Box B: 6
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Mildred Bliss, October 1, 1946 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Beatrix Farrand / Mildred Bliss
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Sub-Group:
Correspondence
File — Box: B: 6, Folder: 87Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, B:BF 1946.10.01
Scope and Contents:
Typescript letter with handwritten signature and postscript from Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss discusses plants to be thinned or replaced, new paths and stairs to construct, and a proposed redesign for the Herbaceous Border hedges at Dumbarton Oaks. Beatrix offers a suggestion for steps to replace the dangerous Goat Trail. John Thacher, Robert Patterson, and Beatrix agree that the boxwood on the Beech Terrace has far outgrown what it should be in scale, and it should be replaced with much...