BF 1946.01.10B.pdf

Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher, January 10, 1946

Accession number	D:BF 1946.01.10B
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	John Thacher
Garden Area	Cool House Service Court Orangery Herb Garden Entrance Drive Star Garden Rose Garden 32nd Street Beech Terrace North Vista Terrior Column and Enclosure
Date	1946
Work types	correspondence

Description

Typewritten letter discussing turning the Orangery into a Garden Center, plans to move garden ornament and furniture, change plantings, pave spaces and add paths. Farrand suggests creation of agent account for funds for garden improvements.

Mentions the possibility of placing the orchids in the Cool House (greenhouse).

Handwritten signature and notes.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

plants

trees

vines

wisteria

greenhouses

hedges

vegetables

garden furniture

paving

postcards

roses

oak

orchids

letters (correspondence)

unicorns

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)

Accession number	D:BF 1946.01.10B
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	John Thacher
Garden Area	Cool House Service Court Orangery Herb Garden Entrance Drive Star Garden Rose Garden 32nd Street Beech Terrace North Vista Terrior Column and Enclosure
Date	1946
Work types	correspondence

Index Terms

Garden Guide Service or Tours → Sweeney as right person for → satisfaction with

Orangery → as Garden Guide Service reception → satisfactory for a few years

Garden Guide Service or Tours → Orangery as reception for → satisfactory for a few years

creepers → evergreen, in Orangery → Garden Guide office and

Green Garden → crowds of visitors and alterations to

leaflets, educational → selling department of the gardens and

map of Dumbarton Oaks → selling department of the gardens and

photographs → of DO gardens → kodachrome, selling department of the gardens and

Bryce, James → difficulties with moodiness of → tentative letter for JT's consideration on

budget for landscape work at DO → post-World War II → Agent account for replenishment plants and

Star Garden → azaleas around → replanting of overgrown

azaleas → in Star Garden → overgrown, replanting of

Beech Terrace → boxwood overgrown in → should be moved and replanted

R Street → entrances on → box hedges and

32nd Street → entrance → box hedges and

south front → approach roads to, box hedges and

South Drive → new path to Orangery from → preliminary sketch seems unwise

Bryce, James → new path to Orangery from South Drive and

North Vista → as more ornamental part of garden

vegetable gardens → to be omitted after 1945

Terrior Column → furniture near → should disappear

marble bathtub → pricing for disposal of

Unicorn and Lady or Unicorn Lady → as museum donation, would MB be willing?

lead fountain → under wisteria arbor on herb terrace?

Rose Terrace or Garden → replanting of large roses → agreement on

oaks → at Dumbarton Oaks → young, ordered through Mr. Thompson

orchids → housing for and display of

Orangery → orchids in, growing conditions for

Drawing Room → plants needed for

Huntington (Henry E.) Library and Art Gallery → guide to library and gardens of → as point of departure for DO

North Vista → wall height and scale → BF admits mistake in

walls → North Vista, height and scale of → BF admits mistake in

box bushes or boxwood → on Beech Terrace, overgrown → should be moved and replanted

greenhouses at DO → inefficient use of → Harvard perspective vs. individual taste of former owners on

Chrysanthemum → greenhouses and → quantity grown by DO in

planting record book (Beatrix Farrand's Plant Book for Dumbarton Oaks) → showing "temperament" of DO gardens

Torreya → placement to force curve in walk by

walks → Torreya placement to force curve in

Orangery → Ficus (creeper) in → Garden Guide Service office and

Related Items

John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand, November 28, 1945

Suggestions discussed with Mr. Patterson, May 27-29, 1946

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