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Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, October 29, 1942

Accession number	B:AS 1942.10.29
Alternative title	Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, October 29, 1942
Sender	Anne Sweeney
Recipient	Beatrix Farrand
Garden Area	Fountain Terrace Herbaceous Border
Date	1942
Work types	correspondence

Subjects

gardens

guides (people)

Garden tours

books

plant lists

trees

flowers (plants)

paintings (visual works)

New York Botanical Garden

letters (correspondence)

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)

Accession number	B:AS 1942.10.29
Alternative title	Letter from Anne Sweeney to Beatrix Farrand, October 29, 1942
Sender	Anne Sweeney
Recipient	Beatrix Farrand
Garden Area	Fountain Terrace Herbaceous Border
Date	1942
Work types	correspondence

Index Terms

weeds → manual for identification of

herbaceous border or herbaceous garden → rain and frost battering of

Fountain Terrace → spared from rain and frost damage

drinking cups for DO visitors → ordering

Kearney, Matthew → on weather effects on gardens

visitors to DO gardens → turned away after hours

Carpenter, Alberta S. → drinking cups for visitors and

Draper, Miss → DO gardens's visit by

Stackpole, Miss, DO gardens' visit by

Garden Guide Service or Tours → report to JT and BF on garden visitors → in groups

schools → report on visits to DO gardens by

open garden days → administrative work for

Catalogue House → after transition to Harvard → changing displays for

autumn colors at DO gardens, visitor on

signs for DO garden tours → improvements needed for

open garden days → signage for, need for clarifying of

plant lists → for BF "History of DO", section by section work on

rain → herbaceous border battering by

frost → herbaceous border battering by

Fountain Terrace → avoided frost after driving rain

Garden Guide Service or Tours → advertising for → on autumn display

Orangery → as Garden Guide Service reception → directions to

visitors to DO gardens → report to JT and BF on → in groups

weather effects → Kearney on gardens and

Bliss, Mildred → gifts by → of eucalyptus trees' painting to Sweeney

Sweeney, Anne → as Garden Guide → weekly schedule reviewed for BF

Sweeney, Anne → reports on garden visitors to JT and BF → in October 1942

A Manual of Weeds (Georgia) → receiving and usefulness of

The Garden Month by Month (Sedgwick) → sent to Sweeney by BF but not received

planting record book (Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks) → plant lists for → section by section, Sweeney on

Chrysanthemum → visitor on display of

Georgia, Ada E. → A Manual of Weeds → receiving and usefulness of

Girardin, René Louis, marquis de → De la composition des paysages ou Des moyens d'embellir la nature autour des habitations, en joignant l'agréable à l'utile → in DO Garden Library

Gibbs, Vicary → Garden Colour: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (with Boyle, Earle, Kingsley, and Waterfield) → in DO Garden Library

Gilpin, William S. → Practical hints upon landscape gardening: with some remarks on domestic architecture, as connected with scenery → in DO Garden Library

Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth Brown, Mrs. → "George Washington's headquarters" in Georgetown, and colonial days, Rock Creek to the Falls → in DO Garden Library

Gothein, Marie Louise → A History of Garden Art → in DO Garden Library

Hind, Archer, Mrs. → translation of History of Garden Art → in DO Garden Library

De la composition des paysages ou Des moyens d'embellir la nature autour des habitations, en joignant l'agréable à l'utile (Girardin) → in DO Garden Library

Sedgwick, Mabel Cabot → The garden month by month → sent to Sweeney by BF but not received

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