< > 1 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z nacre, delivered to DO N.A.G. See National Association of Gardeners Name this flower: a simple way of finding out the names of common plants without previous knowledge of botany… (Bonnier) in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list in Garden Guide office June 1949 list in Sweeney's office Nancy grilles, for Loggia balustrade and East perron railings Nandina domestica border of service drive to Fellows' Quarter, p.28 heavenly bamboo Iris Hill - Ellipse to Branch East of Forsythia Hill Narcissus or Narcissi. See also daffodils; specific species of Aerolite for DO and National Gallery Agnes Harvey invoice Alaska for DO and National Gallery Alcida for DO and National Gallery Anna Croft for DO and National Gallery Beersheba Bu. No. 70 Ben Hur invoice BF account of payment for BF on her discounts vs. Bryce's purchase of Bi-color trumpet varieties Bu. No. 73 Bryce on quantities and varieties to order for Casa Dorinda Chinese Sacred Comrade, at Reef Point Croesus for DO and National Gallery invoice 1943 Diana Kasner for DO and National Gallery invoices order order, for forcing order for DO and Blisses double varieties Bu. No. 97 Emperor, for naturalizing BF review for Bryce of order for order 1947 Empress for DO and National Gallery from entrance gate to Terrior Column, right side, p.52 Fairy (Yellow daffodil) Bu. No. 66 February Gold invoices Francisca Drake invoice Garden Club of Virginia classification for annual exhibit of Gertie Millar invoices order order, for forcing Glory of Lisse, BF inquiry about institutional orders of Glory of Sassenheim for DO and National Gallery Golden Sceptre invoices order order, for forcing Golden Spur Bu. No. 67 Helios invoices order order, for forcing Helios Incomp. order for DO and Blisses Hera invoice John Evelyn for DO and National Gallery invoices order order, for forcing John Evelyn Incomp. order for DO and Blisses King Alfred Bu. No. 69 oversize, for DO and National Gallery Laurens Koster invoice Louis Capet invoices on lower part of Allée to Lilac Circle, p.32, in variety Lucinius for DO and National Gallery Marmora at Reef Point Mary Copeland-Twink Bu. No. 97 double varieties May Maloney, at Reef Point Medusa invoice Mélisande's Allée, p.32 Milford Haven invoice Minister Talma for DO and National Gallery Moonshine invoices Mrs. Backhouse Bu. No. 70 Mrs. E. H. Krelage invoices order order, for forcing Mrs. E. H. Krelage-La Vestale Bu. No. 70 invoice Mrs. Nette O'Melveny invoices Nette O'Melveny invoice order order, for forcing Niobe invoices northwest of Mrs. Clark's cottage, p.26 Olympia Bu. No. 69 for DO and National Gallery Orange Cup invoices order 1947, for forcing Orange Queen invoices on path to Mrs. Clark's cottage from service walk, p.25 on path to paint house from Mrs. Clark's path, p. 26 on path under grape arbor Pearl Bu. No. 97 double varieties Pearly Queen invoices Peter Barr (White trumpet) Bu. No. 71 Poldhu, at Reef Point Preserve for DO and National Gallery President Carnot invoice Primrose Girl, at Reef Point Queen of the North invoices order order, for forcing RB on blooming "lakes of" Red Beacon for DO and National Gallery Red Cross invoices order order, for forcing Red Cross Incomp. order for DO and Blisses Silver Star invoices on slope between Superintendent's Cottage and Fellow's Quarters, p.27 Snowdrift, at Reef Point Spring Glory (Bi-color) Bu. No. 68 Stateliness, at Reef Point Stella Pratt for DO and National Gallery invoice Sublime, at Reef Point Sweeney on classification of Sweeney's garden talk notes about Tenedos, at Reef Point on terrace between bird walk and kitchen garden in variety between Terrace D and reflecting pool, p.29 from terrace D's south gate to Orangery, p.50 Thalia invoices order order, for forcing trumpet daffodils varied Bu. No. 72 Victoria for DO and National Gallery white, for Terrace E, Gray question on planting of White Trumpet Mrs. E. H. Krelage order for DO and Blisses white trumpets Bu. No. 70 Will Scarlett for DO and National Gallery Yellow Poppy for DO and National Gallery invoices Yellow Poppy (Incomp.) order for DO and Blisses yellow trumpet daffodil Bu. No. 65 Narcissus barri Bath's Flame, Bu. No. 80 Bu. No. 79 Firetale, Orange King, Early Surprise, & Mrs. Barclay for DO and National Gallery Lady Diana Manners, Bu. No. 81 Masterpiece, Bu. No. 82 Niobe, order for DO and Blisses Narcissus bulbocodium, for Reef Point Narcissus cyclameneus February Gold, order for DO and Blisses Narcissus incomparabilis Bernardino, Bu. No. 76 Bu. No. 74 (with Leedsi, Poeticus, and double) Bu. No. 75 Francisca Drake-Croesus & Bernardino Carbineer, Bu. No. 77 Helios, invoice 1945 John Evelyn Bu. No. 78 invoice Red Cross, invoice The narcissus: its history and culture with coloured plates and descriptions of all known species and principal varieties (Burbidge) Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list offered by Quaritch in London received at DO received from Staack sent to DO Narcissus jonquilla Bi-florus, Bu. No. 98 Boerhaave, Bu. No. 90 Bu. No. 87 hybrids Queen of Spain, Capernelle single, Chrysolite-Tullus hostilius - Campernelle plenus - Camp Jonquil Bu. No. 88 Golden Sceptre, order for DO and Blisses Tazetta-alba, Bu. No. 91 Tazetta-alba flore pleno, Bu. No. 92 Tazetta-alba var. bicolor, Bu. No. 93 Tazetta-alba var. Lutea, Bu. No. 94 Triandrus albus, Bu. No. 89 Narcissus leedsii beauty of in spring 1947 at Reef Point Bu. No. 74 (with Incomparabilis, Poeticus, and double) Bu. No. 83 Lord Kitchener, Gertie Millar, Nettie O'Melveny and Silver Star, Hera Gertie Millar invoice order for DO and Blisses Hera, order for DO and Blisses Louis Capet, order for DO and Blisses Mrs. Nette O'Melveny invoice order for DO and Blisses out of stock at Oregon Bulb due to labor shortage not disappointed regarding Queen of the North Bu. No. 84 invoice order for DO and Blisses at Reef Point Silver Star, order for DO and Blisses White Lady, Bu. No. 85 White Queen, Bu. No. 86 Narcissus lobularia, at Reef Point? Narcissus minimus, at Reef Point Narcissus minor, at Reef Point Narcissus moschatus, at Reef Point? Narcissus nanus, at Reef Point Narcissus "Pheasant's Eye" changes to order order Narcissus poetaz Orange Cup invoice order for DO and Blisses Narcissus poeticus Arnold Arboretum interest in Oregon Bulb Farms offer of Bu. No. 74 (with Leedsi, Incomparabilis, and double) Bu. No. 95 Bu. No. 96 Narcissus poeticus "Pheasant's Eye" order Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus "Pheasant's Eye" in DO Park Narcissus recurvus BF inquiry about institutional orders of changes to order order for naturalizing Narcissus triandrus Agnes Harvey, order for DO and Blisses albus, for Reef Point Moonshine, order for DO and Blisses Pearly Queen, order for DO and Blisses Thalia invoice order for DO and Blisses The Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Douglass) Nash, Joseph The mansions of England in the olden time in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list Nasturtium amphibium (Radicula) P. H. No. 221 nasturtiums. See also Tropaeolum majus at Casa Dorinda, to replace nicotine for Casa Dorinda spring Golden Gleam double, seeds order seeds invoices seeds orders Scarlet Gleam double, seeds order seeds invoice seeds order single trailing, seed for Casa Dorinda Nathan, Frances National Arboretum BF on DO affiliations with DC area gardening organizations and separating Plant Industry Bureau from National Association of Gardeners (N.A.G.) AWVS women meet at DO with Bryce and visits to DO gardens by branches of Gray's Memorial and brevity of inscription for dedication timing and inscription for inscription Bryce likes for potential position for Mrs. Reid's head man and Victory Garden at DO and National Capital Parks. See also Dumbarton Oaks Park budget for DO Park and budget request for DO Parks in 1942 Superintendent of. See Root, Irving C. vista through DO Park and National Cathedral. See Washington National Cathedral National Cathedral Association National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution Redouté traveling exhibition of, to be shown at DO National Gallery of Art. See also Smithsonian Institution, National Collection of Fine Arts Abrams-published books on Bryce sent Thacher letter regarding plants for daffodils for 300 bulbs ordered for annoyance of no decision on any word from them? awaiting decision by Bryce and Finley discussion on Bryce's thoughts on? checking on Oregon Bulb's supply of 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 for tax-exempt status for DO and tentative count of bulbs for finalities for, notes on Finley wanting BF advice on plantings at plant supply for, Bryce and JT's thoughts? RB unable to attend opening of National Geographic Society. See also The Book of birds Magazine "Freezing the Flight of the Hummingbirds" request to photograph DO, refused as source for plant pictures National Horticultural Magazine MB on Morrison and editorship of received by MxF Memorial Library National Institute for the Blind, London National Museum Picture Gallery. See National Gallery of Art National Park Service. See Drury, Newton B.; Root, Irving C. National Research Council questionnaire Tomlinson unable to provide information on National Security League, Women's Division The National Trust booklets and lists of, RP returning to MB prospectus for Summer School at Attingham National Trust Guide Buildings (Lees-Milne) added to MxF Library at Reef Point The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects (2 vols.) (Meehan) in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list in Garden Guide office June 1949 list with prints in color in Sweeney's office Nativity, cameo of unmounted, Ross's description of Natural Rock Gardening (Symons-Jeune) marked XX (good) Naturalist at large (Barbour) received by MxF Memorial Library The Naturalist in La Plata (Hudson) in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list in Sweeney's office The Nature Almanac (Palmer and Pack) in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list in Sweeney's office Nature Library Mosses and Lichens (Marshall) marked X (fair) The Nature Library - Trees (Rogers) (cut) in Garden Guide office The Nature of Science and Other Lectures (Hubble) ordered from Huntington Library Nature Study Group of Twentieth Century Club. See Twentieth Century Nature Study Group Nature's Garden (Blanchan) in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list in Garden Guide office June 1949 list with prints in color in Sweeney's office Naumbergia thyrsiflora P. H. No. 222 Naval Observatory Circle DO Park stream flooding threat from Wisconsin Ave. vs. no further flooding from sewer line location and flooding from Naval Reserve, U.S. Thacher and BF not able to imagine DO without guidance by DO office hours and not positively lost from DO plans of, in chronic state of vagueness uncertainty about his long-term role at DO Navy, U.S. Casa Dorinda and moving into Naylor, Carrie Den Nederlandsten Hovenir (van de Groen) marked XXX (excellent) Needham, Elsa A. copy of letter to MB sent by Northrop to on details after Goff visit to Founder's Room as Founders' Room librarian Parkyn's 1797 aquatint of Mount Vernon offered by negatives. See photographs negro dynamite-handler, abdominal surgery at age 105 for Nekcsei-Lipócz Bible of, Harrsen monograph on Nelson, Norman J. Nelumbo lutea Bu. No. 99 (American lotus) Rhizomes Nemesia arrangements at Casa Dorinda with seeds, 3 varieties Strumosa Suttoni, invoice for Blue Cherry Red Orange Rose Scarlet Nepeta at Casa Dorinda on terrace E, p.49 Nepeta longifolia P. H. No. 223 in whirligig display Nepeta mussini for Casa Dorinda spring Nepeta nervosa seeds wanted from Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh nerines, Reid's offer of finding correspondence on further inquiry about too many and too costly Nerium oleander for Orangery Nerium oleander album S. E. No. 17 Nester, Ellen Dunwoody wanting to paint watercolors at DO Neue Garten Lust, oder Völliges Ornament, so bey Anleung neuer Lust-und Blumengäten… (Fülck) offered by L'Art Ancien S.A. Zurich Neuman, Ralph, Sir Neville-Thompson, Leolin H. Nevils, W. Coleman Greek translation and The New American Gardener (Fessenden) received by MxF Memorial Library The New Book of Trees (Woodward) Sweeney on acquiring new building. See also Museum at DO, sketches for, to be discussed with MB at SBBG. See Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, new building for new construction, long-term garden policy on New Description of Blenheim to compare with Harvard Landscape Library marked XX (good) New Flora and Silva (journal) ordered from Dulau received by MxF Memorial Library New Garden encyclopedia (Seymour) recommended by Mass. Hort. librarian New Jersey article on nursery gardens ordered for Louis XVI in RHS declines to publish article on gardens in The New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America New principles of gardening (Langley) Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list marked XX (good) MB selection of as No. 241 in Staack catalogue BF recommends DO buy sent to DO received from Staack sent to DO A new voyage to Italy (Misson) marked X (fair) new wing basement flooding Bryce on cork floors and deferred, replanting Fuzziness outside Music Room and Harvard University seals and inscription for memo left for BF on service entrance and New York Botanical Garden Addisonia (journal) to be sent to Sweeney instead of MB MB purchase of set for DO Library Sweeney reports to BF on listing of prints from Vol. 7, no. 1, to complete set of BF arranging Van Rensselaer visit to Garden Club of America project in Greenwich and gifts to Reef Point Gardens by lack of energy by lecture series Sweeney unable to attend Library, visit to Magazine, subscription for Members Day programs no response from pictures for Byzantine architecture research from prints for various plants from Sweeney on specific needs for radio programs of New York Flower Show admission to Sweeney to attend Zygopetalum acquired at New York Public Library on Biblioteque Nationale availability on microfilm finalities for, notes on New York State income tax, Delafield on Blisses' liability for New York State Museum, plates on trees and birds ordered from New York Times on Harvard gift of DO for art research nature articles on editorial pages of possible to get reprints of? obituary and death notice for Max Farrand Newburgh, Frederic, Mrs. Newcomb, Arline Newhall, Charles S. The trees of northeastern America in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list marked X (fair) Sweeney's 1948 research on newspapers. See also publicity for DO garden tours Sweeney draft of notice to Garden Page Editors of Newton, Elmer S., Western High School choric speech group and Nichols, Beverley Down the Garden Path in DO Garden Library Feb. 1949 list in Garden Guide office June 1949 list in Sweeney's office A Thatched Roof in DO Garden Library June 1949 list Nichols, Professor (Yale Botany Department) Nichols, Rose Standish English Pleasure Gardens marked X (fair) received by MxF Memorial Library Spanish and Portuguese gardens added to MxF Library at Reef Point in DO Garden Library in DO Rare Book Room 1941 June 1949 list in Sweeney's office Nicholson, George Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening (Vols 1-4) to compare with Harvard Landscape Library marked XXX and owned by Arnold Arboretum suggested for DO Nicotiana (nicotines) for British scented garden for the blind at Casa Dorinda, to be replaced with nasturtiums on terrace E, p.49 white Dwarf Snowflake, seeds invoice left angle panels miniature, Bryce to review miniature, seeds order for greenhouse Snowflake (miniature) seeds order Snowflake seeds invoice Nicotiana affinis seeds Nicotiana affinis alba P. H. No. 224 Niedrach, R. J. Nierembergia purple robe seeds invoice seeds order Nierembergis coerulea seeds order A nievve herball; or, Historie of plantes (Dodoens) received from Staack Nijhoff, Wouter (bookseller) Nissley, Charles Hebron The pocket book of vegetable gardening in Garden Guide office Starting vegetables and flowers under glass recommended by Mass. Hort. librarian Nixon, Mima Dutch Bulbs and Gardens (with Silberrad and Lyall) Royal Palaces and Gardens Nobrega, John, as potential orchid caretaker for Blisses Noisette roses Sweeney's garden talk notes about Nolhac, Pierre de Les jardins de Versailles in DO Garden Library in DO Rare Book Room 1941 Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list marked XX (good) in Sweeney's office Norberg, Ruth Nordeen, Carl E., Jr. MB wanting no further garden work by Nordoff, Paul, Doda Conrad recital at DO and North American Cariceae (New York Botanical Garden) BF on inappropriateness for DO North American Ferns (Broun). See Index to North American ferns: constituting a catalogue of the ferns and fern allies of North America north of Mexico, including all known forms, varieties, and hybrids North American Sylva (Nuttall) Arnold Arboretum librarian's comments on MB seeks research on North American trees… (Britton) received by MxF Memorial Library North American wild flowers (Walcott) Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list worthy of inclusion at DO North Bay steps Phelps making cardboard shop drawing of lowest step for Phelps's bill for drawings of and bill for scale model of north front of house large and small planting considerations magnolias overgrown on, Bryce to prune photograph of, for Landscape Architecture article photograph of, for postcard T Street North on Oaks' survey and north gallery, potential plantings for North Gate boxwood at north houses, little. See also greenhouses at DO potential for closing winter of 1941-42 north side of garden, walk along as balancing element of North Vista. See also Cedar Terrace; Torreya azaleas, overgrown, of Star Garden moved along path west of? azaleas to be moved could overflow onto benches for in Doria, notes to be continued on Monday end of, Coles to finish end of, RH outline of estimates for work on marble on platform, teak for? Steinbraker's estimate for BF and RH study of levels for planning future of BF and RH suggesting regrading portion of BF first report to Harvard on DO grounds policy and BF postponing problems of until rested in Calif. cedars of Lebanon alive in? chains estimates, sketches, and diagrams for not received at DO completion of, ideas for concerts relocated to Bryce on gravelling lower end for decision not definite as yet on consoles on clay models for Coles has model with changes installation schedule for limestone on order for lyre-shaped, Phelps's bid for model stored at the Quarters for models, small-scale and full-size working drawings for north end, Luciani finished small model and full-size drawings of north end finials in progress railing design and wall for south end, carved and one set in place for final criticism of carving urgent plant questions vs. end of or north end of MB preferences on design for more to discuss about proposals to be ready after Thanksgiving for RH outline of estimates for work on RH research and staking out of RH working paper for estimates on exciting news about, thanks for finials 4th should be finished and in place by now clay models for drawings completed and discussed with JT and RP dummies to be made for end of, RH outline of estimates for work on limestone on order for model stored at the Quarters for models, small-scale and full-size working drawings for north end consoles potential of RH designs for in progress RH sketches and dummies for RH to deal directly with RP on schedule for installation of finished drawings and budget for? to be discussed at DO visit and with MB to be kept in DO safe drawings yes, budget no estimates on Garden Center building placement and design of decisions to be made regarding lengthening and opening of vista and gate posts, Phelps's bid for gates for cresting as good landscape fit at DO grading can wait end of, RH outline of estimates for work on Harvard and/or Bliss funding of? RB on Harvard funding changes to up to Blisses walls improving lack of urgency for design of long-term garden policy on masonry as future replacement for unit in/on masonry for, estimated cost for as more ornamental part of garden North Court elevations for walls plans for steps for omitted from Sweeney guided tours photograph of, as representative of DO gardens photograph of, for Landscape Architecture article photographs of north end, attractive pickets leave unstained until BF can visit? looking new and raw, BF suggestions for? plans for planting changes in to be discussed with MB to be studied BF and Bryce to discuss planting plans for plantings in Bryce difficulty in locating shrubbery for Bryce's finds of fruit trees for on east and west sides of north bay, p.39 under iron railing, Patterson should review near wooden steps, p.39 platform for cost for chains connecting piers on cutting vista through trees north of Garden Center placement and design of Kearney's grading and MB's thoughts on elements of at pause of, Garden Center placement and Phelps's bid for construction of new elements RP on elements of railing to be ready for Aug. 21st capping under, set temporarily models, small-scale and full-size working drawings for schedule for installation of specifications for RH and BF working on designs for RH suggestion for, if walls are to stay RP and RH working on designs for BF would enjoy seeing RP blueprint for revamping of BF suggestions on with Garden Center building tied to as improvement, MB on Steinbraker contract for work on Steinbraker unable to have base ready for clay and modelling in mid-July Steinbraker's estimate for bills kept within garden funds insufficient to complete all work listed steps end of, RH outline of estimates for work on Phelps's bid for construction of Steinbraker's estimate for in turf, estimate needed for wooden, plantings near, p.39 Taxus repandens under iron balconies needs replacing vista through arranging for cutting of cuts made for wall height and scale BF admits mistake in BF agrees to MB's agenda for with evergreen creepers on north end MB on raising of? walls any Bliss comments to JT on? asking JT's opinion on boxwood decline, replacement with brick and stone, Coles's estimates for brick and stone, JT's uncertainty on Coles's capping moulding edge of consoles' rail design and construction finished, await BF's magic touch East, RH on removal of Havey work on JT would like to see RH's working drawings of before RP visit masonry, to replace declining boxwood MB on arched opening in MB prefers to not tear down MB vs. Harvard payment for palings for, size quoted seems heavy placement considerations renderings needed for request to Bryce for elevations of reworking design for RH detailed drawings for moulded capping sent to Steinbraker RH ends work on, outline of estimates for RH personal matters make impossible to finish drawings for meeting Steinbraker estimates accepted for Steinbraker's estimate for as terminus of view vines growing and all looking better will look bare until plants fill out wooden rail fence can be covered with vines northern hemlock. See Tsuga canadensis Northrop, Marguerite acknowledging letter regarding Richter book from copy of letter to MB sent to Needham by Norway maple. See also Acer platanoides for Apple Orchard and arbor Nostra del Giardino Italiano June 1949 list in Sweeney's office Notes on Edible Plants (Sturtevant) at USDA library Notes on tulip species (Dykes) bought for DO by BF to compare with Harvard Landscape Library Feb. 1949 list June 1949 list marked XXX (excellent) MB unfamiliar with ordered from Dulau as potential for DO Garden Library with prints in color received from Blackwell's suggested for DO Nottingham, England, scented garden for the blind in Nottingham, Mary Nouveau langage des fleurs… (Zaccone) received by MxF Memorial Library Nouveau livre de parterres (Marot) marked XXX (excellent) Le nouveau theatre d'agriculture et menage des champs… (Liger) marked X (fair) Nouveau Theatre de la Grande Bretagne (Kip) approval for purchase of to be sent to DO BF asking further details of complaint to Traylen about quality of deal made for four volumes in DO Rare Book Room year 1941 Feb. 1949 list first vol. arrived at Reef Point and being collated further complaint to Traylen about June 1949 list marked XXX (excellent) MB glad for BF's report on MB selection of ordered for DO purchase this and sell other Kip that DO owns? received from Staack requiring proper housing response to complaint about second volume not satisfactory sent to DO third volume excellence and dealmaking over Noyes, Newbold, magnificent suffruticosa offered to Blisses by Il nuovo teatro delle fabriche, et edificii, in prospettiva di Roma moderna (Falda) marked XX (good) nursery for Arnold Arboretum for Dumbarton Oaks 1944-45 budget and Bryce wanting to use vegetable garden area for converting old frameyard into at Mass. Ave. need for on plot provided by Blisses for replacing plants associated with surplus, location for on the Whitehaven land Nussey, Helen G. London Gardens of the Past added to MxF Library at Reef Point Nut growing (Morris) marked X (fair) nut walk, early thoughts of Nuttall, Thomas North American Sylva Arnold Arboretum librarian's comments on MB seeks research on Nutting, Julia Nymphae. See also water lilies blue, at west end of swimming pool Nyssa sylvatica no print of numerous