev bylaws. She also fondly remembers special few other plants will agree with; it is common remembers happily donning the white gloves people she encountered in the early years in Pennsylvania, but particularly in New Peter Kalm’s work is one of the most A few passages from Kalm’s travels provide to handle the dustiest and oldest volumes, including pioneer historic preservationist Jersey, and the province of New York; it is important and reliable eighteenth-century insight into eighteenth-century America: sneezing and coughing all the way. and plantswoman Florence Griffin, Georgia scarce in Canada; its leaves stay the winter; accounts of American natural history. Kalm As the collection outgrew the very modest Institute of Technology librarian Helen the flowers are a real ornament to the woods; (1717–1779) was a noted Swedish naturalist space tucked under the stairs in what was Martini, and renowned University of they grow in bunches like crowns, and are of and a student of Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish once the telephone closet at McElreath Georgia ecologist Dr. Eugene Odum. Bev says a fine lively purple colour; at the bottom is a botanist, physician, and zoologist, who Hall, the Garden Library expanded into a she is proud of the continuing evolution of circle of deep purple, and within it a greyish formalized the modern system of naming nearby room. By then it was time to hire a the Garden Library. She has maintained an or whitish colour.” organisms called binomial nomenclature. conservator to advise the Garden Library active interest in the affairs of the Cherokee

In 1748 and 1749, Kalm traveled throughout on best practices for conserving and storing Garden Library and currently serves on the Peter Kalm, May 1749 (Travels into North northeast America, surveying the the oldest and most precious volumes in the Development and Endowment Committee. America, Volume 2, 1771, pp. 214–215)

8 99 By Rosemary Bathurst, Senior Horticulturist, Goizueta Gardens GARDEN CITINGS SOME FINE FALL GARDEN PLANTS

All of Atlanta is a glorious garden in the garden. The Ampelaster carolinianus is a The sourwood, Oxydendrum arboretum, spring when the trees, shrubs, and flowers climbing plant, scampering up a fence, trellis has vivid, deep red foliage in early fall. When start their show but come fall, many gardens or other support to reach a height of 6-12’. In driving through Georgia in the fall, this is seem a bit tired, having gone through the October the plant is covered with many bracts an easy tree to spot in the canopy, due to its summer heat and perhaps a drought. of lavender-pink flowers and will bloom into foliage. When in flower in June, this tree is a There are many plants a Georgia gardener November, supplying bees and other insects source of nectar for bees making sourwood may choose to use to create fall interest, with nectar and pollen. Since this perennial honey, a delicacy to any honey lover. This tree with some of the best growing naturally in needs to be left alone over the winter, and looks at home planted in a larger, wooded area the Piedmont of the southeast. A large part pruned only in spring when new growth and requires little care after establishment. of the Goizueta Gardens at the Atlanta flushes out, a bit of planning may be needed History Center, particularly the Mary when siting it in the garden. Well-drained The witch hazel, Hamemelis virginiana, is Howard Gilbert Memorial Quarry Garden, soil is best with lots of sunlight shining down happiest along stream banks, where it will is devoted to these native plants, where on this low maintenance plant, which will produce thickets of trees, creating yellow several are putting on quite a show right now. reward you with masses of flowers in the fall. clouds in the fall when they bloom. This tree Here are a few plants you may wish to try in is the source of witch hazel, the astringent your garden to brighten things at the end of My favorite of the fall bloomers is the used by generations for its healing qualities. the annual growing cycle. fringeleaf tickseed, Coreopsis integrifolia, Settlers would choose this wood when which is the last perennial to bloom in the making divining rods to aid in the search for The Georgia aster, Symphyotrichum Quarry garden. The bright yellow flowers underground water. georgianum, blooms quite late in the season, bloom atop 24” stems with dark green, glossy as do most asters. You will usually see foliage. These plants do not need full sun to These are but a few of the Piedmont plants its large, dark purple flowers in October put on their show, but they do appreciate a that should find a home in your garden. They and November and the centers also turn bit of moisture. Again, being a native, these require little care once established and put on purple, adding to the vibrancy. In its native plants do not require the fertile garden soil their best show in the fall when many plants habitat, the Georgia aster is found in oak- some other perennials need. are waiting for spring to stand out. pine woodlands and depends on wildfire as a part of its growing cycle. These historic A shrub that will add fall color to a landscape Mary Howard Gilbert Memorial Quarry Garden, ecosystems have been degraded by grazing, is the oak leaf hydrangea, Hydrangea Goizueta Gardens, Atlanta History Center, Photo- fire suppression, and development. This quercifolia. This native has seeded itself graph courtesy of the Goizueta Gardens staff. plant is a threatened species in our state, around the campus, demonstrating its Georgia aster (Symphyotrichum georgianum), but you will find it at native plant sales in the tolerance of sun or shade, moist or dry, fertile Photograph courtesy of Biosthmors. Atlanta area. Asters want a good amount or rocky soil. The white blooms in May are of sun, not overly fertile soil and good a welcome sight, but the rich crimson leaves drainage—mix some gravel in your planting in fall really shine in a mostly green garden hole when placing asters in your garden. palette. There are many cultivars of this species in the horticulture trade, giving you For a fragrant, shrubby plant, you can’t go many choices for plant size. wrong with Georgia savory, Clinopodium georgianum.The glossy green foliage has a Several small trees that enliven the fall delightfully strong, minty fragrance, garden are the persimmon, witch hazel, so placing it near a walkway or patio edge and sourwood. All are native to the Piedmont is ideal. The small, pink/purple flowers of Georgia and provided the Cherokees with are abundant come August and after food and medicine. establishment, in a well drained, sunny site this plant will ask for nothing, yet reward you The persimmon, Diospyros virginiana, is a with a handsome display. A native of the dry, tree found on old farm sites and on the edges rocky woodland areas of the Piedmont, one of woods, where it can reach for the sun and may also find it mixing in with the longleaf thus bear more fruit. By planting one in the pine ecosystems of the Coastal Plain. Again, garden you can enjoy the boundless pleasures look at native plant sales in the area to find of the fruit, which ripen in the fall and are these plants to add to your garden. used in puddings and cakes. The fruits that persist on the tree look like ornaments on the Asters are usually thought of as low-growing bare branches. perennials, mixing into the border of a

10 11 By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director GARDEN CITINGS RECENT RARE BOTANICAL PRINT ACQUISITIONS: BESLER & MERIAN

The Cherokee Garden Library is fortunate Depicted in this folio were approximately one two years observing and drawing indigenous to hold books that contain hundreds of thousand plants. Besler had the good fortune flora, insects, and fauna. To finance her exquisite botanical prints produced by to live at a time when exotic plants were trip, she sold over 200 of her own paintings. notable artists from the 17th century being shipped to Europe from throughout Merian published her most significant book through the turn of the 20th century. In the world. The garden he organized Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium recent years, the library established a print and illustrated for his patron was both (Insects of Surinam) in Amsterdam in 1705. collection to house individual botanical ornamental and experimental, and the book This lavishly illustrated volume solidified works by celebrated artists, including Basil of engravings created from his drawings her reputation as a leading figure in Besler, Mark Catesby, Maria Sibylla Merian, was unique. The prints, made by a team of natural science. and Pierre Joseph Redouté. In May, this master engravers, were exquisitely crafted. collection was enhanced by the acquisition Produced 140 years before Linnaeus created The Besler and Merian prints, along with of two rare botanical prints. One is by the his system of binomial nomenclature, many others, are part of the Cherokee German apothecary, botanist, and botanical Besler’s florilegium was an important early Garden Library Print Collection, VIS 248, illustrator Basilius Besler (1561–1629) effort to classify plants for apothecaries and Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta acquired with a generous grant from the botanists of the 17th century. History Center. Iris Garden Club of Atlanta. The other print is by German-born, Swiss entomologist, Acquired through the generosity of Gordon WHAT IS A FLORILEGIUM? naturalist, and botanical illustrator Harper and the Harvey M. Smith Jr. Fund, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) the hand-colored, copperplate engraving A florilegium (plural florilegia) is a collection purchased in honor of Kinsey Harper’s of the Hibiscus mutabilis (Cotton Rose) is of scientific illustrations of plants, accurately service as Cherokee Garden Library from Maria Sibylla Merian‘s Metamorphosis drawn from nature. In essence, it is a treatise Board President, 2015–2017. Insectorum Surinamensium, published in on flowers that is focused on ornamental Amsterdam in 1705. Merian was atypical of plants rather than medicinal or utilitarian This is the library’s second Besler, the first her time, a remarkable, independent woman plants, which were contained in herbals. being a hand-colored copperplate engraving of many talents. Raised in an upper-class Florilegia had little or no text and the of a Multiflorous sunflower from 1613 that entrepreneurial home of Swiss artists and illustrations were the focus. The illustrations was donated by Ryan Gainey in 2006 in publishers in Frankfort, she began observing not only included flowers, but often depicted memory of Michael Kuse. This is also the insects as a child, which led to her first insects, birds, or small animals in the library’s second Merian; the first is a hand- systematic studies of butterflies. compositions. The first florilegia appeared colored, copperplate engraving of bananas in late-16th century Europe and flourished from 1771 donated by Louise Gunn in 2012. Merian soon began to paint butterflies, in the 17th century when exotic plants were flowers, and fruit still lifes. Following her collected by explorers all over the world and Basilius Besler, hand-colored copperplate engraving, Orchis Serapias secunda Maria Sibylla Merian, hand-colored copperplate engraving, Cotton Rose from The Iris Garden Club funded the acquisition marriage in 1665 and subsequent move to brought back to Europe to grow and study. Dodonaei [late spider orchid]; Iris Bulbosa lutea mixta [yellow Spanish iris]; Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Amsterdam, 1705, in honor of of Besler’s hand-colored, copperplate Nuremberg, she ultimately produced four Iris Bulbosa violaceo [purple Spanish iris] from Hortus Eystettensis, Eichstatt Kinsey Harper’s service as president of the Cherokee Garden Library Board, engraving of Orchis Serapias secunda major artistic and scientific works during WHAT IS A COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING? near Nuremburg, third edition, 1713, acquired through the generosity of the Iris 2015–2017, acquired through the generosity of Gordon Harper and the Harvey Dodonaei (late spider orchid); Iris Bulbosa her life with her most significant book, Garden Club. M. Smith, Jr. Fund. lutea mixta (yellow Spanish iris); Iris Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, An engraver uses a pointed steel tool called Bulbosa violaceo (purple Spanish iris) from published in 1705. She also instructed a burin to cut lines into a copper plate. The his landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis, women in drawing, dealt in paints, and furrows left by the cut lines retain the ink to 3rd edition, 1713. Besler published Hortus sold insect and reptile specimens she make prints of the design that was created. Eystettensis, one of the earliest, largest folio collected herself. Both the Besler print and Merian print are botanical, at Eichstätt in Bavaria. Over a copperplate engravings, which were then period of sixteen years, he created drawings In 1685, she left her husband and moved with hand colored. for 374 engravings using the plants in the her two daughters to the Dutch province of private garden of his patron, Bishop Johann West Friesland, then to Amsterdam in 1691. Konrad von Gemmingen. In 1699, Merian and her youngest daughter, Dorothea, traveled to Surinam, a Dutch colony in South America. There, she spent

12 13 Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth-Century Rural Cemetery Movement By Erica Danylchak, Author and Historic Preservationist GARDEN CITINGS GRAVE LANDSCAPES: THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY RURAL CEMETERY MOVEMENT Grave Landscapes In the midst of a mounting burial crisis in designed the country’s early public parks and THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY Tuesday Boston, a group of prominent reformers garden suburbs—like Howard Daniels and February 20, 2018 envisioned a different kind of burying ground, Almerin Hotchkiss, respectively—first honed RURAL CEMETERY MOVEMENT one that “might at once lead to a cessation of their landscape design skills laying out the 7:00pm the burial of the dead in the city, rob death of nation’s rural cemeteries, which were among a portion of its terrors, and afford to afflicted the few large-scale landscape commissions James R. Cothran and Erica Danylchak survivors some relief amid their bitterest in America in the first part of the sorrows.” Drawing inspiration from the nineteenth century. Grave Landscapes: naturalistic garden style and melancholy- infused commemorative landscapes that Save the date to discover more about the The Nineteenth- had emerged in Europe, the group of leading fascinating history and impact of the rural Bostonians purchased an expansive tract cemetery movement on Tuesday, February Century Rural of undulating, wooded terrain outside of 20, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. when Erica Danylchak Cemetery Movement the city to which consoling memorials, presents a lecture on Grave Landscapes: meandering roadways, picturesque ponds, The Nineteenth-Century Rural Cemetery Erica Danylchak and ornamental trees and shrubs would be Movement. Danylchak co-authored the added. They called the new burial ground new book with the late James R. Cothran Mount Auburn and officially dedicated it as (1940–2012). a rural cemetery in 1831. Lecture followed by The late James R. Cothran was a landscape Mount Auburn Cemetery captured the architect, urban planner, and garden book signing and American imagination and inspired a rural historian in Atlanta, where he served as cemetery movement. Similarly landscaped an adjunct professor of garden history and light refreshments burial grounds were founded first in the cities preservation at the University of Georgia of the heavily populated Northeast, then in and Georgia State University. A Fellow in the McElreath Hall the growing towns of the Midwest and South, American Society of Landscape Architects, Atlanta History Center and finally, in the burgeoning settlements of he served on the boards of the Cherokee the West. They drew mourners who sought Garden Library at the Atlanta History $10 for general public solace in the quietude and commemoration Center, the Alliance for Historic Landscape $5 for AHC members within the grounds. They drew weary Preservation, the Southern Garden History All lecture ticket purchases are urbanites who sought spiritual renewal and Society, and Trees Atlanta. Cothran nonrefundable. pleasant repose in Nature. They drew travel previously authored Gardens of Historic writers and landscape commentators who Charleston, Charleston Gardens and the Reservations sought to experience and promulgate the Landscape Legacy of Loutrel Briggs, and the 404.814.4150 virtues of these places. award-winning Gardens and Historic Plants atlantahistorycenter.com/lectures of the Antebellum South. Rural cemeteries had a far-reaching impact The nineteenth-century rural cemetery was on the nineteenth-century American Erica Danylchak holds degrees in history one of the most influential landscapes in landscape. They predated the country’s from Boston University and heritage American history. Rural cemeteries reshaped public parks and their popularity as preservation from Georgia State University. how Americans felt about and interacted with restorative and entertaining retreats She has worked in archival science at the their burial places. They spurred the nation’s significantly advanced the movement for Cherokee Garden Library and Kenan public parks movement. And, they served as creating naturalistic oases in the heart Research Center at the Atlanta History training grounds for a budding generation of of American cities. In 1848, gardening Center and in preservation as executive impactful American landscape designers. tastemaker Andrew Jackson Downing stated director of the Buckhead Heritage Society. emphatically, “Judging from the crowds of Danylchak served as a research fellow for In the midst of the Industrial Revolution, people in carriages, and on foot, which I find the Georgia Historic Landscape Initiative urban burial grounds became morally constantly thronging . . . Mount Auburn, and in 2009 received the Jenny D. Thurston reprehensible, overcrowded eyesores often I think it is plain enough how much our Memorial Award from the Atlanta Urban blamed for the epidemics that engulfed citizens, of all classes, would enjoy public Design Commission. She currently works in America’s ever-growing cities in the East. parks.” Moreover, many of the men who educational publishing.

14 15 By Jennie Oldfield, Cherokee Garden Library Cataloger and Archivist GARDEN CITINGS EUGENE E. CLINE: GEORGIA HORTICULTURIST, PLANT COLLECTOR, & CONSERVATIONIST

Of the many treasures in the Goizueta Gardens Cline corresponded and exchanged plants For more information about Cline’s important at the Atlanta History Center, the Mary with horticulturists and plantsmen around the work, we invite you to explore MSS 979 Howard Gilbert Memorial Quarry Garden is country and beyond. World renowned English Georgia Botanical Society records; VIS 257 perhaps one of the most unique and fascinating. horticulturist Sir Harold Hillier visited Cline’s Georgia Botanical Society photographs; Rehabilitated from a granite quarry in garden four times. In the 1980s, Dr. Frederick the Eugene Cline personality file; and the operation from the 1880s to around 1920, this Meyer of the National Arboretum named Atlanta Historical Society Gardens, Mary garden contains Georgia’s largest collection Cline’s garden as the best private collection of Howard Gilbert Memorial Quarry Garden of native plants from pre-settlement Georgia. native plants in the South. As Cline explains, association file. In 1974, the Mimosa Garden Club’s Quarry “I carry a lot of people through here every year. Garden Committee sought the experienced I hope they will see and learn a lot about native Eugene Cline pictured in the Atlanta Journal- knowledge of a leading horticulturist, Eugene plants and go away with enough appreciation to Constitution Magazine, 1973, Georgia Botanical Cline, to help oversee the transformation of the want to use and protect them” (Atlanta Journal- Society records, MSS 979. three acre quarry to an oasis of native flora and Constitution Magazine, 1973). wildlife for all to enjoy. In 1972, Cline was elected president of the Eugene Cline, a native of Cherokee County, Georgia Botanical Society where members earned a Bachelor’s degree in Math from the strive to preserve, protect, and promote University of Georgia and a Master’s degree in Georgia’s native flora. The same year, Cline Math from Auburn University. With his wife, was awarded the “Outstanding Amateur Margarita, the Clines lived in Columbus, Horticulturist Award” by the American Georgia, where Cline worked with the Horticultural Society. An active conservationist Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts and and member of the Georgia Conservancy, taught at Jordan High School. In 1958, they Cline worked to preserve a tract of undisturbed moved back to Canton and began building land on Pine Log Mountain in Cherokee a house and garden on family land on Byrd County in the early 1970s, now a designated Mountain. While teaching industrial arts at wildlife management area. Cherokee High School, Cline built not only a house, but most of the furniture within, While serving as Atlanta History Society’s all the while collecting native, rare, and Horticulturist from 1973 to 1976 for the Quarry unusual plants for their garden. Garden project, Cline worked with the Grounds Committee Chairman Florence Griffin, Gardens de Pajarito Montana (Gardens of botanist Norma Seiferle, and the Mimosa Little Byrd Mountain) grew to over 50 acres Garden Club to create a native plant collection. and became home to thousands of native plants Cline supervised the establishment of a acquired by the Clines, one of the largest private streambed, waterfalls, bog garden, paths, and collections in Georgia. The garden includes tackled issues such as drainage and redirecting over 75 varieties and species of magnolias, 70 the streambed. He skillfully selected native varieties and species of maples, 65 varieties of plants, wildflowers, and shrubs to add to hemlocks, 150 types of rhododendrons reaching the existing native flora. Today the garden 8 to 12 feet, over 300 species of conifers, flourishes with beautiful plants including 25 species of native azaleas and numerous medicinal plants, yaupon holly, oakleaf varieties of mountain laurel, all connected by hydrangeas, native azaleas, ferns, wildflowers, many trails. and a Franklin tree (now extinct in the wild). Cline’s expertise provided invaluable direction to help make the Quarry garden a sanctuary for native plants and wildlife.

16 17 By Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Director GARDEN CITINGS

We extend our gratitude to donors to The Louise Staton Gunn Conservation Fund and The CONSERVATION Chattahoochee Unit of The Herb Society of America for their generosity in funding the conservation MAKES RARE of these invaluable works. ITEMS AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH

In 2017, The Louise Staton Gunn CONSERVATION HIGHLIGHT: TREATMENT Conservation Fund provided funding for the THE GARDENING BOOK OF conservation of nine historic books, ranging JAMES L. HUNTER 1. in date from 1785 to 1879; an antebellum Cleaned surface and endpapers garden diary (1846); an antebellum garden The original gardening book of James L. using sponges and brushes pencil sketch (ca. 1850); and an antebellum Hunter, a planter from Randolph County, daguerreotype (ca. the late 1840s). These Georgia, received extensive conservation 2. treasures received various conservation treatment in 2017. The gardening book Deacidified pages using a process treatments, bringing them out of collection includes his diary entries from September that neutralizes harmful acids “ICU”. These works are now available for 1845 to 1846. The work details the plan and greatly extends the lifespan study by researchers as well as for display in for Hunter’s vegetable garden, the types of of the work curatorial tours and future exhibitions for vegetables planted, and best practices for the public. successful crops. The dated entries provide 3. a clear timeline of Hunter’s gardening Mended torn pages with Japanese The library also received a grant from The activities. Catherine Howett’s 1996 paper and starch paste Chattahoochee Unit of The Herb Society publication, The Gardening Book of James L. of America to conserve English botanist Hunter, a Southern Planter, includes images 4. Thomas Green’s The Universal Herbal; of the original diary’s pages and commentary Mended pages resewed onto flattened or, Botanical, medical, and agricultural on Hunter and the significance of his diary linen cords similar to original dictionary; containing an account of all as a unique document of the horticultural the known plants in the world, arranged history of the antebellum south. This 5. according to the Linnean system. Specifying rare diary is available as part of MSS 987, Lined inside of leather spine with the uses to which they are or may be applied, Cherokee Garden Library, Kenan Research Japanese paper whether as food, as medicine, or in the arts Center at the Atlanta History Center. and manufactures, with the best methods of 6. propagation, and the most recent agricultural Restored original binding improvements... Volumes 1 and 2. London: Caxton Press, 1824. Now available to the public for study, this richly-illustrated two- volume set is an important reference work from the first half of the nineteenth century, which includes the botanical, medical, and agricultural uses of plants in the world, using the Linnaean system. CUHSA has generously supported the conservation of rare, historic herbals at the library since 2011. This most recent grant is the fifth received from CUHSA.

18 19 Gifts to the Cherokee Garden Library Annual Fund GARDEN CITINGS

The Cherokee Garden Library is a Library We encourage you to add your support to These monies allow us to continue to offer of the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta the Garden Library by making a donation special programs and exhibitions to the DONORS WHO GAVE BETWEEN History Center. online or by sending a check made payable community as well as to add to and preserve to the “Atlanta History Center” with “CGL the collections. We thank you! Annual Fund” indicated on the memo line JANUARY 1–OCTOBER 6, 2017. of the check:

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ALLÉE ($1,000 TO $4,999) Mr. Ozzie Johnson Country Hills Garden Club, Redbud District Carrie and Whit Lanier Sewanee, Georgia Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia The 2492 Fund on behalf of Henry L. Mr. Raymond McIntyre Cumming Garden Club – Evening, Roswell Garden Club, Roswell, Georgia Howell and Helen Howell Wray Peachtree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Cumming, Georgia Sandy Springs Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Cherokee Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Pine Tree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Dogwood District Sea Oats Garden Club, Brunswick, Georgia Cherokee Garden Club Community Mrs. Lula P. Post Dogwood Garden Club, Americus, Georgia Spade and Trowel Garden Club, Fund, Atlanta, Georgia Rose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Druid Hills Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Thomaston, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Courts IV Claire and Frank Schwahn Dunwoody Garden Club, Dunwoody, Georgia Spalding Garden Club, Dunwoody, Georgia Mary Wayne Dixon Mr. Spencer Tunnell II, ASLA Fleur-de-Lis Garden Club, Spartina Garden Club, Townsend, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Mrs. Joy Vannerson Gainesville, Georgia Stonehedge Garden Club, Buford, Georgia Louise Staton Gunn Windsor Forest Garden Club, Flower Garden Club, Marietta, Georgia The Landings, Savannah, Georgia Mr. John Howard Savannah, Georgia Garden Club of Ellijay, Ellijay, Georgia Three Rivers Garden Club, Rome, Georgia Iris Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Garden Club of Hartwell, Hartwell, Georgia Town and Country Garden Club, Andrew and Jenny Kohr CONSERVATION Green Thumb Garden Club, Roswell, Georgia Milledgeville, Georgia Ms. Virginia D. Molloy ADOPT-A-BOOK FUND Holly Garden Club, Valdosta, Georgia Village Green Garden Club, Byron, Georgia Frances Wilkins Robinson House and Garden Club, Macon, Georgia Watkinsville Garden Club, Endowment Fund on behalf The Chattahoochee Unit of The Herb Iris Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia Watkinsville, Georgia of Betsy and Lee Robinson Society of America Ms. Julia Waterfill Iris Garden Club, Washington, Georgia Willow Wood Garden Club, Evans, Georgia Alex Smith Garden Design, Ltd. Killarney Queen Garden Club, Winder Garden Club, Winder, Georgia THE GARDEN CLUB OF GEORGIA, Thomasville, Georgia Wisteria Garden Club, LaGrange, Georgia PERGOLA ($500 TO $999) INC. FUND FOR THE CHEROKEE Ladybugs Garden Club, Lilburn, Georgia Boxwood Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia GARDEN LIBRARY Laurel District MATCHING GIFTS Louisville Garden Club, Louisville, Georgia Jenny Lynn and Waldo Bradley After Six Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia The Coca-Cola Foundation Magnolia Garden Club, Cartersville, Georgia Audrey Hill McMenamy Ama-Kanasta Garden Club, RBC Foundation Magnolia Garden Club, Fort Valley, Georgia Rosa and Neal Sumter Douglasville, Georgia Monticello Garden Club, Monticello, Georgia Laura and John Wallace Anesta-Ga-Da Garden Club, IN-KIND DONATIONS Mountain Ivy Garden Club, Clayton, Georgia Ball Ground, Georgia Mountain View Garden Club, Rome, Georgia McCracken & Associates TOPIARY (TO $499) Athens Garden Club, Athens, Georgia Norcross Garden Club, Norcross, Georgia Soiree Catering & Events Augusta Council of Garden Clubs, Madeline and Howell Adams Jr. Odum Garden Club, Odum, Georgia Augusta, Georgia Maysie Spalding Beeson Old Capital Garden Club, Azalea District Ms. D. Claire Blackwell Milledgeville, Georgia Bellmere Garden Club, Johns Creek, Georgia Teri and Mose Bond Old Town Garden Club of Sharpsburg, Garden Club, Ms. Stephanie Borer Sharpsburg, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Mrs. Anna G. Burns Piedmont Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Burkeland Garden Club, Mrs. Mary Calhoun Pine Center Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Waynesboro, Georgia Cobb County Master Gardeners Pine Needle Garden Club, Augusta, Georgia Camellia District Dahlia Society of Georgia Pine Tree Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Camellia Garden Club, Rome, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Elting Pine Tree Garden Club, Hartwell, Georgia Carrington Woods Garden Club, Maureen Harnisch Foley Primrose Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Milledgeville, Georgia Mrs. Judy Garland Rambler Rose Garden Club, Club Estates Garden Club, Atlanta, Georgia Ken Fisher Gearon Thomasville, Georgia Conyers Garden Club, Conyers, Georgia Mrs. Nancy Green

20 21 Tributes GARDEN CITINGS TRIBUTES GIVEN BETWEEN Unless otherwise directed by the donor, all tributes are now designated to the Anne Coppedge Carr JANUARY 1 –OCTOBER 6, 2017. Research and Director’s Fund, the Louise Staton Gunn THE CHEROKEE GARDEN Conservation Fund, the Ashley Wright McIntyre LIBRARY THANKS YOU FOR Education and Programming Fund, or the Carter YOUR GENEROSITY. Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund.

IN HONOR OF IN MEMORY OF Wawa and Richard Hines Adelle Bartlett Harper Anne Whittle Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Howard Meredith Woods Johnson Lindsay W. Marshall American Dahlia Society Margaret Poer Allen Jane and John Howard Mr. Harry Rissetto Mary Wayne Dixon Alfred Kennedy and Bill Kenny Eric H. Henderson Additional support for the Anne Coppedge Kate Augustin Corinne Sturdivant Appleby Mr. and Mrs. W. Donald Knight Jr. Mrs. Cornelia M. Bird Carr Research and Director’s Fund Mrs. Lynn Cothran Mr. Shepard B. Ansley Carole and Ed Krise Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mrs. John H. Beach Libby and Ernie Prickett Elizabeth and Clay Long Mrs. Lula P. Post Mr. and Mrs. Julian S. Carr Jr. Tina Baugher Leah-Lane and Vandy Lowe The Estate of Jennings Ryan Gainey Lindsay W. Marshall Boyce Lineberger Ansley Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mary Jane Carter Heyward Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bradbury Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray Trudy and Bert Madden Gifts designated to the Carter Mr. Spencer Tunnell II, ASLA Mrs. John E. Duggan Jane and Bill Whitaker Mrs. Lindsay W. Marshall Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund Jane and Bill Whitaker Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. McLarty Mrs. Anne H. Foster Staci L. Catron Mary Adair Howell Bird Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Avondale Estates Garden Club, Avondale Mrs. Cornelia M. Bird Ms. Sandra Mowry Julia Orme Martin Estates, Georgia Sally and McKee Nunnally Maudie Martin Huff Central Fulton County Master Gardeners Royce Merrill Castellow Patterson Family Foundation Kay Castellow McKnight and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Peterson Jr. Ashley Wright McIntyre Kinsey Harper Mrs. Teed M. Poe Gifts designated to the Ashley Gordon Harper Mr. French McKnight Mrs. Lula P. Post Wright McIntyre Education and Libby and Ernie Prickett Libby and Ernie Prickett Programming Fund Jane Whitaker Beverly Butler Coker Judy and Dick Allison Olive and Roby Robinson Mr. Raymond McIntyre and Family Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harrison Mr. and Mrs. Bonneau Ansley Jr. Jean and Mike Russ RBC Foundation Mrs. John E. Duggan Mrs. William B. Astrop Claire and Frank Schwahn Martha and George Atkins Harriet and Charlie Shaffer Dr. Mark P. Pentecost Jr. John Howard Lola and Charlie Battle Laura and Carter Smith Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Ginny and Charles Brewer Ellen and Duncan Beard Sue and John Staton Ms. Cathy Temple Mr. Mark P. Pentecost III Terry I. Waith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Berman Jane and Bill Whitaker Mary R. and Howard J. Morrison Jane A. Whiteman Nina and Bill Bugg Nancy and Dan Carithers Helen Howell Wray Studie and Zach Young Elizabeth Brazzeal Richardson Jane Whitaker’s Birthday Henny and Steve Clay Carolyn W. and Robert D. Clark Libby and Ernie Prickett Linda Copeland James W. Corley Jr. Ms. Susan R. DeDeyn

Mrs. Elizabeth W. Dykes Mrs. Cynthia E. Dolder Virginia Dyke Robinson

Elizabeth Ann Robinson Betty and Bob Edge James R. Cothran Katharine and Alan Elsas Mrs. Lynn Cothran Laura Duke Tison Virginia and Peter Gorday Mary Wayne Dixon Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray

Sandra and Harry Haisten Jennings Ryan Gainey Nancy and Jerry Lynn

Lisa Clarke Hellod Margaret and Tom Hall Mrs. Margaret P. Tyler Mr. and Mrs. C. Dale Harman Henry Grady Odum Garden Club, Odum, Georgia Mr. and Mrs. William Hays Nancy and Jerry Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Nathan V. Hendricks III

22 23 GARDEN CITINGS JOIN THE CHEROKEE PRESERVATION ROSE SOCIETY

The Cherokee Rose Society of the Franklin Miller Garrett Society celebrates those honored donors who have chosen to make a planned gift to the Cherokee Garden Library at the Atlanta History Center. OF OUR Although charitable gifts may be made to the Garden Library through a variety of means, significant support in future years will come from those who include the Garden Library in their total estate plans. By creating a personal legacy, the Cherokee Rose Society will also create a lasting legacy for the Cherokee Garden Library. Please join us in this important endeavor. To join the Cherokee Rose Society or to learn more about this opportunity, please contact Garden Library Director, Staci Catron, at 404.814.4046 or HERITAGE IS [email protected].

SO IMPORTANT. SUPPORTING THE ENDOWMENT FUND AND IF WE To support the Cherokee Garden Library Endowment, please make your check payable to the “Atlanta History Center” and send with a note indicating which fund you have selected (Anne Coppedge Carr Research and Director’s Fund, Louise Staton Gunn Conservation Fund, Ashley Wright McIntyre Education and Programming Fund, or Carter Heyward Morris Acquisitions Fund of the Endowment) to Cherokee Garden Library, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road, NW, Atlanta, DON’T CARE GA 30305. Every gift in any amount will make a tremendous difference in the life of the Cherokee Garden Library. Your gift may be made in honor or in memory of a beloved family member or friend. Acknowledgments will be sent promptly. If you have any questions, please call Garden Library Director Staci Catron at 404.814.4046. You may also make your gift online at AtlantaHistoryCenter.com/ FOR THAT CherokeeGardenLibrary and call Staci to share the specifics regarding your donation. HERITAGE,

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24 25 Book and Manuscript Donations GARDEN CITINGS

The Cherokee Garden Library In addition to purchases throughout the year, the other records to enhance the quality of the Garden thanks you for your generosity. Garden Library relies on the kindness of book and Library’s holdings. We extend our deep appreciation BOOK & MANUSCRIPT manuscript donors to strengthen its collections. It is to these donors. For more information on how to a generous deed for a donor, whether an individual donate materials, please contact the Director, DONATIONS or an organization, to part with beloved books and Staci Catron, at 404.814.4046.

A. D. G. 4. Eighteen 4 x 6 color photographs of the Manuscript Materials Book and Donation from Jeffrey Lee Adler Donation from Beryl Bergquist Donation from Staci L. Catron historic Scarborough property (owned by 1. American Dahlia Society “Celebrating 1. 200 4 X 6 color photographs and 200 1. Deep Dene Garden Club scrapbook, 1. Eisenberg, John. Hallowed Ground: A Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Garrett/Garrett’s the Golden Anniversary of the American negatives of Ryan Gainey’s garden in 1940–1990. History of Gainesway Farm. Lexington, Home of Photography), 1327 Wynnton Dahlia Society, 1915–1965.” manuscript Decatur, Georgia, taken by Atlanta artist KY: E P Eclipse Press, 2013. Road, Columbus, GA, from the 1980s. 2. American Dahlia Society “Forming a Jeffery Lee Adler, from the 1990s to the E. 2. Okie, William Thomas. The Georgia Peach: Local Society” [prepared Allen Haas]. donors who late 2000s. Donation from Elaine Hazleton Bolton: Culture, Agriculture, and Environment in L. 3. American Dahlia Society Supplemental 2. 15 color prints and 9 black and white prints 1. Cowart, F. F. Recommendations for Rose the American South. New York: Cambridge Donation from Mary Louise Gripshover CD with informational documents. gave between (5 x 7 and 8 x 10) of Ryan Gainey’s garden Varieties. Experiment, GA: Georgia University Press, 2016. for the American Daffodil Society 4. American Dahlia Society National in Decatur, Georgia, taken by Atlanta Experiment Station, June 1956. 1. Bulb catalogs, periodicals, programs, Exhibitors’ Show Schedule, August artist Jeffrey Lee Adler, from the 1990s 2 Crowder, Loy V. and E. J. Parker. Lawns H. and yearbooks pertaining to daffodils,to 27-September 1, 2014. April 6, 2017 to to the late 2000s. for Georgia. Experiment, GA: Georgia Donation from Wilma Cooney, Elizabeth be added to existing American Daffodil 5. Carolinas Dahlia Society Membership 3. A portfolio of color and black and white Experiment Station, March 1952. Davis, and Harold McDonnell for the Society Records. Directory & Schedule, 2007. September 20, photographs (5 x 7 and 8 x 10) of Ryan 3. Farmer, Jenks. Gardening with Crinum Georgia Hosta Society: 6. Carolinas Dahlia Society Show Schedule Gainey’s garden in Decatur, Georgia, Lilies, Issue No. 1, 2011. 1. The American Hosta Society Bulletin, M. “Dahlias & Drought,” North Carolina 2017, and who taken by Atlanta artist Jeffery Lee Adler, 4. Federated Garden Clubs of Griffin and ranging in date from 1969–1985 (22 issues). Donation from Allen Haas for the Carolina Arboretum, September 13-14, 2008. from the 1990s to late 2000s. Spalding County yearbook, March 1970. 2. The Hosta Journal (American Hosta Dahlias Society 7. Carolinas Dahlia Society Member 4. One color photocopy of an 8 x10 image 5. Garden Club of Georgia 2017 Expressions Society), ranging in date from 1986-2015 Directory & Schedule, “Growing to Win have signed of Ryan Gainey in his December garden, Calendar, which features two images from (45 issues). Books: in 2009,” 2009. artist unknown, ca. 2000. the Cherokee Garden Library collection. 1. Bircumshaw, Derek, and Philip Damp. 8. Carolinas Dahlia Society Member a formal 6. Garden Club of Griffin Yearbooks, I. Chrysanthemums and Dahlias. London: Directory & Meeting/Event Schedule B. 2005–2007 and 2007–2008. Donation from Lee C. Dunn Cassell Ltd. With The Royal Horticultural for the 44th American Dahlia Society Deed of Gift. Donation from Mrs. Samuel W. Austin in 7. Garden Club of Virginia. 2011 Historic 1. Chapman, Paul W. and Roy H. Thomas. Society, 1986. National Show, Chattanooga, TN, 2010. honor of Mrs. Jeane W. Austin Garden Week in Virginia Guidebook. Southern Crops. Atlanta, GA: Turner E. 2. Bolles, Charlton Burgess. Fertilizers and 9. Carolinas Dahlia Society Show Schedule, 1. Attenborough, David. The Private Life Richmond, VA: Garden Club of Smith and Co., 1939. Large Blooms. Media, PA: Charlton Burgess North Carolina Arboretum, September of Plants. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Virginia, 2011. 2. Staunton Nurseries. Descriptive Catalogue Bolles, 1921. 11–12, 2010. University Press, 1995. 8. “The History of the Georgia Experiment for 1878 of Fruit and Ornamental Trees. 3.Damp, Philip. Dahlias: The Complete Guide. 10. Carolinas Dahlia Society Member 2. Ayensu, Edward S., Vernon H. Heywood, Station,” Griffin, GA, 1889 – 1975. Staunton, VA: Staunton Nurseries, 1878. Wiltshire: Crowood Press, 1995. Directory & Schedule, “The Power of Grenville L. Lucas, and Robert A. 9. Marshall Forest brochure, circa 1970. 4.Damp, Philip. Dahlias. Chester, CT: The Pink,” 2012. Defilipps.Our Green and Living World: 10. National Council of State Garden Clubs, J. Globe Pequot Press, 1987. 11. Dahlia Society of Georgia Annual The Wisdom to Save It. Washington, D.C.: Inc., Tough Plants for Tough Times. Deep Donation from Roger Duvall for the 5. Damp, Philip. Grow Dahlias with Use. Directory, 2009. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984. South Region, National Council of State Georgia Perennial Plant Association [No location]: National Dahlia Society, 12. Dahlia Society of Georgia Show 3. d’Arnoux, Alexandra, Erica Lennard, Garden Clubs, Inc., Fall 1991. 1. Perennial Notes (Georgia Perennial [undated]. Schedule, undated. and Bruno de Laubadère. Gardens by 11. The University of Georgia Center for Plant Association), ranging in date from 6. Damp, Philip. Growing Dahlias. London: 13. Show Schedule & Membership Directory the Sea. New York: Clarkson Potter, Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. 1986-2006 (16 issues). Croom Helm, 1981. for the National Capital Dahlia Society Publishers, 2002. A Homeowner’s Guide to Preventing 7. Damp, Philip. A Plantsman’s Guide to 74th Annual Dahlia Show, Brookside 4. Law-Smith, Joan. Gardens of the Mind. the Introduction and Spread of Invasive K. Dahlias. London: Ward Lock, 1989. Gardens, Wheaton, MD, September Victoria, Australia: Briarwood Press, 1979. Species. Athens, GA: The University of Donation from Sandra Garrett 8. Dore, Jim. Dore’s Dope of Dahlias: A Guide 26 –27, 2009. 5. Roehm, Carolyne. A Passion for Flowers. Georgia Center for Invasive Species and 1. Historic hand colored drawing by Atlanta for Growing Show Grade Dahlias in Western 14. Show Schedule & Membership Directory New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. Ecosystem Health, July 2015. landscape architect, William C. Pauley, of North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina for the National Capital Dahlia Society 6. Ross, Pat. A Ceiling in the Sky: Special 12. Two 4 x 6 color photographs of landscape the Plan of Proposed Development for the [undated]. 75th Annual Dahlia Show, Brookside Garden Rooms and the People Who Create architect J. Newton Bell, Jr., Griffin, Grounds of Mr. Claude Scarborough 9. McClaren, Bill. Encyclopedia of Dahlias. Gardens, Wheaton, MD, September Them. New York: Time-Life Books, 2000. Georgia, 1987. [Mr. and Mrs. Claude Scarborough], Portland: Timber Press, 2004. Signed by 2–26, 2010. Columbus, GA, August 1936. author. 15. Show Schedule for the Southern States C. F. 2. Historic hand colored drawing by Atlanta 10. Rowlands, Gareth. The Gardener’s Guide Dahlia Show Hosted by Carolinas Donation from the Beatrix Farrand Donation from Sue Burgess landscape architect, William C. Pauley, to Growing Dahlias. Portland: Timber Dahlia Society, September 8–9, 2012. Society Library 1. James Vick’s Sons. Vick’s Priced Catalogue, of a Garden House for the property of Mr. Press with David & Charles, 1999. 16. Allen Haas’ Notebook regarding 1. Hortus: A Gardening Journal Seeds, Bulbs and Plants for 1875. Rochester, and Mrs. Charles Scarborough, Columbus, 11. Shewell-Cooper, W. E. Book of the his involvement with Carolinas (Herefordshire, UK: The Bryansground NY: James Vick’s Sons, 1876. GA, ca. 1936. Dahlia. London: The Garden Book Club, Dahlia Society including agendas, Press), ranging in date from 1987 – 2011 3. Topographical Survey for Mr. Robert B. [undated]. correspondence, schedules, minutes, (80 issues). Garrett [Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Garrett] and other documentation. for Buena Vista and Wynnton Roads property, Columbus, GA, November 25, 1964.

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N. S. U. 29. Grant Park Scrapbook, 1940s–1950s. 22. Herbert Green, Vision Plan, Process 53. Proctor North Avenue Study, Vision Plan. Donation from F. Sheffield Hale Donation from Meredith W. Johnson Donation from Park Pride 30. South Bend Park, Visioning Plan, 2007. drawings, 2009. 54. Proctor North Avenue Study, 1. Thomas, Samuel W. The Origins of 31. South Fork of Peachtree Creek, Visioning 23. Iverson Park, Design consult, ca. Vision Plan, 2010. Louisville’s Olmsted Parks & Manuscript Material-Harper Family: Manuscript Material Plan, August 2012. 2005–2009. 55. Proctor North Avenue Study, Vision Parkways. Louisville, KY: Holland 1. Clippings, correspondence, publications, 1. Adams Park, Park Making Plan, 2008. 32. Spink-Collins Park, Conceptual Master 24. Jennie Drake Park, Vision Plan, Plan, Basemaps, 2010. Brown Books, 2013. photographs, Harper Family and Harpers 2. Atlanta’s Opportunity: A Prospect for Parks Plan, 2006. Final concept and community 56. Proctor North Avenue Study, Vision Flowers, 1910s–2010s. and Recreation by George I. Simons, Dept. 33. Springvale Park, Visioning Plan, participation, 2013. Plan, Printed overlays, ca. 2010. O. 2. Confederate States of America Treasurer of Parks and Cemetery, August 1952. February 2011. 25. Lake Claire Park, Allison’s Day, 2011. 57. Proctor North Avenue Study, Vision Donation from Linda Hlozansky Department Appropriation, April 12, 1864. 3. Beecher Hampton Nature Preserve, 34. Vine City Park, Conceptual Master 26. , park consult, Plan, various prints, 2010. 1. Banks, William H. Plants of the Cherokee. 3. Family reminiscences by Meredith Conceptual Master Plan, 2006. Plan, 2005. ca. 2013. 58. Reverend James Orange Park at Gatlinburg, TN: Great Smoky Mountains Harper Johnson, granddaughter of Adelle 4. , Conceptual Master 35. Washington Park, Conceptual Master 27. Lindsay Street Park, Vision Plan, Oakland City, Vision Plan, 2012. Association, 2004. Barlett Harper. Plan, 2005. Plan, Mini-Visioning, 2007. Concept Plan, 2014. 59. Rutledge Park Vision, Community 2. Bassity, Matthew A. R. The Magic World 4. Scrapbook, Adelle B. Harper and John L. 5. , Prescription Plan, 2013. 36. West Manor Park, Visioning Plan, 2007. 28. Little Nancy Creek, Vision Plan, 2009. participation drawings, 2012. of Roses. New York: Hearthside Press, Harper, 1930s. 6. , Visioning Plan, 2011. 29. Little Nancy Creek, Vision Plan, 2015. 60. South Bend Park, 2007–2009. Inc., 1966. 5. Scrapbook, Auverne Harper Brady, 1920s. 7. Cleopas R. Johnson Park, Park Vision, Periodicals 30. Little Nancy Creek, Vision Plan, 61. South Fork Peachtree Creek, 3. Browne, Roland A. The Rose-Lover’s Guide: 6. Confederate Memorial 2009–2010. 1. The Green Agenda, Summer 2000, Autumn Process drawings, 2015. Vision Plan, 2012. Practical Handbook on Rose Growing. publications, undated. 8. Park, Conceptual Master 2001. 31. Mattie Freeland Greenspace, 62. South Fork Peachtree Creek, Vision New York: Atheneum, 1974. Plan, 2006. 2. Park Pride Press, Summer 2005, Spring Preliminary Vision Plan. Plan, Community Participation, 4. Simpkins, John J. The Common Sense Manuscript Material – Magnolia Garden 9. East Lake Park, Conceptual Master 2006, March 2007. 32. Mattie Freeland Greenspace, Basemaps, Final rendering, 2012. Guide to Growing Roses. New York: Club, to be added to existing Magnolia Plan, 2005. 3. Park Pride, Late Summer 2007, Winter Traces of Perspectives. 63. South Fork Peachtree Creek, Vision Plan, Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. Garden Club Records: 10. East Side Parks, Conceptual Vision: 2007/2008, Spring, Summer 2008, 33. Mattie Freeland Greenspace, Process drawings, 2012. 1. Magnolia Garden Club History, 1969–1971, Edgewood, Kirkwood & East Lake Winter 2008/2009, Conference ed. 2009. Vision Plan, 2015. 64. Springvale Park, restoration, P. undated; History, 2007-2009. Neighborhoods, 2009. 4. Park Views, Winter, Summer 2010, 2011 34. Mattie Freeland Greenspace, work by others. Donation from Lisa Hoffman 2. Magnolia Garden Club Scrapbooks, 1948– 11. Egan Park, Conceptual Master Plan, Review, Summer 2014, Summer, Fall 2015, Working Traces. 65. Springvale Park, Inman Park restoration, 1. Brzuszek, Robert F. The Crosby 2015; 1983–1990; 1990–2002; 1995–2001 Mini Visioning, 2007. Spring, Summer, Fall 2016. 35. Mountain Way Common, Vision Plan, work by others, 1985–1990. Arboretum: A Sustainable Regional (with additional material from 1927–37, 12. Emma Millican Park, Conceptual Final Concept Plan and Community 66. Turner Field, Design Consult, Landscape. Baton Rouge: Louisiana 1979); 2001–2003; 2003–2004; 2004; Master Plan, 2006. Visual Arts Materials Participation, 2013. redeveloping as a park, 2013 State University Press, 2014. Signed 2005–2007; 2007–2013; 2010–2012; 13. Enota Park, Conceptual Master 1. Adams Park, Vision Plan, Process 36. Mountain Way Common, Vision Plan, 67. Vine City Park, Design Consult, Phase II, by Lynn Crosby Gammill. 2012–2014; 2015–2016. Plan, 2006. drawings and final renderings, 2008. Process drawings, 2013. Concept drawings, 2013 3. Magnolia Garden Club Trip to 14. Frankie Allen Park, Conceptual Master 2. Ashby Circle Play Lot, Conceptual 37. , Vision Plan, 2007. 68. Vine City Park, Vision Plan, Conceptual Q. Washington, D.C., September 11, 2002. Plan Park Visioning, 2007. design, 2013. 38. Ormond Grant Park, work by others, rendering of Phase II, ca. 2013 Donation from Davyd Foard Hood 4. Magnolia Garden Club and Tullie Smith 15. Herbert Greene Nature Preserve, 3. Brookhaven Marta Wall, Design consult. construction drawings, 2016. 69. Vine City Park, work by others, based on 1. Garden Club of Virginia. 2017 Historic Farm, 1970s–1990s. Conceptual Vision, October 2009. 4. Brownwood Park, Vision Plan, Basemap 39. Outdoor Activity Center, Inventory, Vision Plan, 2008. Garden Week in Virginia Guidebook. 16. Jennie Drake Park, Visioning Plan, 2013. and survey, 2005. Analysis, Concepts, Site Plans, 70. Washington Park, Vision Plan, finished Richmond, VA: Garden Club of Virginia, T. 17. Little Nancy Creek Park, Conceptual 5. Candler Creek, work by others. Perspectives. rendering, 2007. 2017 (2 copies). Donation from Cecile Malone Jones Vision, 2009 and ReVision Plan, 2015. 6. Pool House Plaza, 2008. 40. Outdoor Activity Center, Vision 71. West Manor Park, Vision Plan, Final 1. Ayensu, Edward, et al. Our Green and 18. Mattie Freeland Greenspace, 7. Castlewood Park, work by others, 2008. Plan, Process drawings and final rendering, 2007. R. Living World, The Wisdom to Save It. New Vision Plan, 2015. 8. Central Park, Prescription Plan, 2013. renderings, 2011. 72. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Donation from Stephen Morris Howard York: Cambridge University Press with the 19. Minute Books, Board of Park 9. Central Park, Vision Plan, 2013. 41. Outdoor Activity Center, Vision Plan, Center, Design Consult, 2009. 1. Materials related to “Alomar,” a property Smithsonian Institution, 1984. Commission, Jan. 1905 – Mar. 1906 10. Central Park, Vision Plan, Process Public Participation drawings, 2011. located at 5009 St. Mary’s Road, 2. Fazio, James R. Woodland Steward: and April 1919 – Jan. 1940. drawings, 2011. 42. Parks of Summerhill, In Progress. V. Columbus, Georgia, built by Mr. and A Practical Guide to the Management 20. Mountain Way Common, 11. Chosewood Park, Vision Plans, Final 43. Parks of Summerhill Visioning, Donation from Peachtree Garden Club Mrs. Alfred Owen Blackmar in the early of Small Private Forests. Moscow, ID: Vision Plan, 2013. concept rendering, 2011. Basemaps. 1. Peachtree Garden Club minutes, 1930s. The garden was designed by Atlanta Woodland Press, 1985. 21. Orme Park, Conceptual Master 12. Chosewood Park, Vision Plans, Process 44. Parks of Summerhill Visioning, September 13, 2011, to November 19, 2013, landscape architect, William C. Pauley. 3. Gainey, Ryan. The Well-Placed Weed: The Plan, 2007. and community drawings, 2011. Charette/Design Workshop to be added to existing Peachtree Garden The property remained in the family until Bountiful Garden of Ryan Gainey. Dallas, 22. Outdoor Activity Center, Playground 13. Chosewood Park, work by others, Informational posters. Club Records. 1995. The materials include an original TX: Taylor Publishing Company, 1993 Improvements Implementation Manual, historic drawings, 1980s. 45. Parks of Summerhill Visioning, 1932 drawing of the garden by William [extra copy for the collection]. August 2014. 14. Cleopas R. Johnson Park, Vision Heritage Park. W. C. Pauley, articles regarding the garden 4. Hopkinson, Patricia, et al. American 23. Outdoor Activity Center, West Atlanta Plan, 2010. 46. Parks of Summerhill Visioning, Donation from Celeste Burdell Porter and Mrs. Blackmar’s involvement with Garden Guides: Herb Gardening. New York: Watershed Alliance, Visioning Plan, 2011. 15. Eastside Parks, Vision Plan, 2011. Master Plan. 1. United States Department of Agriculture. the garden and her work with the Garden Pantheon Books, 1994. 24. Parks of Summerhill, Vision Plan, 16. Eastside Parks, Vision Plan, Public 47. Parks of Summerhill Visioning, Yearbook, 1970: Contours of Change. Club of Georgia; correspondence, black 5. Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research December 2015. Participation drawings, 2009. Phoenix II and Cheney Stadium. Washington, D.C.: United States and white photographs from the 1930s to Center at Ichauway Reports, 1991–1996; 25. Parks, Daniel Stanton Park 17. Eastside Parks, Walker, Gillam, Coan, 48. Parks of Summerhill Visioning, Department of Agriculture, 1970. the 1960s showing the house, outbuildings, 2008-2009; 2012-2013; 2014–2015. & Four Corners Park, Conceptual Master 1990s, undated. Phoenix III. and gardens; color photographs from the 6. Parker, Lucile. Southern Wildflowers. Plan, 2006–2007. 18. Egan Park, Vision Plan, process 49. Parks of Summerhill Visioning, Traces. X. 1970s to the 1990s showing the property; Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Co., 1999. 26. Proctor Creek, North Avenue, Watershed drawings, 2007. 50. Rain Harvesting Project, Donation from Judith B. Tankard, and current rough sketch showing what 7. Plumptre, George. The Latest Country Basin, 2011. 19. English Avenue Campus, Design Design consult, ca. 2005–2009. Landscape Historian, as part of the remains of the garden created by the family Gardens. London: Bodley Head, 1988. 27. Reverend James Orange Park at Oakland consult, 2009. 51. Peachtree Road Improvements, Judith B. Tankard Collection descendant, Stephen Morris Howard. 8. Roehm, Carolyne. A Passion for City, Vision Plan, 2012. 20. Evelyn Place Park, Design consult, Design consult with Kimley-Horne, 1. Hortus: A Gardening Journal Flowers. New York: HarperCollins 28. Rutledge Park, Visioning Plan, 2012. ca. 2005–2009. summer interns, 2014. (Herefordshire, UK: The Bryansground Publishers, 1999. 21. Frankie Allen Park, Conceptual 52. Proctor North Avenue Study, , Press), ranging in date from 1991 to 2016 Master Plan, 2007. design consult, ca. 2010. (12 issues).

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Y. Donation from Sara L. Van Beck 1. 1 document case of photocopies of University of Florida student Jennifer M. Hamilton’s archaeo- logical research files (1980), which contained detailed information on the LeConte family as well as the garden and plant collections of LeConte Woodmanston Plantation in Riceboro, Georgia. The photocopies include family letters, transcribed court documents, articles, maps, and reports of The Garden Club of Georgia regarding its involvement in preserving” the historic site. historycenter.com a nt a

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