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Original and duplicate itemized paid receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand for Narcissus and Iris bulbs and delivered to James Bryce, 3101 R. Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.

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Original and duplicate itemized paid receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand for 25 Therese Schwartz 8/9 Iris bulbs sent to James Bryce, 3101 R. Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

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Original and duplicate itemized receipt from Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand for 100 Lilium Regale bulbs sent to James Bryce, 3101 R. Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

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Paid itemized receipt from Perry Seed Company to Beatrix Farrand, April 20, 1943 for 5 packets of flower seeds for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Stamped as "Received payment" and signed DP.

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Original and duplicate itemized receipt and copy from Sutton & Sons to Beatrix Farrand for 52 packets of flower seeds sent to James Bryce, 3203 S. Street, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Beatrix Farrand's gardener's discount applied. Receipts include 10% discount and marked as paid February 23, [1943]. Second receipt probably signed by Beatrix Farrand's office staff on behalf of her.

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Original and duplicate itemized receipts from Sutton & Sons, Ltd. to Beatrix Farrand for 32 packets of flower seeds sent to James Bryce, 3101 R. Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.

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Original and duplicate paid itemized receipt from Trivett's Tested Seeds to Beatrix Farrand for flower seeds sent to James Bryce, c/o Harvard Research Library, 3203 "S" Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

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Original and duplicate paid itemized receipt from Trivett's Tested Seeds, Inc. to Beatrix Farrand for 10 packets of seeds sent to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. Receipt includes Beatrix Farrand's 10% gardeners discount.

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Original and copy of paid itemized receipt from Upton Gardens to Beatrix Farrand for 1 packet of Aquilegia coerulea seeds sent to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

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Original and duplicate paid itemized receipt from Vaughan's Seed Store to Beatrix Farrand for 13 packets of seeds shipped to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C. for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens.

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Original and duplicatepPaid itemized receipt from Hosea Waterer to James Bryce for packets of flower seeds for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens. Beatrix Farrand likely received receipt following payment including her 20% discount.

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Original and duplicate paid itemized receipt from Wm. J. Jones & Co. to Beatrix Farrand for the cost of shipping two cases of garden bulbs to James Bryce, 3101 R Street, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington D.C. from Oregon Bulb Farms.

Scope and Contents: The Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives is a collection of over 6278 individual items of textual materials, drawings, and photographs that document the creation and development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden, Washington, D.C. between 1920-1979. Robert Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss purchased the 53 acre property in 1920 known as "The Oaks" and later as Dumbarton Oaks, and within a year they hired Beatrix Farrand, a landscape gardener, to design a garden for the property that combined French,...