Box I

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Plant lists for the various home gardens at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Also includes correspondence from James Bryce, former Superintendent of Gardens and Grounds responding to Mildred Bliss' letter about a specific plant. One correpondence is requesting an payment. There are documents describing the history and folklore of trees, characteristics of specific trees, and use of wood from specific trees.

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Typescript excerpt of a letter sent from James Bryce to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss reporting back to them on locating the nursery for the Eucryphia shrub for which they inquired about. It is about twenty miles from him. He describes the shrub to them and will write when he finds it.

The handwritten letter from which the excerpt is taken is I:Bryce 1959.10.08B.

Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from James Bryce to Mildred Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss expressing his surprise and happiness to receive their letter and the enclosure of Sir Walter Scotts area of the home land, "'which in present day mileage' would be close by my old home - home being an Edinburgh born man had to pass our house to get to the borders and Melrose where most of his writing was done." James tells them that he did a good amount of fishing in the Tweed river which is famous for salmon being...

Scope and Contents: Eight typescript pages listing plant materials for gardens at Colonial Williamsburg. Lists include plant material for the Bryan Garden; John Blair Garden; Taliaferro-Cole Garden; James Galt Garden; John Custis Tenement Garden; Travis House Garden; Repiton Garden; James Geddy Garden. The lists may have been provided during a Williamsburg Garden and Flower Symposium.List undated and creator unknown. Another similar list includes a citation reference dated 1942 (accession number...

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Five typescript pages of descriptions of trees, including their scientific names and dates when they were brought to America.

List is undated and creator is unknown. Subject matter suggests these notes were probably used by Anne Sweeney during Garden Guide tours. Possible creation dates are assigned based on her term of employment with Dumbarton Oaks.

Scope and Contents: Seven typescriipt pages listing plant materials used at the restored gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. List offered during the Garden and Flower Symposium, Colonial Williams is grouped by type of plant including: trees, shrubs, and vines; hedges; and perennials, annuals, and bulbs. List is undated and author is unknown. Due to dated reference citation on the first page, the list was probably created in 1942 or after.Written in upper left corner: "Mrs. Fisher arranges flowers for...

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Five typescript pages listing plant materials for the Governor's Palace Gardens and the Carter-Saunders House garden at Colonial Williamsburg.

List is undated and creator is unknown. May have been included as handouts at a Garden and Flower Symposium, Colonial Williamsburg in 1942 or after based on a similar plant list with a reference dated 1942 (accession number I:PL Williamsburg-01.

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Two typescript pages listing dried flowers and grasses used in flower arrangements at Colonial Williamsburg.

List is undated and author is unknown. Similar list of plant material at Colonial Williamsburg has a reference citation dated 1942 (accession number I:PL Williamsburg-01). This list may also have been provided during the same symposium.

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One typescript page listing unusual and often overlooked eighteeth century plant material. List provided during one of the annual Garden Symposium.

List is undated and creator is unknown. Date is 1942 or later based on reference citation at the bottom of the page.

Scope and Contents: Eight typescript pages listing plant materials in the gardens at Colonial Williamsburg.Each page lists plant mateials for historic properties: George Wythe House, the Deane Shop, St. George Tucker House, Brush-Everard House, Archibald Blair Storehouse, Josiah Chowning's Tavern, and the Market Square Tavern.List is undated and creator is unknown. List may have been provided during a Garden and Flower Symposium, Colonial Williamsburg. One similar list has a reference...

Scope and Contents: Handwritten letter from the Francis M. Sedgwick to Ellis Russell asking him to be so kind as to send a check to him c/o Nat'l [National] Shawmut Bank, 40 Water St., Boston for $1025 for the faun statue which was being shipped to Mr. [Matthew] Kearney. Sedgewick told Mildred Bliss the cost would be $750 plus the casting in plaster $50, plus the casting in bronze $225, plus the shipping costs. He asks for the check to be marked "for deposit only", c/o Francis M. Sedgwick with the Nat'l Shawmut...