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Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)

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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lanning Roper and Royal Horticultural Society, 1959

Sub-Group — Box H, Folder: 6Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:

Correspondence from Lanning Roper and a representative of the Royal Horticultural Society to Mildred Bliss about the publication of an article about Dumbarton Oaks which would include photographs.

Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Valley Club of Montecito, Santa Barbara, California to John S. Thacher, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 "R" Street, Washington, D.C., February 13, 1942 Digital

File — Box D: 2, Folder: 11Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, D:BF 1942.02.13B
Scope and Contents: Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher sends statements for time she spent at Dumbarton Oaks for Harvard University and amounts spent by Beatrix Farrand, Agent accounts from July 1 - December 31, 1941. Farrand reports spliting the time charged between the Blisses and Harvard University is difficult. She has received written communication from the Kew Gardens; the Royal Botanic Garden at Edinburgh, and the Royal Horticultural Society that gardening...

Letter from Joyce Gascoigne, 2820 Thirty-fourth Place, Washington, D.C. to Robert Woods Bliss, 1947-1949 Digital

File — Box E, Folder: 4, item: 53Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, E4:Gascoigne
Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from Joyce Gascoigne [Mrs. Julian Alvery Gascoigne] probably to Robert Woods Bliss asks if she might bring her brother, Sir Ralph Newman to see the Dumbarton Oaks garden. She says her brother is on the committee of the Royal Horticultural Society and also President of the British Fuchsia Society. Lady Wilson told Joyce about Robert Woods Bliss and it would be very nice if he could find the time to take Joyce and her brother around his lovely garden. She wonders if...