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Plant list for Bird Walk

 
Accession number H3:PL Bird Walk-01
Alternative title Steps at foot of Bird Walk west to Forsythia Steps
Creator
Contributor
Garden Area
Forsythia Dell
Ellipse
Catalogue House
Plum Walk
Date
1937 - 1951
Work types
plant lists

Description

Typewritten plant list for the hillside located north of the Ellipse.

Garden areas are referred to using variant names. Bird Walk refers to the Plum Walk. The Forsythia Steps are a part of the greater garden area of the Forsythia Dell. The Catalogue Knoll is an unofficial term for the hillside north of the Ellipse and east of the Catalogue House.

List is undated and author is unknown. Due to handwritten note referencing Anne Sweeney, possible creation dates assigned based on her term of employment.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

plants
flowers (plants)
roses
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

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