The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College II (8/9/2020)

Sunday, August 9, 2020 (continued)

Continuing the combined three walking tours: Campus Art in the Garden, Scott Arboretum North, and Scott Arboretum South. (Scott Arboretum also has an Art in the Garden brochure.)

Swarthmore College: Kohlberg Hall with sundial (KSS)

Scott Arboretum N: Crosby Courtyard was built on the site of
the former Parrish Hall Annex as outlined by the low walls

Scott Arboretum N: Crosby Courtyard:
Lilium 'Black Beauty'

Scott Arboretum N: Espaliered Gingko biloba 'Saratoga' (KSS)

Gingko biloba 'Saratoga' leaves (KSS)

Scott Arboretum N: Rhododendron Garden
was established by the arboretum's
first director, John C Wister

Scott Arboretum N: Amphitheater Overlook

Swarthmore College: Clothier Hall Cloister

Scott Arboretum S: Fragrance Garden in the Clothier Hall Cloister (KSS)

Swarthmore College: Clothier Hall Belltower

Scott Arboretum S: Fragrance Garden Wisteria (KSS)

We passed the Tree Peony Collection we had already seen.

Campus Art in the Garden: Thackurdeen Memorial
(2015, by Kurt Wulfmeyer) remembers Ravi
Thackurdeen, class of 2014, with bronze plates of
botanical samples he collected for a course

Campus Art in the Garden: Thackurdeen Memorial detail (KSS)

Scott Arboretum S: Cedrus atlantica/Atlas Cedar;
Tamiko with one of the widest tree trunks on campus (KSS)

Swarthmore College: Sharples Dining Hall (1964, by Vincent Kling)

Campus Art in the Garden: Sappho (c 1967, by Alekos Kyriakos)

Scott Arboretum S: Lycoris squamigera/Surprise Lily
looks like it has no leaves (KSS)

The Surprise Lily really does not have leaves
(they pop up in the spring)!

Lycoris squamigera/Surprise Lily blossoms (KSS)

Scott Arboretum S: Pinetum on the other side
of Sharples Dining Hall construction

We passed the large Organic Lawn, which has been organically maintained since 2010.

Campus Art in the Garden: Slide Rock (1978, by David Stromeyer)
includes a rock from Vermont, his home state (KSS)

Campus Art in the Garden: Red Steelroot
(c 1967, by Steve Tobin, a Pennsylvania artist) (KSS)

Scott Arboretum S: Gold Medal Garden contains
plants that have received the Gold Medal Plant Award
from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

Scott Arboretum S: Magill Walk with the
oldest Quercus bicolor/Swamp White Oaks
having been planted in 1881 by then
College President Edward Hicks Magill

Scott Arboretum S: Summer Bloom Border features shrubs
and small trees that bloom through the summer

Scott Arboretum S: Liquidambar styraciflua
'Slender Silhouette'/ columnar American Sweetgum trees

Campus Art in the Garden: Josephine's Gate (c 1996, by
Greg & Lydia Leavitt) representing spring and summer with roses
and lilies, is at the south end of the Rose Garden

Scott Arboretum N & S: Rose Garden with
Rosa KORfloci18/Chica Veranda Rose

Campus Art in the Garden: Either Josephine has another
set of gates on the west side of the Rose Garden, or these
smaller gates are "generic rose garden gates"?

Campus Art in the Garden: Alfred's Gate (c 1996, by
Greg & Lydia Leavitt) representing late winter with beech tree
branches and leaves, is at the north end of the Rose Garden

At the bottom left of the left gate you may see the Muscari sp/Grape-hyacinth flowers; Muscari is the the surname of Alfred & Josephine!

Scott Arboretum N: Nason Garden honors
Swarthmore College president (1940-1953) John W Nason,
and showcases plants with texture

Scott Arboretum N & S: Back at Cunningham House
(remember it was built for the Math and Astronomy Department)
and its Teaching Garden