Seymour Nelson Garden: Pinus montana, variety mughus

Object Details

General note: Garden of Seymour Nelson on Park Drive near the entrance of the Swedenborgian Community in Glenview, Illinois. The home was demolished in ca. 1994. Nelson was the son of Swain Nelson who was the landscape contractor for the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Swain Nelson's firm was also involved in the development of Lincoln Park and Graceland Cemetery in Chicago. Swedenborgian Park, referred to as "Glenview's Walden," was established in 1894.

Owner: Nelson, Seymour
Collection Creator: McFarland, J. Horace (John Horace), 1859-1948; American Rose Society

Place: United States -- Illinois -- Cook County -- Glenview; Seymour Nelson Garden (Glenview, Illinois)

Topic: Urns; Walkways, gravel; Houses; Porches; Gardens -- Illinois -- Glenview; Pine

See more items in: J. Horace McFarland Company collection; J. Horace McFarland Company collection / Series 1: Garden Images / United States / Illinois / IL044: Glenview -- Seymour Nelson Garden

Extent: 1 Photographic print ((mounted on cardboard), black and white, mount 8.5 x 10.5 in.)

Collection Citation: Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, J. Horace McFarland Company Collection.

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