Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, June 12, 1947
| Accession number | B:MB 1947.06.12 |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, June 12, 1947 |
| Sender | |
| Recipient | |
| Garden Area |
Rose Garden
Beech Terrace
Crabapple Hill
Forsythia Dell
Orangery
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| Date |
1947
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| Work types |
correspondence
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Description
Mildred Bliss explains that she is unable to meet Beatrix Farrand in Bar Harbor due to a busy schedule of meetings and travel. She mentions the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden's acquisition of a director's house; communicates happiness that the legislation for Reef Point Gardens has been passed; and inquires on the date of publication for Max Farrand's book on Benjamin Franklin. Mildred Bliss encloses four book lists (titles from Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard, Anne Sweeney, and Reef Point Gardens) and asks Beatrix Farrand to mark items with *** as important, ** as wished for, and * as least important books for the Dumbarton Oaks Garden Library.
Mildred Bliss reports the death of the "big copper beech" in the Dumbarton Oaks, Beech Terrace and feels she "simply cannot imagine the terrace without it." The Japanese maple east of the Dumbarton Oaks, Orangery lost a big branch due to an electrical storm. She wants to continue the blue and white theme in the Mélisande's Allée and bulbs in Crabapple Hill.
She provides an update on Elizabeth Lindsay's improved health and states an opinion on the United States Congress' support of General George Marshall, Secretary of State.
The Dumbarton Oaks faculty members, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vasilʹev, André Grabar, Sirarpie Der Nersessian, and Carl H. Kraeling, are "breaking up."
A copy of "Ten centuries of flowers" [Flowers of ten centuries] an exhibition catalog has been ordered for Beatrix Farrand.
Typewritten letter with handwritten signature and postscript in blue ink.
Copy of letter also included in collection with typewritten postscript.
Title created by cataloger.
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| Accession number | B:MB 1947.06.12 |
|---|---|
| Alternative title | Letter from Mildred Bliss to Beatrix Farrand, June 12, 1947 |
| Sender | |
| Recipient | |
| Garden Area |
Rose Garden
Beech Terrace
Crabapple Hill
Forsythia Dell
Orangery
|
| Date |
1947
|
| Work types |
correspondence
|