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Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, August 4, 1944 (1)

 
Accession number B:BF 1944.08.04
Alternative title Letter from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, August 4, 1944
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
Unassigned
Date
1944
Work types
correspondence

Description

Discusses a letter to William Lassiter regarding financial support of the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens and the gift of a Chinese tiger given to Beatrix Farrand at Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine from Mildred Bliss and Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. The letter mentions William H. Judd, head propagator at Reef Point and Robert Cameron, former head of the Cambridge Botanic Garden are providing suggestions for culture and varieties of plants for Reef Point.

Handwritten signature in black ink.

Letter marked as received August 6, 1944.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

Lassiter, William, 1867-1959
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
weather
Judd, William H.
Cameron, Robert
Reef Point Gardens (Bar Harbor, Me.)
sculpture (visual work)
tiger in art
Thacher, John
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
Arnold Arboretum
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C)