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J. Horace McFarland Co. See also American Rose Annual
American Rose Annual
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
My Friend the Rose
account of payment for
invoice
J. M. Dent & Son, (Toronto bookseller used by BF)
jacarandas, to be removed at Casa Dorinda
Jack, T. C. and E. C.
Rhododendrons and azaleas
marked XX (good)
Jack-in-the-pulpit for Fountain Terrace south wall vases
Jackman, George
The clematis as a garden flower (with Moore)
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked X (fair)
ordered from Gregory
ordered from Woodburn
received from Gregory
received from Woodburn
Jackquin, Nikolaus Joseph von
Hortus Botanicus Vindobonensis
BF advises against purchasing
Jackson, B. D.
Guide to Literature of Botany: classified selection of Botanical Works
Jackson, Liana Clark (Mrs. Richard Fray)
Jackson, Richard
The chronicles of Georgetown, D.C., from 1751-1878
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Jackson, William A. See also Harvard University, Houghton Library of
on Emily Dickinson purchase negotiations delay
sending volume to MB
suggestions for cataloguer for DO and
on Woolf manuscripts and diaries
donors suggested for acquisition of
seeking MB's financial assistance with
Jacob, Joseph
Tulips
marked X (fair)
Jacobsohn, Max, arthritis cures for MB by
Jaffé (postcard producer)
Metropolitan Museum on
Stewart negatives to be loaned to?
Jäger, Hermann
Gartenkunst und Gärten sonst und jetzt
marked X (fair)
Jaggar, T. A.
Union through the Ages
received by MxF Memorial Library
Jakobson, Roman
James, Harlean
Land planning in the United States for the City, State, and Nation
Sweeney's 1948 research on
James, Miss Jennie (in St. Louis)
James Bain Limited (bookseller)
Lilies of the World (Woodcock and Stern) ordered from
London bookseller used by BF
titles received at DO from
titles received at Reef Point and sent to DO
James Foundation
RP discussions on Reef Point disposition with
James River Garden Club
Historic gardens of Virginia and
in DO Garden Library
James Veitch & Sons. See also Veitch, James H.
A manual of the coniferae
in DO Garden Library
June 1949 list
ordered from Dulau
received at DO
Jamme, Albert, recommended to decipher inscription on DO horse
Janney, E. Elliott
January, Josephine
Japanese acuba
Aucuba japonica
east along walk between R St. wall and 31st St. entrance, p.19
East Lawn
R Street, front of house
Japanese beetles
Ampelopsis heterophylla thriving despite
Japanese embassy
Jussie brought official gardeners to visit DO from
Japanese flower arrangement [Ike-bana] applied to western needs (Averill)
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
Japanese gardeners visiting DO
Japanese Gardens (Taylour)
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list. See Villiers-Stuart, C. M.
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
ordered from Dulau
with prints in color
received from Blackwell's
Japanese hemlock (Tsuga Sieboldii)
for R Street border
Japanese maple. See also Acer palmatum
east of Orangery, storm damage to
under elm near Terrior, removal of?
Japanese yew. See Taxus cuspidata
Jaquin, Nicholai Joseph
Botanicum Historicum
Jardin Botanique de Montreal
books given to MxF Memorial Library by
seeds given to Reef Point from Quebec's Ungava Peninsula by
Jardin de Monceau (de la Fosse)
received at DO
Le jardin de plaisir (Mollett)
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
June 1949 list
in Mrs. Clark's custody
recommended by Mass. Hort. librarian
Le jardin du roy tres chrestien Loys XIII, roy de France et de Navare… (Vallet)
marked XXX (excellent)
Le jardinier fleuriste et historiographe, ou la culture universelle des fleurs, arbres, arbustes, & arbrisseaux, servans à l'embellissement des jardins (Liger)
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
MB selection of
offer for
ordered
ordered from Argosy
received by MxF Memorial Library
received from Argosy
Le jardinier pratique; ou, Guide des Amateurs dans la Culture des Plantes Utiles et Agréables… (Rousselon)
received by MxF Memorial Library
Le jardinier solitaire; ou dialogues entre un curieux & un jardinier solitaire
received by MxF Memorial Library
Jardins anglo-chinois a la mode (Le Rouge) (French translation of Oriental Gardening) (Chambers)
marked XXX (excellent)
Des Jardins de France (Krafft). See Krafft, Jean Charles
Les jardins de France… (Ganay)
added to MxF Library at Reef Point
received by MxF Memorial Library
Les jardins de Versailles (Nolhac)
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
in Sweeney's office
Jardins d'Espagne (Gromort)
BF recommends DO buy
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
in Sweeney's office
Jardins d'Espanya (Rusiñol)
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
"Jardins" Dictionnaire des Beaux Arts Paris (Millin)
BF recommends DO buy
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
Jardins d'Italie (Gromort)
BF recommends DO buy
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
in Sweeney's office
Jardins du Gout le Plus Moderne (Stieglitz)
received by MxF Memorial Library
Jardins Francaise Classiques des XVII4 & XVIIIE Siecles (Maril)
June 1949 list
received by MxF Memorial Library
sent to DO from Reef Point
Jardins modernes: Exposition Internationale de 1937 (Greber)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Les jardins ou l'art d'embellir les paysages (Delille)
marked XX (good)
Jasminum (jasmine)
for British scented garden for the blind
in California
at Casa Dorinda
east of west barranca bridge
yellow, transplanting of
at Dumbarton Oaks
beginning of blooming by
buds frozen
buds on
dearth of blooming on
in Green Garden, p.44
for Green Garden?
for herbaceous border walls
white, on angle east of east salon window
Jasminum floridum
from terrace D's south gate to Orangery, p.50
Jasminum grandiflorum
in greenhouse at DO, Bryce confirmation of
R Street, front of house
between R Street wall and driveway, p.48
Jasminum humile
S. D. No. 59
Jasminum nudiflorum
along 32nd St. wall from kitchen entrance gate to JT's entrance gate, p.22
in Beech Terrace, p.44
in Beech Terrace on walls, p.46
from Beech Terrace to Loggia, p.44
C. No. 30
in the Copse
in the Copse, p.36
in the Copse, p.37
Crabapple Hill
from DO residence front entrance to Orangery, p.46
East Lawn, incl. wilderness, Gothic gardens, and Corkalockie walk to Orangery
from entrance gate to Terrior Column, right side, p.52
at Fellows' Quarters center courtyard entrance, p.27
at Fellows' Quarters west apartment courtyard, p.28
in garage court on walls, p.39
on Goat Walk from Wisteria Arbor to Box Walk, p.45
in Green Garden, p.45
hanging over wall from Copse, p.22
Iris Hill - Ellipse to Branch East of Forsythia Hill
from Iris Hill to bird walk and steps to cherry hill, p.31
in kitchen garden, south side, p.20
in kitchen garden on west wall
from kitchen garden steps to Lover's Lane fence and Lilac Circle, p.30
Lovers' Lane to Wilderness
on Mélisande's Allée, p.32
on Museum Cortile, west end, p.18
north of enclosed yard, p.25
north of house from copse east and including terraces A-E
on North Vista, first steps to lawn, p.39
at North Vista wooden steps, p.39
on North Vista's north bay, east and west sides of, p.39
over entrance doors and on steps, p.47
overhanging wall of tunnel roof, p.17
on path from Orchard Hill to herbaceous border, p.45
planted on east end of new Museum, status of?
pool to Lovers' Lane gate
in Rose Garden, p.42
S. D. No. 60
on slope between Superintendent's Cottage and Fellow's Quarters, p.27
on south side of kitchen garden on walls
on stone wall of terrace E, p.49
on terrace B (Urn Terrace), p.35
from terrace D's south gate to Orangery, p.50
from terrace E to orchard steps, p.29
at Terrior Column, p.52
in upper kitchen garden (former cutting garden)
in upper kitchen garden (former cutting garden), p.21
on walk between cutting garden and Box Walk, p.40
winter jasmine
for Apple Orchard and arbor
Jasminum officinale
Jaume Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri
Traité des arbres forestiers, ou, Histoire et description des arbres indigènes ou naturalisés…
June 1949 list
Jay, Mary Rutherford, working papers of
University of California, Berkeley to house
Jay, Susan, MB sends greetings to
Jayne, Horace H. F., postcard printing recommendations by
Jefferson, Percival, Mr. and Mrs.
Stevensoniana of
Jefferson, Thomas
Thomas Jefferson's Garden book, 1766-1824: with relevant extracts from his other writings / annotated by Edwin Morris Betts
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
Sweeney would like to have
in Sweeney's office
Jeffries, Emily E.
Jekyll, Francis
Gertrude Jekyll: a memoir
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
ordered from Fiedler
Jekyll, Gertrude
A gardener's testament: a selection of articles and notes
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked X (fair)
Annuals and Biennials
marked XX (good)
books by, as vacation reading for Sweeney
Children and Gardens
added to MxF Library at Reef Point
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
ordered from Gregory
received from Gregory
Colour in the flower garden
bought for DO by BF
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
marked XXX and owned by DO
not received by Sweeney
ordered from Fiedler
suggested for DO
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Colour schemes for the flower garden
added to MxF Library at Reef Point
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
ordered from Woodburn
received from Woodburn
as English professional gardener
Flower decoration in the house
added to MxF Library at Reef Point
Garden Ornament
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XXX (excellent)
in Sweeney's office
Gardens for Small Country Houses (with Weaver)
BF recommends DO buy
bought for DO by BF
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
in DO Garden Library
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
marked XXX, owned by DO and Arnold Arboretum
ordered by BF from Mass. Hort. Library
suggested for DO
Sweeney to check DO holdings for
Home and Garden
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XXX and owned by DO
suggested for DO
in Sweeney's office
Lilies for English Gardens
BF recommends DO buy
in DO Garden Library
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked X (fair)
ordered from Thorp
MB agrees on acquisition of works by
photographs taken by
received by MxF Memorial Library
portrait at Reef Point of
Roses for English Gardens (with Mawley)
bought for DO by BF
in DO Garden Library
Dulau's price for, held in reserve
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
ordered from Dulau
received at DO
received in Bar Harbor
small books by, as potential for DO Garden Library
Some English Gardens / after drawings by Elgood
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
with prints in color
in Sweeney's office
Sweeney's Reef Point visit and materials of
The pergola in English gardens
received by MxF Memorial Library
Wall and Water Gardens
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XXX and owned by DO
suggested for DO
Wood and Garden
to compare with Harvard Landscape Library
in DO Garden Library
as gift to Garden Club of Georgetown
June 1949 list
marked XXX, owned by DO and Arnold Arboretum
Sept. 1948
suggested for DO
in Sweeney's office
working papers, professional
acquired by Reef Point Gardens
arranging and filing of
DO would like to acquire
file drawers needed for
housing at Reef Point for
labeling and repairing of
Mass. Hort. Society offering for sale
Morris to act for MB on acquisition of
sorting and cataloguing at Reef Point of
University of California, Berkeley to house
Jellicoe, Geoffrey Alan
Baroque Gardens of Austria
BF recommends DO buy
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
in Sweeney's office
Garden Decoration and Ornament
marked XX (good)
Gardens & design (with Shepard)
marked X (fair)
Sweeney's 1948 research on
on IFLA-sponsored school at Beloeil
Italian Gardens of the Renaissance (with Shepard)
in DO Garden Library
in DO Rare Book Room 1941
Feb. 1949 list
June 1949 list
marked XX (good)
in Sweeney's office
Jellicoe, George
Rowans to visit with
Jellicoe, Mr.
as head of International Association of Garden Architects
Jellicoe, Patsy
Rowans to visit with
Jenkins (no first name), added to Bryce's crew
Jenkins, E. H.
The rock garden
marked X (fair)
Jennings, Mary (Mrs. H.)
Jessup, Walter A.
as good democrat for Foerster Committee
MB thanks for MxF's suggestion of
Jesup Memorial Library (Bar Harbor, Maine)
Benjamin Franklin (Farrand) given to
jetbead (Rhodotypos scandeus)
Front Lawn
jeweler, name of? for selling unused items to
MB telegram after letter not received
thanks for
jewelry, Byzantine
7th century, Ross's photographs to show Blisses of
Ross plans for book on
Jewett, Ruttger
DO inscription sent to McDaniels by
MB asks for Greek translation by McDaniels through
on McDaniels as Greek scholar
John H. Van Zonneveld Co.
experimental order
account to Harvard of payment to
payment to
tulips and hyacinths ordered from
The John Harvard Library, publications announcement
Johnson, A. T.
A garden in Wales
marked X (fair)
Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Magnolias, Camellias and Ornamental Cherries
added to MxF Library at Reef Point
Johnson, Fridolf
Johnson, George William
A history of English gardening, chronological, biographical, literary, and critical
Sweeney's 1948 research on
Johnson, Mrs., on Sam Woods visiting DO gardens
Johnston, E. F.
A book of wayside fruits and wild flowers (with McKenny)
recommended by Mass. Hort. librarian
Johnston, Edith Newlands
Johnston, Ellen
Johnston, Frances, request to photograph DO by
Johnston, James M., Mrs.
Jones (Wm. J.) & Co.
account to Harvard of payment to
shipping bulbs
1941
1942
1943
1944
Jones, Gilbert, Mrs.
Jones, H. Orton, photographs by
Jones, Howard Mumford
Jones, Leila M. (Mrs. Gilbert E.)
gratitude for Phytanthoza Icongraphica returned to
Phytanthoza Icongraphica offered for sale to MB by
Jones, Mary Cadwalader (Minnie or Mrs. Mudski). See also Lantern Slides
BF remembrances of
birthday celebration for
grateful for invitation to see DO gardens
gratitude for MB gift at sailing of
on MB's affection for BF
photographs of Constantinople and Greece sent to JT
remembrance of death (9.22.1935) of
BF knowing MB's thoughts will be with her for
loving thoughts from MilRob today more than ever
MB only one who remembered
MCJ would be proud of BF
sorry to have missed MB in New York
on visit in England with BF
Jones, Mary Calloway (Mrs. Frank F.)
Jones, Robert Edmond, and family, sent RB orchid in hospital
Jordan, Mrs., Gainsborough portrait of
Jorss (A. F.) Ironworks Co., Inc.
bid for North Vista iron railing by
ironwork proposal asked from
Joseph Breck & Sons
account to Harvard of payment to
rose order
for March delivery
roses available from
seeds invoices
Cynglossum amabile Fairy Blue
unnamed flowers
seeds orders
Les joubarbes (Correvon)
marked XX (good)
Journal of a voyage to North America. Undertaken by order of the French king. Containing the geographical description and natural history of that country, particularly Canada. Together with an account of the customs, characters, religion, manners and traditions of the original inhabitants. In a series of letters to the Duchess of Lesdiguières
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
"Dynamic Symmetry as Applied to the Potter"
Journal of the International Federation of Landscape Architects
Journals (Emerson)
The joyful gardener (Rothery)
received by MxF Memorial Library
Judas-tree, Sweeney's garden talk notes about
Judd & Detweiler Co.
making proofs of DO postcards
postcard order from
Judd, William H.
BF arranging Van Rensselaer visit with
BF seeking ideas for reference books on mosses from
consulting at Reef Point
on hopes to retire to Santa Barbara
on Pacific states' version of Rehder's Manual of cultivated trees and shrubs
idea of appeals to MB
plant identification for DO by
azalea cutting sent to
Juglans cinerea
butternut between greenhouse side door and road, p.38
in Catalogue House display Oct. 4, 1941
No. 15
No. 51
No. 58
Sweeney's garden talk notes about
T. D. Nos. 49 and 50
Juglans nigra
in Catalogue House display Oct. 4, 1941
eastern black walnut
for Apple Orchard and arbor
Hillside back and east of greenhouse and west to spring
from kitchen garden steps to Lover's Lane fence and Lilac Circle, p.30
on lower part of Allée to Lilac Circle, p.32
No. 16
No. 25
north of enclosed yard, p.25
northwest of Mrs. Clark's cottage, p.26
Nos. 11, 27, 30, 32, 39
Nos. 81 and 94
numerous
on path to paint house from Mrs. Clark's path, p. 26
pool to Lovers' Lane gate
Sweeney's garden talk notes about
T. D. No. 51
Juglans regia, at Lovers' Lane Pool
p.32
Juglans regia
between pool and Lovers' Lane gate
Julius Blum, Inc. (bronze supplier)
Junior Natural History (magazine)
subscription for
Juniperus communis
T. E. No. 3
Juniperus lucayana
No. 26
Juniperus virginiana (red cedar)
32nd Street border, south side
No. 61
Nos. 144, 150
between R Street wall and driveway, p.48
T. E. No. 4
Junketeers (New York social group)
Juritsky (no first name)
Ross on meeting with
Ross wondering if Blisses were able to do anything with
Jussie, Frederick
Just weeds (Spencer)
recommended by Mass. Hort. librarian
Justicia flava
Justin II, consuls appointed under
Justinian, consuls appointed under