I just did a quick Google search on the history of Atlanta, Georgia. If I understand the history of the town, it was barely civilized until well into the nineteenth century. There were non -Indian settlements in the area by the end of the first quarter of the nineteenth century, but the name Atlanta did not emerge for the area until sometime in the 1840s - officially, 1847, although by then they did have railroad connection to the rest of the country (thank you, wikipedia). That leaves a period of only thirteen years to the cut-off date of 1860. That doesn't sound too promising, but then I gave some thought to what I've accomplished in my own garden during the last fifteen years; and if someone in the future should discover my garden diaries, they would provide plenty of details of this garden during that period. Should that happen, I hope they realize that other local gardens are nothing like this one. Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7, where more rain lilies have popped up. My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/