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Guide to the Horticultural Society of New York Records
1811-circa 2010 (bulk, 1900-circa 2010)
 MS 3033

New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
New York, NY 10024
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New-York Historical Society

Collection processed by Joseph Ditta, Marybeth Kavanagh, & Larry Weimer.

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Container List

Series VIII. Reference Files, 1850-2005. 8 Linear feet

Arrangement Note

Series VIII. Reference Files, 1850-2005 is divided into the following subseries:

Subseries VIII.A. People, 1910-2009
Subseries VIII.B. Subjects, 1850-2006

Scope and Contents Note

This series consists of the reference files maintained by the Horticultural Society of NY. The series is divided into two main topics: People and Subjects. Each topic is arranged alphabetically. The files include images, journal articles, newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, and biographies related to people and subjects of interest to the staff of the HSNY.

People include board members and donors, as well as botanists and plant scientists such as Henry Svenson, and landscape architects such as Agnes Selkirk Clark.

Subjects include topics such as Central Park, community gardens, garden design, greenhouses, landscape architecture, various plant species, and a wide assortment of other subjects.

Subseries VIII.A. People, 1910-2009. 3 Linear feet
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 1 People: A

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Abel, Mrs. Murray
Allen, Charles
Allport, Alexander
Amory, Megan
Appell, Scott
Auchincloss Family

1930-2007
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 2 People: B (1 of 5)

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Bailey, Liberty
Baker, Richard
Barr, William
Barron, Leonard
Barton, Benjamin

 1910-2009
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 3 People: B (2 of 5)

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Bartram, John
Bauman, Dina
Bechtel, Edwin

 1910-2009
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 4 People: B (3 of 5)

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Beineke, Elizabeth
Belcher, Mrs. Benjamin
Benenson, Sharen
Benjamin, Herta
Berkowitz, Mortimer
Berns, Frank
Bertron, Samuel
Blackburn, Benjamin
Board, current bios

 1910-2009
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 5 People: B (4 of 5)

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Brilmayer, Bernice
Britton, Elizabeth
Britton, Nathaniel
Brown, Addison
Bogart, Ted
Bogart, Walter
Bonham, Frederick
Booke, Ruth
Boyd, James

 1910-2009
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 6 People: B (5 of 5)

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Bryant, William Cullen
Buck, Leonard
Bucknall, Ann
Burbank, Luther
Burpee, W. Atlee
Bush-Brown, Louise

1910-2009
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 7 People: C (1 of 4)

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Cabot, Francis
Canning, John
Caplan, Ira
Carle, George
Carnegie, Mrs. Andrew
Cary, Mrs. William
Chatto, Beth
Cholaris, Betty

1920-2008
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 8 People: C (2 of 4)

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Christiansen, Emil
Christman, W. F.
Clark, Agnes Selkirk
Clark, Elizabeth
Clark, George
Clark, James
Clark, Mrs. Jay
Clark, Phil
Clark, Samuel
Clark, Walter
Clarke, Gilmore
Clarkson, Edward
Clarkson, Rosetta
Clavey, F. D.
Clements, Julia
Clibran, William
Cloud, K.M.P.
Cloudsley, J. Rowland
Cobbett, William
Cocchi, Antonio
Cockayne, L.

1920-2008
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 9 People: C (3 of 4)

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Coe, Michael
Coe, William
Coffin, Marian
Coffin, Peter

1920-2008
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 10 People: C (4 of 4)

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Coggan, S. W.
Colden, Jane
Cole, Nelson
Cole, W.B.
Colflesh, J. William
Collinson, Peter
Colman, Jeremiah
Comley, George
Conklin, Everett
Corning, Mrs. Erastus
Cottle, Donald
Cran, Marian
Cronquist, Arthur
Cromwell, James
Cross, Mrs. W. Redmond

1920-2008
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 11 People: D (1 of 2)

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D'Agostino, Nicholas
Daverheim, Mel
Deitz, Paula
De La Mare, A.T.
Dean, Ruth
Delano, William
Desmond, Thomas
Dickson, Alex
Deitz, Fordyce
Dorman, Caroline
Doscher, Alice
Douglas, Lucille

1920-1999
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 12 People: D (2 of 2)

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Dowden, Anne
Downer, Henry
Downing, Andrew J.
Duke, Doris
Duncan, William
Dupont, Henry
Dupont, Pierre

1920-1999
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 13 People: E

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Eaton, Jerome
Edison, Thomas
Ekstrom, Nicolas
Elbert, George
Elwes, Mary
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Epstein, Harold
Esson, James

1935-2003
Offsite-Box: 44 Folder : 14 People: F

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Farnham, Richard
Farrand, Beatrix
Farrer, Reginald
Favretti, RJ;
Ferriday, Eliza
Field, Marshall
Fox, Helen
Free, Montague
Freund, Karl
Friedericksen, Ernest
Fry, Gladys

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 1 People: G (1 of 3)

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Gaddis, Jane
Gaden, Eileen
Gager, C. Stuart
Galfano, Rose
Gambee, Eleanor
Garmey, Jane
Gibson, Constance
Gillies, George
Gish, Lillian

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 2 People: G (2 of 3)

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Greene, Luther
Goldman, Amy

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 3 People: G (3 of 3)

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Gonzales, Ricardo
Gottscho, Samuel
Graf, Alfred
Greenwood, Leslie
Grimaldi, Marie
Guest, C.Z.
Gunnison, Mrs. R.R.

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 4 People: H (1 of 3)

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Hall, Elizabeth
Harding, Charles
Harrington, David

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 5 People: H (2 of 3)

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Haupt, Enid
Havemeyer, Theodore
Hay, Clarence
Hecht, Fae
Hecht, George
Hellyer, Arthur
Henderson, Peter

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 6 People: H (3 of 3)

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Herman, Jay
Hewitt, Mattie Edwards
Hexamer, F.M.
Hicks
Hill, Fanny
Hill, May
Hines, Mrs. Walter
Hines, Linda
Hodgkins, Ann
Hosack, David
Hubbard, Robert
Hudes, Harry
Hull, Olive

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 7 People: I-J

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Iselin, W.E.
Jack, James
Jekyll, Gertrude
Johnston, Vernon

1963-1999
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 8 People: K

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Kaupman, Dorothy
Kazimiroff, Theodore
Kean, Mrs. H.F.
Kennedy, Margaret
Kerr, Jessica
King, Mrs. Francis
Knapp, Mrs. Arthur
Kottmiller

1925-1999
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 9 People: L (1 of 2)

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Lacerte, Susan
Laughlin, Cynthia
Lawrence, William
Lee, Frederic
Lee, Patti
Lees, Carlton
Legendre, Jacques
Lemoine, Victor
Levick, Edwin
Levison, J.J.
Levy, Mrs. Louis
Lewis, Clarence
Lewisohn, Adolph
Lindenmeyr, Henry
Linnaeus, Carolus

1910-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 10 People: L (2 of 2)

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Lockwood, Netta
Lockwood, Mrs. William

1910-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 11 People: M

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Macy, V. Everett
Manda, Edward
Manda, Joseph
Margolis, Barbara
Martin, John
Marx, Roberto
May, Harry
Maynard, Walter
Midler, Bette
Miner, Frances
Mitchell, Henry
Moeller, William
Moore, Clement

1925-2000
Offsite-Box: 45 Folder : 12 People: N-O

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Nash, George
Newbold, Frederic
Nordheden, Albert
North, Marianne
Otis, Denise

1920-2005
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 1 People: P (1 of 2)

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Pardue, Larry
Parsons, Samuel
Payne, Frederick
Peruggi, Regina
Peterson, Elizabeth
Pierson, F.R.
Place, Mrs. Herman
Platt, Charles
Plumier, Charles

1919-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 2 People: P (2 of 2)

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Pollan, Michael
Powell, George
Powell, Tom
Pratt, George
Pratt, Mrs. Harold
Pratt, Helen
Prince, William
Pyle, Robert

1919-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 3 People: R

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Rae, Robert
Ragionieri, Attillo
Raver, Anne
Redoute, Pierre
Reed, Henry
Rehm, Hans
Rehman, Elsa
Robinson, William
Rodman, William
Roebling, Mrs. John A.
Roehrs, Julius
Rudolph, Emanuel

1930-1999
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 4 People: S (1 of 4)

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Sailer, Anthony
Sanders, Margaret
Sawin, Mrs. Melvin
Schlegel, George
Scholtz, Elizabeth
Schutz, Paul
Scott, Robert
Serlin, Kate
Scheepers, John
Schling, Max
Sheil, Maeve

1910-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 5 People: S (2 of 4)

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Sheppard, Arthur
Shipman, Ellen
Sloan, Samuel
Smith, Anthony
Smith, Georgiana
Smith, Mary Riley
Smith, Suzette
Smith, William
Smithers, Peter
Spade, Kate

1910-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 6 People: S (3 of 4)

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Spingarn, J.E.
Steichen, Edward
Stoltz, Raymond
Stones, Margaret

1910-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 7 People: S (4 of 4)

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Stout, Arlow
Strang, Elizabeth
Stuart, James
Stufano, Marco
Svenson, Henry

1910-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 8 People: T

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Tabor, Grace
Taloumis, G.
Tcherepnine, Jessica
Thaxter, Celia
Thorne, Samuel
Tiffany, Louis
Tomberlaine, Verdalee
Torrey, John
Totty, Charles
Tozer, Elizabeth
Trowbridge, Mrs. Cecil

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 9 People: V

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Verey, Rosemary
Vester, Bertha
Voors, H.Y.

1935-2001
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 10 People: W (1 of 2)

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Walcott, Mary
Weber, Nelva
Webster, Charles
Weiler, Richard
Wharton, Edith
Wheeler, Wilfred
Wilder, Louise
White, C.R.

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 11 People: W (2 of 2)

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White, Somers
Whitney, Mrs. Payne
Wilson, Ernest
Wood, James
Woodburn, Elizabeth
Wright, Richardson

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 46 Folder : 12 People: Y-Z

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Yang, John
York, Lewis
Young, John
Zabar, Abbie
Zinsser, Barbara

1930-2000

Subseries VIII.B. Subjects, 1850-2006. 5 Linear feet
Container 1 Container 2   Title Date
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 1 Subjects: A

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Arbors
Atriums

1920-1984
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 2 Subjects: B (1 of 4)

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Banks and Slopes
Battery Park City
Beans

1930-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 3 Subjects: B (2 of 4)

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Biblical Garden, St. John the Divine
Biblical plants

1930-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 4 Subjects: B (3 of 4)

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Bonsai
Botanic art

1930-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 5 Subjects: B (4 of 4)

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Bryant Park
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Bryant Park

1930-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 6 Subjects: C (1 of 11)

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Catalogues: seeds and nurseries

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 7 Subjects: C (2 of 11)

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Central Park
Central Park Conservancy

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 8 Subjects: C (3 of 11)

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Central Park Conservancy (continued)

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 9 Subjects: C (4 of 11)

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Children's gardens
China: gardens

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 10 Subjects: C (5 of 11)

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Christmas
Cocoa

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 47 Folder : 11 Subjects: C (6 of 11)

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Coffee
Cold frames

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 1 Subjects: C (7 of 11)

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Colonial gardens
Community gardens

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 2 Subjects: C (8 of 11)

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Community gardens (continued)

 1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 3 Subjects: C (9 of 11)

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Community gardens (continued)

 1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 4 Subjects: C (10 of 11)

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Community gardens (continued)
Companion plants

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 5 Subjects: C (11 of 11)

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Compost
Container gardens
Corn

1850-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 6 Subjects: D (1 of 3)

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Delphinium
Dianthus (carnations)
Dionea (Venus fly trap)
Dish gardens
Dumbarton Oaks
Dutch Elm Disease

1900-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 7 Subjects: D (2 of 3)

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Dutch Elm Disease (continued)

 1900-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 8 Subjects: D (3 of 3)

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Dutch Elm Disease (continued)
Drought gardening
Dyes from plants

1900-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 9 Subjects: E (1 of 3)

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Echinacea
Economic botany
Edible landscaping

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 10 Subjects: E (2 of 3)

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Elgin Botanic Garden
Endangered species

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 48 Folder : 11 Subjects: E (3 of 3)

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England: gardens and parks
Evergreens

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 1 Subjects: F (1 of 3)

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Fences
Floral clock
Foundation planting
Fountains

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 2 Subjects: F (2 of 3)

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Fragrance gardens
France: gardens and parks
Freesia

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 3 Subjects: F (3 of 3)

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Frick Museum garden
Frost
Fruit

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 4 Subjects: G (1 of 14)

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Garden Conservation and Restoration
Garden Design

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 5 Subjects: G (2 of 14)

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Garden Design (continued)

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 6 Subjects: G (3 of 14)

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Garden Furniture

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 7 Subjects: G (4 of 14)

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Garden History

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 8 Subjects: G (5 of 14)

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Garden Ornament

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 9 Subjects: G (6 of 14)

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Garden Structures
Garden Writing and Writers

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 10 Subjects: G (7 of 14)

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Gates
Gentianas
Germany: gardens

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 11 Subjects: G (8 of 14)

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Gladiolas
Greenhouses

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 12 Subjects: G (9 of 14)

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Greenhouses (continued)

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 49 Folder : 13 Subjects: G (10 of 14)

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Greenhouses (continued)

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 1-4 Subjects: G (11-14 of 14)

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Greenhouses (continued)

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 5 Subjects: H (1 of 4)

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Handicrafts
Hardiness zones

1920-1980
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 6 Subjects: H (2 of 4)

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Hedges
Helleborus
Herbals

1920-1980
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 7 Subjects: H (3 of 4)

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Horticultural therapy

 1920-1980
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 8 Subjects: H (4 of 4)

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Hydrangea
Hyacinthus

1920-1980
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 9 Subjects: I (1 of 2)

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Ilex (holly)
Iran: gardens

1920-1980
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 10 Subjects: I (2 of 2)

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Iris
Italy: gardens

1920-1980
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 11 Subjects: J-K

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Japanese gardens
Knot gardens

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 12-13 Subjects: L (1-2 of 3)

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Landscape Architecture

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 50 Folder : 14 Subjects: L (3 of 3)

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Lathyrus

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 1 Subjects: M

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Magnolia

1920-1980
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 2 Subjects: N

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Narcissus
New York City: gardens
North Carolina: gardens

1930-1990
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 3 Subjects: P (1 of 2)

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Paeonias (peonies)
Plant hunters

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 4 Subjects: P (2 of 2)

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Perennial gardens
Perennials

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 5 Subjects: R (1 of 3)

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Ranunculus
Rock gardens

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 6 Subjects: R (2 of 3)

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Rockefeller Center gardens
Rooftop gardens

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 7 Subjects: R (3 of 3)

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Roses

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 8 Subjects: S (1 of 4)

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Seaside gardens
Seed industry

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 9 Subjects: S (2 of 4)

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Shade gardening
Shakespeare gardens

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 10 Subjects: S (3 of 4)

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Street Trees

 1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 11 Subjects: S (4 of 4)

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Sundials
Syringa

1920-2000
Offsite-Box: 51 Folder : 12 Subjects: W

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Women

 1930-2006

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