Title

Bertha Hammonds and Night Blooming Cereus

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Creator

Provenance

Oneida Lawson, donor

Creation Date

1960

Description

Bertha Hammonds shows her somewhat rare nightblooming cereus plant. Gardeners took pride in being able to cultivate this plant. Members of the Mt. Vernon Colored Garden Club, like Charles Turner, displayed these plants that bloomed only once a year on a single night; Bertha Hammonds displaying her prized nightblooming cereus

Coverage-Spatial

Knox County, Ohio

Coverage-Temporal

circa 1960