Aerial view of Holcomb Gardens

Description:	A statue of Persephone stands in the center of a pool at the end of an alley of plants in Holcomb Gardens. Shrubs formed into hedges, trees, and flower beds line both sides of the alley. One report claims that there were approximately 1,100 taxus bushes planted on each side in order to create the hedges. According to Butler University Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Arthur F. Lindberg, who helped to create the gardens, An amusing incident occurred at the time we were installing the hedge plants. We took some 500 of these hedge plants and they were moved in by huge semi-trucks and we began to plant them one by one to form the hedge and in the morning when we would ride down to continue our work we saw some of the hedge plants had been removed during the night. The same thing happened the following day and after discussing this with J. I. [Holcomb], he asked How many hedge plants have been stolen? and I said, about 15 to 20, and he said, How much do they cost? and I told him $2.50 apiece. When he asked how much it would cost to employ a watchman at a years salary, I told him that at that time, about $2,400 would do the job. He turned to me and said, Let them steal the plants (1976, June, p. 4). There is writing in the both the top and the bottom left hand corners of the photograph.
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/2066
Collection:	Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.844019, -86.170989 39.844019 -86.170989
Subjects:	Aerial photographs Shrubs Hedges Trees Plants Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History Holcomb Gardens James Irving Holcomb Botanical Gardens Bushes Fairview campus

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