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43 2 // SITE HISTORY & EVOLUTION planting plan was only referred to once more, as a postscript in a letter from Walter Burley Griffin, asking Martin if he would rather immediately have “[illegible] specifications” or the “planting plans” – though it contextually appears as minor diversion to Martin from a more pressing concern about the house windows not being complete. 101 The 1905 Planting Plan Darwin Martin again takes up his delayed concerns regarding the still-absent planting plan with Wright in late January of 1905. The letter notes that soon the “time will be ripe to use the shrubbery list,” but it is not clear if he is referencing the list from the previous fall or a new list concerning the entire grounds. 102 In reply, Wright expresses to Martin that all that remains for the house in the way of Wright’s services are the furniture designs and the planting plans – adding that he will deliver it soon as he intends to leave for Japan on 15 February. 103 At this time, Walter Burley Griffin steps in to manage Wright’s office while he is away and also serves as the designer of the planting plan. 104 101 WBG-DDM, 17 December 1904. Trans. Jack Quinan 2003, WMP-UB. 102 DDM-FLW, 23 January 1905, Trans. Jack Quinan 2003, WMP-UB. It is likely the former, as Walter Burley Griffin mentioned a forthcoming new list concerning the entire grounds approximately one month later when sending a blueprint of the first full planting plan. 103 FLW-DDM, 26 January 1905, Trans. Jack Quinan 2003, WMP-UB. 104 Though the plan is noted to come from “Frank Lloyd Fig. 25 Barton House plantings at installation, October 1904.