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Contains 212 Results:

Order cancellation from Beatrix Farrand to Wayside Gardens, Mentor, Ohio, June 27, 1947 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 50Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1947.06.27B
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Copy of order cancellation from Beatrix Farrand to Wayside Gardens for 140 tulip bulbs that were to be sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent this order cancellation on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Order modification request from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy Oregon, June 27, 1947 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 51Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1947.06.27C
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Order modification request from Beatrix Farrand to Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms asks for 1000 Recurvus and 1000 Pheasant's Eye Narcissus bulbs instead of 2000 each to be sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order modification on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Price quote from R. W. Eisenbrown, Bobbink & Atkins, 588 Paterson Avenue, East Rutherford, New Jersey to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, December 6, 1946 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 53Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Bobbink & Atkins 1946.12.06
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Handsigned price quote from Robert W. Eisenbrown, Bobbink & Atkins (Nursery) to Beatrix Farrand, but addressed to her secretary, Isabelle M. Stover. He tells Stover he can only supply three varieties of hybrid tea roses and offers price for those. They do not grow the other varieties ordered nor do they know of a reliable source for them. He suggests Wayside Gardens, Co. for the 18 Douglas McArthur roses.

Telegram from James Bryce, Washington, D.C. to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 3, 1942 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 54Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Bryce 1942.08.03
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Western Union telegram from James Bryce to Beatrix Farrand tells her 100 each of narcissus, hyacinth and tulip bulbs are needed for the Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Telegram from James Bryce, Washington, D.C. to Beatrix Farrand, Ritz Carlton Hotel, June 3, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 55Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Bryce 1943.06.03
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Western Union telegram from James Bryce to Beatrix Farrand tells her she should consult with Mildred Bliss regarding bulbs as alterations to grounds may be done in the fall.

Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 15, 1942 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 56Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.07.15
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Handsigned letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, to Beatrix Farrand says he is very glad to send Agnes Milliken the Narcissus, Maude Adams. It would be an honor for his bulbs to be at the National Gallery of Art, and will hold orders for others in order to fill the National Gallery of Art request.

Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, July 20, 1942 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 57Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.07.20
Scope and Contents: Handsigned typescript letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, to Beatrix Farrand tells her he can supply the bulbs for the National Gallery of Art and more bulbs to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks. He suggest bulbs for Beatrix Farrand's cottage in Santa Barbara, California and a bulb substitution to consider for Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine. He reports William Craig, a horticulturalist, says the substitution bulbs work well in the Vermont climate. He says the daffodils planted at Reed...

Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 10, 1942 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 58Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.08.10
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Handsigned typescript letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand acknowledges the problem with daffodil order for the National Gallery of Art. He is going to ship 300 bulbs to New York and if the request does not come through he tells Farrand to sell them or donate them to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Letter from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy, Oregon to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, August 13, 1942 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 59Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:de Graaff 1942.08.13
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Typescript letter with handwritten signature from Jan de Graaff, Oregon Bulb Farms to Beatrix Farrand tells her the order for the National Gallery of Art is being cancelled. He is disappointed the project did not go through as it would have been nice to see some of the Oregon Bulb Farms bulbs there.

Price quote from David Doran, Joseph Breck & Sons, 85 State Street, Boston 9, Massachusetts to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, December 6, 1946 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 60Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Doran 1946.12.06
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Price estimate from David Doran, Joseph Breck & Sons to Beatrix Farrand with attention to Isabelle M. Stover. Doran lists the available roses for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. He apologizes that they do not have any others listed on the order.

Letter from L.A. Howard, Bobbink & Atkins, 588 Paterson Avenue, East Rutherford, New Jersey to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, October 7, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 61Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Howard 1943.10.07
Scope and Contents: Letter from L.A. Howard, Bobbink & Atkins to Beatrix Farrand responds to a request for roses for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C., but regrets that they are unable to supply any listed on the order. He tells her they discontinued propagation of all of the listed roses some time ago. He has no suggestions where she can get them. Written in pencil may be instructions given to Isabelle M. Stover, Farrand's secretary: "Tell Bryce [James Bryce] [and] ask what he thinks best to...

Letter from Isabelle Stover to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., June 29, 1942 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 62Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:IMS 1942.06.29
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Copy of typescript letter from Isabelle M. Stover to James Bryce tells him 5 different varieties of tulip bulbs are available from George Lawler and encloses a copy of a letter from Beatrix Farrand to John Thacher. The enclosed letter is no longer with this letter.

Letter from Isabelle Stover to James Bryce, 3203 S Street, Washington, D.C., January 13, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 63Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:IMS 1943.01.13
Scope and Contents: Copy of typescript letter from Isabelle Stover to James Bryce informs him of the seed order for 1943 and encloses seed orders already sent out as well as returning the copies of seed orders which were loaned to Beatrix Farrand. The enclosed seed orders are no longer with this letter. Sutton & Sons catalog offered a limited number of seeds, so she and Farrand have had to go elsewhere to buy the seeds he wants. She lists the seeds and adds in pencil those she can get and those she...

Change to order from Isabelle Stover, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to George Ward Lawler, Box 107, Monroe, Washington, August 6, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 64Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:IMS 1943.08.06
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Copy of typescript change order from Isabelle Stover on behalf of Beatrix Farrand to George Ward Lawler (George Lawler, firm) requests an additional 50 Mrs. Moon tulip bulbs for Mildred Bliss.

Order from Isabelle Stover to Joseph Breck & Sons, 85 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, January 25, 1944 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 65Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:IMS 1944.01.25
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Copy of typescript order from Isabelle Stover, on behalf of Beatrix Farrand, to Joseph Breck & Sons for 4 packets of seed to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Letter from Robert Patterson to James Bryce, Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Washington, D.C., June 4, 1947 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 66Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:RP 1947.06.04
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Unsigned typescript letter probably from Robert Patterson to James Bryce discussing bulb orders for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden areas: Herbaceous Border and Fountain Terrace. He asks for an immediate reply from Bryce to bulb questions and a later response about the planting of shrubs.

Telegram from John Thacher, Washington, D.C. to Beatrix Farrand, Hotel Ritz Carlton, June 4, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 67Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:JT 1943.06.04
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Western Union telegram from John Thacher to Beatrix Farrand authorizing the spending of fifty dollars for bulbs for Mildred Bliss.

Letter and copy of bulb order from Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc., 22-24 West 27th Street, New York, N.Y. to Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine, June 27, 1947 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 69Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Kennedy 1947.06.27
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Letter from Andrew R. Kennedy, Inc. to Beatrix Farrand tells her he is unable to offer her a discount on the bulbs for 1947. He encloses her order for 1710 tulip and 72 hyacinth bulbs with prices lists. Bulbs to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C.

Memo to Robert Patterson, June 23, 1947 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 68Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:Memo to Mr. Patterson 1947.06.27
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Copy of typescript memo to Robert Patterson probably from Beatrix Farrand concerning James Bryce's letter of June 23, 1947. She explains all the changes to bulb orders for the Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. She offers a suggestion for the bulbs for Mildred Bliss. Also included is a tape from an acccounting machine.

Order from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Vaughan's Seed Store, 47-49 Barclay Street, New York, N.Y., September 22, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 19Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.09.22
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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Vaughan's Seed Store for four packets of seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Order from Beatrix Farrand to Trivett's Tested Seeds, 134-144 Washington Street, New York, N.Y., September 22, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 20Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.09.22B
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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Trivett's Tested Seeds for 11 packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Order from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Joseph Breck & Sons, 85 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, September 22, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 21Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.09.22C
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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Joseph Breck & Sons for 13 packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. One packet of seed added to copy after original created. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Order from Beatrix Farrand to Joseph Breck & Sons, 85 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts, September 22, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 22Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.09.22D
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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to Joseph Breck & Sons for seven packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.

Order from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to Blackmore & Langdon, Bath England, September 22, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.09.22E
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Order from Beatrix Farrand to Blackmore & Langdon, September 22, 1943 for 1 packet of delphinium seeds to be sent to James Bryce for the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens, Washington, D.C.

Order from Beatrix Farrand, Reef Point, Bar Harbor, Maine to American Bulb Company, 31 West 27th Street, New York, N.Y., September 22, 1943 Digital

File — Box: C, Folder: 10, item: 24Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, C10:BF 1943.09.22F
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Copy of order from Beatrix Farrand to American Bulb Company for 6 packets of flower seeds to be sent to James Bryce for Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Isabelle M. Stover, secretary sent order on behalf of Beatrix Farrand.