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D Terrace. See terrace D
The Daffodil and Tulip Year Book (Royal Horticultural Society, 1948)
received at DO
daffodils. See also Narcissus or Narcissi
Beirne's, catalog for
first open garden day and
forsythia walk and
in Montecito, Calif.
for National Gallery
300 bulbs ordered for
any word from them?
awaiting decision on
Bryce and Finley discussion on
Bryce's thoughts on?
checking on supply for
competitive bidding causing delays in
decision against
no word regarding
order canceled
Oregon Bulb would pull from other orders to supply
relief on cancellation of
suggest abandoning order for
suggestions for
supplier honored to be considered
tax-exempt status for DO and
tentative count of bulbs for
at Reef Point, blooming
wild-type, along DO Park stream
Daffodils (Royal Horticultural Society yearbook)
Feb. 1949 list
marked X (fair)
marked XX (good)
received by MxF Memorial Library
Daffodils and Narcissus (Royal Horticultural Society yearbook)
June 1949 list
Dahl, Roald
Dahlia
mixed seeds order
P. H. No. 96 (single white)
P. H. No. 95-95A (pompoms and miniatures) (2 prints)
Pompom, for Casa Dorinda spring
variety unknown, between vegetable garden and fence
Dahlia coltness
arrangements at Casa Dorinda with
for Casa Dorinda spring
P. H. No. 94 (single hybrids white) (crossed out)
Dahlia Elizabeth Potter and Jersey Beauty
P. H. No. 93
Dahlia maxonii
P. H. No. 97
daisy
bellis perennis, pink, white, to be sown summer of 1922
English, dbl. pink and white, as perennial seeds for MB
Giant White
seeds invoice
seeds order
Longfellow (pink)
seeds invoice
seeds order
Michelmas
in kitchen garden border, p.20
seeds invoice
on south side of kitchen garden in border
Shasta, Alaska, white, to be sown summer of 1922
Dallimore, William
A handbook of Coniferae including Ginkgoaceae
marked XX (good)
The pruning of trees and shrubs
marked X (fair)
marked XX (good)
Daly, T. A.
The Wissahickon
received by MxF Memorial Library
Dami, Luigi
Il Giardino Italiano
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
MB selection of
in Sweeney's office
The Italian Garden (Scopoli, translator)
marked X (fair)
Dana, William Starr, Mrs.
How to know the wild flowers: a guide to the names, haunts, and habits of our common wild flowers
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
in Garden Guide office
IMS on extra copies of
June 1949 list
marked X (fair)
ordered from Lundberg
Sweeney had two copies of
in Sweeney's office
Dane, Ernest M.
Danske herregaardshaver (Det Kongelige Danske Havelskab)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Dante's Garden, with legends of the flowers (Cotes)
marked X (fair)
Dante's Purgatorio, text for inscriptions from
Daphne
for British scented garden for the blind
plants, for 1922 flower garden
Daphne cameo on gold locket
Daphne giraldii
at Reef Point
Daphne wilsonii
plants wanted from Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Darlington, William
American Weeds and Useful Plants
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
dart picket, for south front iron fence above stone retaining wall
Dartington Hall, Devon, England. See also Elmhirst, Leonard and Dorothy
BF to visit her mother during stay at
Gardening Illustrated article on
need for visit to
plans visit to
postcards, BF keeping
Darwin, Charles
The variation of animals and plants under domestication
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Vol. I, in DO Garden Library
Dasystephana andrewsii
P. H. No. 98
Datura arborea
Ann. No. 42
Datura stramonium
Ann. No. 43
in whirligig display
Datura tatula
Ann. No. 44
Daucus carota
Daughters of the American Revolution
D. C. Chapter, Student Loan Committee wanting fundraiser at DO
Mississippi Chapter, wanting visit to DO gardens
Dauretier
bookbinding invoice from Ruzicka for
Dauthenay, Henri
No. 205 in Staack catalogue
BF recommends DO buy
sent to DO from Staack
Répertoire de couleurs pour aider à la détermination des couleurs des fleurs, des feuillages et des fruits (with Société française des chrysanthémistes and Oberthür)
BF recommends DO buy from Staack
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
received from Staack
Davenport, Dr., late arriving intern and
David, Armand, Abbé
Diary
received by MxF Memorial Library
Davidia (Dove tree)
potential, for herbaceous border
Davids & Royston Bulb Co., Inc.
account to Harvard of payments to
Bryce to review/approve of order to, then place
bulbs from, as major cost in 1943
French Roman hyacinths from, satisfactory?
invoices
French Roman hyacinths
French Roman white hyacinths
Roggli Elite pansy seeds
shipping
payment and additional order for, note "unable to send extra 100"
Davidson, Mary P. (Mrs. Howard)
Davidson, Mr.
estimate for arbor in Arbor Terrace by
David-Weill, D.
Blisses' letter of introduction for Sessions to
Davis, D. G., Mrs.
Davis, Helen
Davis, John
ahead of schedule at DO
on benches for cortile not done but ‘making headway'
brick caps for trellis on south side of service driveway and
carrying on as usual, RH on
DO library renovations and
DO transfer to Harvard and
iron flower dummies sent to
Lantern Slides enjoyed by
lavatory accommodations for visitors and
map needed of tree placement near service road and music room from
MB's responses on garden details forwarded to
new sculpture gallery and
plans sent to BF by
on overthrow for Green Garden
paint for glass in lantern near garage
planting pocket at NE corner of music room and
re-spacing metal frames in Catalogue House by
scale model photographs per instructions by
to send forsythia seat inscription dummy
stone curbing for parking space and
summer DO work reviewed with
Davis, Mary Ann
Dawes Council of Colonial Dames
Dawson, William Leon
Birds of California
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Dawson's Book Shop
Ortus Sanitatis available from
Day, Frank Miles
American Country Homes of Today
marked X (fair)
Days and hours in a garden (Boyle)
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
ordered from Dulau
received by Sweeney
DDT poisoning, RH on
"De Constantia," episode from A Stoic in His Garden (Lipsius)
Feb. 1949 list
de Fels, Marthe
de Forest, Lockwood
‘blasting' letter to SBBG by
BF on news of SBBG plan approved by trustees to
BF unconscious antagonism of, effects on SBBG of
as Blaksley Garden consultant
hypersensitivity of
letter on planning at SBBG
MB on usefulness to SBBG of
as not a fan of Van Rensselaer's
SBBG Planning Committee and
lively and active mind for
management of, Mrs. Thorne and
de Graaff, Jan. See Oregon Bulb Farms
De la composition des paysages ou Des moyens d'embellir la nature autour des habitations, en joignant l'agréable à l'utile (Girardin)
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
The de la Cruz-Badiano Aztec herbal of 1552
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
in Mrs. Clark's custody
De La Mare Garden Books
receipts for Annuals and Perennials (Hottes)
De l'art des Jardins du XV au XX siecle (Fouquier)
BF recommends DO buy
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
not yet in DO Garden Library
ordered by BF from Heilburn
ordered to be sent to Sweeney at DO
Sweeney on receiving
de Leth
De Vechstrom-Rebound
no volume number found on
notes on Myers's repairs for
de Ligne, Prince (of Belgium)
de Veta, Giovanni
Regole del Geminarick Restino
Myers's estimate for restoration of
notes on Myers's repairs for
returned to DO by Myers
de Winthuysen, Miss
DO garden fellowships and
Deane garden, Williamsburg, Va., plant list
Dearn, Thomas Downes Wilmot
Designs for lodges and entrances to parks, paddocks, and pleasure-grounds, in the Gothic, cottage, and fancy styles, with characteristic scenery and descriptive letter-press
June 1949 list
received from Staack
Decaisnea Fargesi
at Reef Point
Decorations des Jardins, Style Louis XIV (prints)
marked X (fair)
decorative grasses. See ornamental grasses
Dedie, Au roy
Versailles Immortalise par les Merveille Parlantes
marked XX (good)
Deering, Arthur Lowell
on Reef Point Board of Directors
"Defend America by Aiding the Allies"
Degas plates, Paul L. Baruch, Inc. reproductions for
Delafield, Lewis L.
BF's grandmother's estate settlement and
Blisses meeting with
confidential information on working with Harvard of
consultation on building technical group at DO with
death of
BF condolences to MB on
BF's thoughts with Blisses after
DO Park endowment details for
DO Park endowment trustee concerns of
eucalyptus tree cutting at Casa Dorinda and
on honorarium for Hendrickson's translations
on League of Republican Women benefit tour at DO
legal work for BF on Wharton estate by
letter to Van Rensselaer on SBBG endowment
as MB legal advisor
Reef Point visit by
BF summary of
hurried
planned by
plans for DO Garden Center and
Roman greetings to
Russell on financial statements for Blisses' review and
Van Rensselaer on SBBG financial status to
visiting JT at Hot Springs
DeLaMare (A. T.) Co., account to Harvard of payment to
Delano, Billie
Delano, Mr., gift of DO Parks to the nation and
Les délices de la Rivière le Vecht
Myers's estimate for restoration of
received at DO
sending to DO
Delille, Jacques
Les jardins ou l'art d'embellir les paysages
marked XX (good)
l'Homme des champs ou les Georgiques Francoises Strasbourg
marked XX (good)
Delitzscher, Alvin C.
as DO Garden Scholarship recipient in 1959
Dell, Thomas Cahill
as DO Garden Scholarship recipient in 1959
Dell' arte dei giardini inglesi … (Hirschfield, translator)
marked X (fair)
Delle delicie del fiume Brenta: espresse ne'palazzi e casini situati sopra le sue sponde dalla sboccatura nella laguna di Venezia fino alla città di Padova (Costa)
BF suggests for DO Garden Library
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
folio offered by Rosenthal
marked XX (good)
marked XXX (excellent)
Myers's conservation work on
completion of
progress report on
receipt for payment
restoration estimate
Myers's outline for
sent to Myers for
suggested for DO
delphiniums
account of payment for
to be sown summer of 1922
belladonna (light blue)
Chinensis (blue var., white var.)
Farquhars improved mixed (blues)
Formosum (blue)
king of delphiniums (dark blue)
Queen Wilhelmina (light blue)
in Catalogue House displays
Galahad series seeds
hybrids, right angle panels
Pacific Gts. seeds
Pacific hybrids, mixed
invoice
seeds order
perennials or annuals? (Sweeney note)
seeds, account to Harvard of payment for
seeds invoice
seeds order, light shades
seeds suggestions for MB
Bella Donna
Chinensis
Chinensis alba
elatum
formosum
formosum coelistinum
light and dark blue
on terrace between bird walk and kitchen garden
in terrace overhanging kitchen garden, p.20
The Demortain of Versailles. See Mortain, Gilles de
Denison, Isabel (Mrs. C. I.)
asking about catalogue of 1895 Grolier Club exhibition
asking Russell to renew subscription to Landscape Architecture
asking which finish RH wants for trellis
garden for the blind plan sent to Radcliffe by
on inquiries regarding Gainsborough portrait of Mrs. Jordan
as Keeper of the Founder's Room
Myers negotiating book restoration work with
Myers returning Whitehead paper samples of
Rules of Civility (Washington) ordered by
seeking microfilm copy of Bibliotheque Nationale
sending books to Myers for restoration estimate
watermarks research by
DeNolhac, Pierre. See Nolhac, Pierre de
Dent, Edward Linthicum
Dent, J. M. & Son, (Toronto bookseller used by BF)
Dentaria diphylla
P. H. No. 99
Dentaria laciniata
P. H. No. 100
Deodars. See also Cedrus deodara
Sweeney without reference information for
Sweeney's garden talk notes about
Department of Agriculture. See United States Department of Agriculture
Der Nersessian, Sirarpie
leaving DO faculty
lecture on Byzantine sculpture at DO by
return to DO for fall semester
Ross catalogue of DO museum objects checked by
on sensitivity of Ross catalogue of DO objects
and sister to move in Bryces' former house
Des Cars, A.
A treatise on pruning forest and ornamental trees
marked XX (good)
Description des nouveaux jardins de la France et de sea ancien chateaux
marked X (fair)
Description des plantes nouvellas et peu connues cutivees dans la jardin de J. M. Cels (Ventenat)
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
received from Staack
Description of a Plan for the Improvement of Central Park (Olmsted and Vaux)
BF recommends DO buy
A description of Blenheim, with a preliminary essay on landscape gardening (Mavor)
BF recommends DO buy
A description of the genus Pinus (Lambert)
BF anxious to if have arrived at DO
BF on acquisition for Garden Library of
June 1949 list
received at DO
shipped by freight to DO
A description of the houses and gardens of London (London and Buckingham)
marked X (fair)
A descriptive account of the mansion and gardens of White-Knights: a seat of his grace the Duke of Marlborough (Hofland)
marked XX (good)
Descriptive labels for botanic gardens (Carter)
marked X (fair)
Descrizione della Regia Villa Fontane e Fabbriche di Pratolino
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Mrs. Clark's custody
Desert Section at SBBG, construction costs with upkeep for
design costs, Coles vs. Havey and
Design in the Little Garden (Steele)
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
ordered from Fiedler
Sweeney's 1948 research on
The design of residential areas: basic considerations and methods (Adams)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
The design of small properties, a book for the home-owner in city and country (Bottomley)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Designs for gates and rails suitable to parks, pleasure grounds, balconys &c. (Middleton)
marked XX (good)
Designs for lodges and entrances to parks, paddocks, and pleasure-grounds, in the Gothic, cottage, and fancy styles, with characteristic scenery and descriptive letter-press (Dearn)
June 1949 list
received from Staack
Designs for the pavilion at Brighton (Repton)
accept if satisfactory after inspection
June 1949 list
offered by Staack if MB approves
received at DO
DeSoulin, Leonie
Magic Herbs
in Garden Guide office
d'Espard, Seabury R., Mrs.
Det Kongelige Danske Havelskab
Danske herregaardshaver
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Détail des nouveaux jardins à la mode (Le Rouge)
Feb. 1949 list
including Chambers edition
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
June 1949 list
in Mrs. Clark's custody
Deutzia
in whirling central panel, Catalogue House
Deutzia crenata Sieb.fl.pl.
S. D. No. 31
Deutzia gracilia
on slope between Superintendent's Cottage and Fellow's Quarters, p.27
Deutzia gracilis
on Crabapple Hill
on Crabapple Hill, p.43
East Lawn, Lovers' Lane to Wilderness
Lovers' Lane to Wilderness
at rear of Fellows' Quarters near Bryce's office, laundry &c., p.28
S. D. No. 32 (painted panel) spray
S. D. No. 33-33A (2 prints)
at steps from West Apt. to Fellows' Quarter Service drive, p.28
Deutzia lemoineii
on Crabapple Hill, p.43
east along walk between R St. wall and 31st St. entrance, p.19
Deutzia scabra
32nd Street border, south side
Cockylocky
Crabapple Hill
East Lawn
East Lawn, incl. wilderness, Gothic gardens, and Corkalockie walk to Orangery
East Lawn, Lovers' Lane to Wilderness
from entrance gate to Terrior Column, right side, p.52
fuzzy deutzia
Cockylocky
Front Lawn
along kitchen gate path to R St. exit, p.47
plant listings
R Street, front of house
on south side of walk from service entrance, p.17
at Superintendent's cottage and around conservatory/Orangery
Deutzia scabra Watereri
S. D. No. 34
Deutzia scabra xxx
Lovers' Lane to Wilderness
Development of American Horticultural literature between 1800 and 1850 (Traub)
Dewey, Thomas E.
Dexter, Isabel(le) Gregory, on Sipporell photography exhibition
Dézallier d'Argenville, Antoine-Joseph
La theorie et la pratique du jardinage (with Le Blond)
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XXX (excellent)
in Mrs. Clark's custody
ordered by BF from Mass. Hort. Library
Sweeney confirms DO does not have and wants to buy
Sweeney to check DO holdings for
Diana and Actaeon
mosaics in loggia
murals in loggia
Dianthera americana
P. H. No. 106 (Aquatic)
The Dianthus, A Flower Monograph (Ingwesen)
received by MxF Memorial Library
Dianthus
Cyclops seeds
P. H. No. 105 (single and double varieties)
seeds, 3 varieties
Dianthus barbatus
P. H. No. 102
Dianthus beatrix
for Casa Dorinda
P. H. No. 101
Dianthus ferrugineus
P. H. No. 103
Dianthus plumarius
P. H. No. 104
Dianthus supurbus
Lucking to see if it can be had
Diary (Abbé David)
received by MxF Memorial Library
Diary of a Scotch gardener (Blaikie)
marked X (fair)
A Diary of an Eighteenth Century Garden (Calthrop)
received by MxF Memorial Library
Diary of Independence Hall
order for
payment received for
diathermia, for arthritis, MB to BF on
Dicentra cucullaris
P. H. No. 107-107A-107B (three prints)
Dicentra eximia
P. H. No. 108
Dicentra spectabilis
from entrance gate to Terrior Column, right side, p.52
P. H. No. 109-109A (two prints)
Dichiarazione dei disegno del reale palazzo di Caserta … (Vanvitelli)
Batsford order cancelled for
June 1949 list
offered by Rosenthal
has been asked for
ordered from Batsford
two copies already owned by DO
Dickinson, Emily
Harvard committee "ransack" house of
Houghton Library room honoring
amount of extra expenses MB to pay
budget inadequate for
carpeting samples sent to MB and
Jackson grateful for MB's offer for funding of extra expenses for
MB asked for assistance with
MB not wishing her name to be emphasized as supporter of
MB's and JT's opinion needed on table for
model of, photographs sent to MB
opening of, announcement details
when will MB be in Boston for meeting on?
inquiry on loans from Harvard Library to DO Founders room of materials on or by
MB invited to visit to her Amherst house with committee
negotiations delayed for ‘purchase' of
Dickson, Frederick Stoever
And the Wilderness blossomed
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Dictamnus (burning bush), for British scented garden for the blind
Dictionary of botanical equivalents: German-English, Dutch- English, Italian-English (Artschwager)
marked XX (good)
Dictionary of Botany (Abercrombie)
Dictionary of English Names of Plants (Miller)
Clark considers
Diderot-D'Alembert
Encyclopedié Agriculture et Economie Rustique
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
MB selection of
in Mrs. Clark's custody
Didiscus coerulea
Ann. No. 81
Didymus seat
under construction
Lank promised for Sept. 30
RH asking Lank to put aside work on
Dielytra plants, for 1922 flower garden
Diesel, Matthias
Erlustierende Augenweide: die schönsten Gärten und Lustgebäude um München, Salzburg, Passau, Regensburg und Paris
Goff note to MB regarding
offered by L'Art Ancien S.A. Zurich
Dietzgen (Eugene) Co., stencil lettering outfit from
for Catalogue House displays
information to be sent to Sweeney
Digitalis
to be sown summer of 1922
farquhars superb mix
Ivers spotted
in Catalogue House displays
improved White Beauty
invoice
seeds order
Shirley strain seeds
on terrace between bird walk and kitchen garden
in upper kitchen garden (former cutting garden)
in upper kitchen garden (former cutting garden), p.21
Digitalis gloxiniaeflora alba
invoice
seeds order
Digitalis grandiflora
Ambigua seeds order
as perennial seeds for MB
Digitalis purpurea
P. H. No. 110 (Painted panel)
P. H. No. 111 (Pink and White)
white, as perennial seeds for MB
Dijon, France
street named for Focillon and art exhibition honoring Focillon father and son in
Dill, John, monument to
Dillistone, George
Planning and planting of little gardens
marked X (fair)
Dimock, Mr., on honorarium for Hendrickson's translations
Dimorphotheca
west wall panels
Dimorphotheca aurantiaca
seeds invoice
seeds orders
Dimorphotheca ecklonis seeds invoice
dining room
console for
Diospyros virginiana
Nos. 1 and 79
Nos. 46 and 47
persimmon
Cockylocky
plant listings
Rose Garden
T.D. No. (none given)
from terrace D's south gate to Orangery, p.50
Diplacus, Van Rensselaer paper on
dipping well
deferring discussion of
finding position for
and grape arbor in kitchen garden
MB still wants!
Dipsacus sylvestris
Bi. No. 9
in whirligig display
Directions for the gardiner and other horticultural advice (Evelyn)
recommended by Mass. Hort. librarian
Director's House, DO. See also Thacher, John S., house of
DO garage remodeling for
photograph of, for postcard
Steinbraker asked for tracing of first floor of
and terrace, plantings of, p.33
and terrace, plantings of, p.34
Director's House, Huntington Library
BF gratitude for Blisses' visit to
last receptions at, thanks for Blisses attending
orchids from, as gift by Farrands to DO
plans and elevations sent to Blisses
Waterman visit to
Disel, Matthias. See Diesel, Matthias
Dispacus sylvestris
P. H. No. 112
A dissertation on Oriental Gardening (Chambers)
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
"Distant View of Edinburgh" (copperlate)
ordered from Argosy
De la distribution des maisons de plaisance, et de la decoration des edifices en general (Blondel)
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XXX (excellent)
in Mrs. Clark's custody
District Ornamental Iron Works
iron railings for North Vista by
ironwork proposal asked from
North Vista iron railing construction by
authorization for
District Stone Works Co., as paving materials contractor
Ditchfield, P. H.
Picturesque English Cottages and Their Doorway Gardens
marked XX (good)
Divers, W. H.
Spring flowers at Belvoir Castle
marked X (fair)
Des divers styles de jardins: modèles de grandes et petites résidences: sur l'art décoratif des jardins: jardins européens et jardins orientaux (Fouquier and Duchêne)
marked X (fair)
marked XX (good)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Dobyns, Winifred Starr
California Gardens
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Dochnahl, Friedrich Jakob
Bibliotheca hortensis: vollständige garten-bibliothek
marked XXX (excellent)
Dodds, Harold Willis
opening of DO research library and museum and
Dodge, Harrison Howell
Mount Vernon, its owner and its story
in Sweeney's office
Dodge, Robert G.
Association for the Arnold Arboretum, Inc. and
Dodge people
at Casa Dorinda, repair bill for
Dodoens, Rembert
A nievve herball; or, Historie of plantes
received from Staack
Crüÿdeboeck
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
No. 12 in Staack catalogue
BF recommends DO buy
sent to DO from Staack
Dodsley, J.
Planting and ornamental gardening
June 1949 list
dogs
Chatfield-Taylor's, damage to DO flowers by
in the Dumbarton Oaks Gardens
protections at 28th & Q St. house for
sent to Blisses from Bryce
Tango (MB's)
dogwood. See also Cornus florida
beauty of in spring 1947
flowering, choices for Catalogue House displays and
Fountain Terrace south wall vases for
Hopkins's plan for Ellipse and
providing fall color at DO
not as vivid as usual
Donaldson, Chase, Mrs.
Donnelly, Ignatius
Caesar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century
Doornick, Marcus. See Cause, Hendrick
Doors
in house between gallery and living room
in house between library and living room
Doorways and Dormers of Old Georgetown (Torbert)
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Doria group
bird bath in Forsythia Circle and
Doria stone
for benches on North Vista and East Lawn
for east wall seat in Arbor Terrace
for Mélisande's Allée steps
scrap, to be shaped by Jimmy for area outside Mediterranean Highway
for scrolls but not steps
for south steps of Arbor Terrace
JT against using
source located for
for Terrior table-bench
uncut, keep for future use
vase, column and finial of, in Lilac Circle
vase and pedestal, in Lilac Circle
ways to save costs using
where scrolls meet Crab Orchard steps, arriving, and cutting to start
Doronicum caucasicum
P. H. No. 113
Dorr, Mr.
Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations and
Dorsey, William H.
built house at DO
on historic tablet
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
BF account of payment to
book announcement
Doudna, Mr.
as chaperone to teachers visiting Reef Point
Doudna, Mrs.
Reef Point library work by
Sweeney visit to Reef Point and
Dougal, Katherine
Douglas, Walter, Mrs.
Douglass, Frederick
The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
dove cote, deferring discussion of
Down the Garden Path (Nichols)
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
in Garden Guide office
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Downey, Glanville
on Blisses' inability to help fund Robinson volume
finishes writing book on Constantinople
on gold rings with Emperor Constantine's image
sending MB copy of his paper read at the Symposium
on settling in Princeton after year as DO Fellow
Downing, Andrew Jackson
The architecture of country houses
marked X (fair)
Cottage residences, or, A series of designs for rural cottages and cottage villas, and their gardens and grounds: adapted to North America
BF recommends DO buy
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
marked XX (good)
landscape design books of, Sweeney's 1948 research on
Landscape gardening
BF recommends DO buy
bought for DO by BF
Feb. 1949 list
ordered by BF from Mass. Hort. Library
Sweeney to check DO holdings for
Rural Essays, marked XX (good)
A treatise on the theory and practice of landscape gardening, adapted to North America; with a view to the improvement of country residences … With remarks on rural architecture …
BF recommends DO buy
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Downs, Olin
dedication of Ernest Schelling's bust at Carnegie Hall and
Doyle, Marion Wade (Mrs. Henry Grattan)
Dr. Sutton & Sons Ltd.
account of payment to
account to Harvard of payment to
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1947
flower seed invoices
1941
1942
1943
seeds orders
1943
1943, for hard-to-obtain seeds
1947
Garden Agent account and
for greenhouse
over-ordered
Dracaena
at Casa Dorinda, to be removed
for Casa Dorinda from Mrs. Kennerly
suppressing in Orangery
Dracocephalum virginianum
P. H. No. 114
west wall panels
drainage system, for Garden of Fragrance
Draper, Henry W.
spreading word of DO open to schools and
Draper, Miss
on Bar Harbor fire
DO gardens's visit by
due to visit DO
funding Sweeney print-hunting in New York and
relaying news between Blisses and Farrands
Sweeney visit in New York with
Draper, Theodora T.
draughting, BF account to Harvard of
Drawing Room
as Founders' Room
under Harvard management, to remain unimpaired
plants needed for
proposed closing during the war of
Stanhopia orchid blooming in
terrace under
Crown Prince and Crown Princess visit and
terra cotta vases could be placed at
drinking cups for DO visitors
as necessary expenditure
ordering
price for
Dropmore Park, plan of, BF keeping
Drosera longifolia
P. H. No. 115 (Bog herb)
Drury, Katherine
Drury, Newton B.
BF assured that no further contact needed this fall with
Casa Dorinda visit by
Committee on Dumbarton Oaks Park and
appointments to
on gift of DO Park to the nation
interest in DO Park by
Nov. meeting with
BF suggesting
date and time set
scheduling
Reef Point visit by
Dry Wall Gardens (Smith)
marked XX (good)
Du Cane, Florence and Ella Du Cane
The Flowers and Gardens of Japan
bought for DO by BF
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked X (fair)
ordered from Fiedler
with prints in color
received from Fiedler
Du Cerceau arbor
in Arbor Terrace
cornice and post capital
details
elevations, sections and plans
RH sketch for stuccoed panels in. See also Arbor Garden or Terrace
RP unable to comment on, having not seen drawings for
for terrace E
details
elevations, sections and plans
du Pont, Harry
asking MB about receipt of Alliums
on Garden Design Committee
on Reid's nerines
du Pont, Henry, Arnold Arboretum and
Duane, William North
death of, as loss to community
luncheon at Gen. Lassiter's with
pain of whole household equipment sold of
Duane, William North, Mrs.
condolences to MB on loss of
death of
Duchêne, Achille
Des divers styles de jardins: modèles de grandes et petites résidences: sur l'art décoratif des jardins: jardins européens et jardins orientaux (with Fouquier)
marked X (fair)
marked XX (good)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Dulaney, Bill
asking to photograph DO gardens, refused
Dulau's Dept. of Blackwell's Ltd. See also Blackwell (B. H.) Ltd.
book order sent to
books ordered but not received from
nothing of note in
Sweeney on receipt of shipment from
Dumbarton, Rock of
Clark on location of, as boundary for DO
on historic tablet
Queen Anne grant to N. Beall of
Dumbarton Brook
as potential name for Dumbarton Oaks Park
Dumbarton Oaks. See also Dumbarton Oaks Conferences; Dumbarton Oaks Papers; Dumbarton Oaks Park; Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection; garage at DO; historic tablets; House at DO; main entrance, DO; open garden days; Washington Conversations on International Organization
address of, IMS on which to use?
August to October 1947 program for, as heavy, heavy strain
autumn loveliness during BF visit to
BF cuts all ties with
medicos on
BF thanking MB for every plant at
boundaries of
Dumbarton Rock and
north
preservation of, for sense of seclusion
R Street and
T Street North on Oaks' survey and
construction of, photograph taken by Gray prior to
conveyed to Harvard
Sweeney's preparations for
timing of
dinner party celebrating founding of
Four Power Conference at. See Washington Conversations on International Organization
Fox of Abrams publishers wanting colour book on
gardens. See gardens, Dumbarton Oaks
grounds policy. See garden policy at DO
under Harvard management. See also garden policy at DO
alterations and library at
BF on primary purpose for
crossed wires at, BF to take up question of
educational focus of, BF on gardens and
educational focus of, JT on gardens and
Garden Library and garden fellowship and educational focus of
renovations of
Landscape Architecture article on. See Landscape Architecture
MB sent pictures to BF of
new wings for, Davis sends plans to BF of
Olive's invoice for furniture work at
Phillips on beauty of Blisses' creation at
pictures prior to house and garden facelift of
postcards of. See postcards, picture
Princeton and Harvard on future of
sculpture gallery for. See also Museum
BF on eagerness to see construction details
Conant and
details for opening of
ground plan and maquette photo for BF
halt to work after removal of oak and box bushes
landscaping for
on west of Music Room
shutdown on December 31, 1942 of
silver and linen lists, Sweeney's work on
slipshod maintenance of buildings and grounds
snowfall at
spring 1946 schedule for
State Dept. meetings on rubber situation at
surveys of
Crabapple Hill
Kitchen Gardens
north boundary and completion of
showing 40 ft. drop from Orangery to pool
tax-exempt status
Sweeney's future at DO and
Thacher's 1942 effort on
Title to, framed for use in the Orangery
United Nations meetings at
Dumbarton Oaks (Administrative) Committee (Board). See also Dumbarton Oaks Garden Advisory Committee
BF's resignation accepted with great reluctance by
DO grounds policy report sent to
further meeting at end of June
JT on garden policy for grounds, gardens, and greenhouses to
May 30, 1942 meeting, JT's anxieties concerning
meeting prior to BF visit in early June
members of
summer meeting postponed
tentative May 1943 meeting date for
Dumbarton Oaks Bulletin
MB pleased with
with pictures of house and gardens, sent to BF
The Dumbarton Oaks Collection (Ross)
Laurent review in Revue des Études Byzantines of
Dumbarton Oaks Conferences. See also Symposia at DO; Washington Conversations on International Organization
on art, Washington Post on
Forsyth gratitude for
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Advisory Committee
appoints first research fellow in landscape architecture
dummy for projecting seat on north side of Ellipse and
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Bulletin
BF clarifying MB's inquiry about
JT on BF's offer to write
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Endowment Fund
BF shout of rejoicement for
MB and JT to establish mechanism for activities to be taken under
MB on scope of
unequivocal terms for
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Scholarships. See also appreciation letters
Edwards's recommendations for improvement of
recipient biographies 1959
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens maps
Bliss/Farrand plan for the Gardens, 1941
Comprehensive physical plan, 1976
Dumbarton Oaks gold medallion
as struck not cast
Dumbarton Oaks Papers
Mr. Updike and publication of
no. 1, census of Christian and Byzantine objects for
no. 2, Ross's own copy sent to Hermitage
no. 6, Gustav IV Adolf thanks for
Dumbarton Oaks Park. See also Gillen, F. F.; Root, Irving C.
Advisory Committee
appointments to, BF accepts
appointments to, formalized
appointments to, status of ?
appointments to, thank you for
authorization for
BF and JT meeting with Root and
Blisses shocked at condition of Park
Drury appointment of BF to
form and costs of
June meeting of
June meeting of, any result from?
June meeting of, BF unable to attend
RB on formation of
RB proposal to Drury on composition of
reason for, JT vs. BT and MB on
Root on
stream conditions discussions, leaving to Blisses
three old men and
BF to meet with Gillen and Thompson of
BF to meet with Kline and Root of
Board, hiring Mr. Root and
budget for 1944, question of, to Mr. Thompson
budget request to National Capital Parks for
Clifton hillside path
Bryce's uncertainty about
Kline's review of
MB on BF's interpretation of
MB on widening
Nov. meeting to settle
results from walkaround by MB, JT, RB?
staked out
decision made on
decision to be made in August on
Drury on groundwork laid by Blisses in
fund dedicated to
MB proposal
minimum and maximum for
needs, options, and limitations analysis of
no action by Blisses on
suggestion of
key for gate being made for Bryce to
name of
MB's ideas for changing
possibility of changing?
potential, Dumbarton Brook as
nature walk through
New York Times story about
notes for BF to check on with Thompson
path widening in
under Bryce's supervision
clarifying for MB to JT on reasons for
Drury on accord with
Root and
plant replacement list for
pool shore lines
original plan for
plan to revise
RB on use as "Kew Garden" of
Root interview for work with
sign for, to be moved from west to east side of Lovers' Lane
stone benches for, Thompson unable to review
storm water sewer line "D" through
BF thoughts on
inspection with Advisory Committee
line change and
line generally satisfactory for
stream
being dredged
BF delighted by dredging of
cleaning as essential to upkeep of
cleaning neglected due to budget for
conditions, leaving discussions to Blisses
flooding
planting plan for
preparation for purchasing plants for
widening in
Times-Herald story about
vista through
arranging for cutting of
cuts made for
Washington Star story about
weeding in, BF to ask Mr. Thompson about
Whitehaven Street entrance to
Blisses on design and construction of
corrections to sketches of
MB thanks RH for sketches of
RH and MB to review rough sketch of
RH invoice Oct. 1 to Nov. 30, 1940 for
sketch sent to MB
sketches sent to BF who defers to MB on
wood from fallen oak on Clifton hill in
wooden gate across Hazel walk and
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Executive Committee, mission for and members of
First Ten Years publication (1950), planning for
New York Times on
Scholarly Committee, mission for and members of
Sessions's concerns on illness and returning to
DO Administrative Committee on
Thacher as director of, MB praise for
Times-Herald on
Visiting Committee, mission for and members of
Washington Post on
Washington Star on
working areas changed
dummies. See also scale model
architectural, Fisher preparing U.N. publication on use of
of bench for entrance niche of Museum
of console for north court wall at House, full size, Kearny has mounted
of coping at front door
for Ellipse, projecting seat on north side of
in Fellows' Building, small models and
of finials either side of Quod Severis Metes
for forsythia gate
for forsythia seat inscription, J. Davis to send
for Gray's Memorial, by Coles
of historic tablet, for deciding position for
of historic tablet, MB scheduling and RH delivery in DC of
of historic tablet, public reaction to placement of
for historic tablet to be criticized and reworked
of horseshoe steps
of iron flowers, sent to John Davis
of Latin inscription, made by RH
of letters for Gray's Memorial, Coles making
model of building
of North Bay steps, destroyed
of North Vista finials, to be made
second, of wood and iron XX for Museum Cortile
dump, at Dumbarton Oaks
to remain as is until Fellows' Building additions made
what can be done to improve?
Dunlap, Katharine
Dunlop, Bessie Lee Power (Mrs. Wm. David)
Dunlop, George T., Mrs.
Dunthorne, Gordon
Flower and fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries: their history, makers and uses, with a catalogue raisonné of the works in which they are found
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
in Mrs. Clark's custody
with prints in color
Dunthorne, Gordon (bookseller)
Duprat, Monsieur
Durand, Herbert
Field book of common ferns
recommended by Mass. Hort. librarian
Wild flowers and ferns: in their homes and in our gardens
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
marked XXX and owned by Arnold Arboretum
suggested for DO
Duranta
at Casa Dorinda
Durer letters, Havey locates
Durfee, Walter H.
condolences on McDaniels's death to
on McDaniels's death
Dushkin, Sam and Louise
Dutch Bulbs and Gardens, painted by Mima Nixon ; described by Una Silberrad and Sophie Lyall
marked XX (good)
Dutton, Ralph
The English Country House
added to MxF Library at Reef Point
June 1949 list
received at DO
The English Garden
Feb. 1949 list
in Garden Guide office
June 1949 list
French châteaux open to the public (with Holden)
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
marked XXX and owned by Arnold Arboretum
suggested for DO
Dvornik, Rev. Francis
book Miss Rathbone to show to
Byzantium and the Slavs Symposium at DO (April 1952) and
agenda for
gratitude to Blisses for
The making of Central and Eastern Europe
copy sent to Blisses
as gift to DO Fellow
MB schedule preventing visit in London with
postcard from Canada by
on representing American scholars of Byzantine art in Europe
short piece in Analuta Bollandiana on Early Russia by
The slavs, their early history and civilization
copy sent to Blisses
printing delayed for
Dwarf and slow-growing conifers (Hornibrook)
marked X (fair)
ordered from Dulau
ordered from Fiedler
Dye, Daniel Sheets
A grammar of Chinese lattice
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
Dyer, T. F. Thistleton
The folk lore of plants
marked XX (good)
Dykes, William Rickatson
A handbook of garden irises
marked X (fair)
Notes on tulip species
bought for DO by BF
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XXX (excellent)
ordered from Dulau
as potential for DO Garden Library
with prints in color
received from Blackwell's
suggested for DO
The genus Iris
BF on acquisition for Garden Library of
does DO already own?
folio ed. of
June 1949 list
marked X (fair)
not received by Sweeney
received from Quaritch
"Dynamic Symmetry as Applied to the Potter" (Journal of the American Ceramic Society)
"Dynamic Symmetry for the Designers Point of View" (American Journal of Archaeology)