BF 1922.06.24.pdf

Beatrix Farrand to Mildred Bliss, June 24-25, 1922

Accession number	B:BF 1922.06.24
Alternative title	The Oaks. Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 24, 25, 1922.
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	Orchard North Vista Green Garden Tennis Court 32nd Street Forsythia Dell South Side of House Rose Garden Fountain Terrace Orangery Kitchen Gardens House Exteriors Music Room Terrace
Date	1922
Work types	correspondence plant lists

Description

The "service road" or drive mentioned on page 3 no longer exists.

The "herbaceous garden" refers to Fountain Terrace, and the "pool below" it is Lovers' Lane Pool.

Subjects

plant lists

plants

landscape architecture

terraces (landscaped-site elements)

walls

trees

shrubs

flowers (plants)

reflecting pools

fences

hedges

ivy

planting plans

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.),

Accession number	B:BF 1922.06.24
Alternative title	The Oaks. Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, June 24, 25, 1922.
Sender	Beatrix Farrand
Recipient	Mildred Barnes Bliss
Garden Area	Orchard North Vista Green Garden Tennis Court 32nd Street Forsythia Dell South Side of House Rose Garden Fountain Terrace Orangery Kitchen Gardens House Exteriors Music Room Terrace
Date	1922
Work types	correspondence plant lists

Index Terms

main entrance, DO → ornamental planting not right for

R Street → first impressions border planting for

evergreens → R Street screening with

trees → flowering, along R Street

shrubs → planted along R Street

south front → plantings along

walls → retaining → stone, on south front, halberd picket or dart picket iron fence atop

halberd picket, for south front iron fence above stone retaining wall

dart picket, for south front iron fence above stone retaining wall

oaks → at Dumbarton Oaks → on south front

service entrance (1701 32nd Street) → screen of large evergreens, box yews, or holly for

evergreens → as service entrance screen

holly → as service entrance screen

yews → box bush-type, as service entrance screen

English ivy → on east and west wings of house

ivy → on house, east and west wings of

Library → west window, fat dwarf English yew under

shrubs → clipped, along wall of house

service entrance (1701 32nd Street) → screening road to

north front of house → large and small planting considerations

maples → large white, for north front of house

ivy → square railing on west side of court covered with

evergreens → for north front of house

north gallery, potential plantings for

oaks → at Dumbarton Oaks → at northwest corner of house

Green Garden → first notes about

Library → east wall of, planting plans for

evergreens → for east wall of library

azaleas → evergreen, for library's east wall

bulbs → at northwest corner of house

brick walls → at northwest corner of house, plantings on

Music Room → steps from east windows of

Orangery → flagstones for north side of

ferns → evergreen, on north side of Orangery

Orangery → planting around

St. John's wort, hybrid, for south side of Orangery

snowdrops → for south side of Orangery

wintering over plants → for the Orangery

pit, for wintering over Orangery plants

Gray, William J. → Orangery plants list for

tennis court → study for planting around

walls → stone → of tennis courts, climbers for

east front of house, terracing and gardens for

terracing → east front of house, issues with

Rose Terrace or Garden → design choices for → as flat with stone wall on west side of

walls → stone → on west side of rose garden

steps → stone → from east windows of Music Room

herbaceous border or herbaceous garden → below Orangery, perennials for

pools → below herbaceous garden, hold on plans for

azaleas → on north slopes of DO

brook → widening and damming of

crabapples → on north slopes of DO

magnolias → on north slopes of DO

Lilac Circle → early thoughts of

The Wilderness → early thoughts of

primrose garden → early thoughts of

nut walk, early thoughts of

Forsythia walk → early thoughts of

lung wort → blue, forsythia walk and

daffodils → forsythia walk and

kitchen garden → early thoughts of

east terrace, kitchen garden in relation to

gardener's house (cottage) → kitchen garden in relation to

cutting garden → early thoughts of

fruit trees → early thoughts of plantings of

Lovers' Lane → oak rift paling with retaining wall for

R Street → plant list for

plant lists → for R Street border

plant lists → for Orangery

yews → for R Street border

hemlocks → for R Street border

white magnolia → for R Street border

lemon verbena → for Orangery

azaleas → single, for Orangery

oranges → in variety, for Orangery

pomegranate → for Orangery

Portuguese laurel → for Orangery

crape myrtle → white, for Orangery

lilies → in tubs, for Orangery

roses → Lamarque, for Orangery

roses → Marechal Niel, for Orangery

House at DO → terracing and gardens for, first thoughts of

flagging and flag stones → for Orangery, north side of

walls → retaining → for Lovers' Lane, oak rift paling with

Saint. John's wort, hybrid, for south side of Orangery

walls → library's east, plantings for

walls → brick → at northwest corner of house, plantings on

laurels → Portuguese → for Orangery

fences → iron, south front above stone retaining wall

Buxus suffruticosa → for south front of house

Hedera helix dentata → on east and west wings of house

Jasminum (jasmine) → at Dumbarton Oaks → white, on angle east of east salon window

Taxus baccata var. repandens → under west library window

Magnolia grandiflora → as potential for north front of house

Vinca minor → carpeting in front of library's east wall

Andromeda → for library's east wall

Euonymus → at northwest corner of house

Hypericum moserianum → for south side of Orangery

Iris → early, for south side of Orangery

Solanum copensis → blue, for around the Orangery

Streptosolen jamesorii, for around the Orangery

Wisteria → standard, for forcing in the Orangery

Iris → on north slopes of DO

Ilex aquifolium → for R Street border

Ilex opaca → American holly, for R Street border

Cedrus libani or Cedrus libanotica (Cedar of Lebanon) → for R Street border

Taxus baccata → for R Street border

Taxus cuspidata → Japanese yew → for R Street border

Tsuga caroliniana (Carolina hemlock) → for R Street border

Tsuga sieboldii (Japanese hemlock) → for R Street border

Tsuga canadensis → for R Street border

Japanese hemlock (Tsuga Sieboldii) → for R Street border

Magnolia conspicua → white magnolia, for R Street border

Magnolia glauca → swamp magnolia, for R Street border

Kalmia latifolia → for R Street border

mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) → for R Street border

Rhododendron (rhododendrons) → for R Street border

Cotoneaster var. Leucothoe → for R Street border

Caultheria shallon → for R Street border

Crataegus pyracantha → for R Street border

Osmanthus ilicifolius → for R Street border

Berberis aquifolium → for R Street border

Nerium oleander → for Orangery

Myrtus communis → for Orangery

Rhycospermum → for Orangery

Hibiscus → for Orangery

Humea elegans, for Orangery

Acacia → in variety, for Orangery

Pittosporum → for Orangery

Amaryllis → for Orangery

Tsuga canadensis → northern hemlock

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