1 Duym, Ericka 2/24/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - UC Berkeley & Farrand From : Ronald Epp Wed, Feb 24, 2016 04:01 PM Subject : UC Berkeley & Farrand To : eriicka duym Hi Ericka, It has taken me some time to review not only the UC Berkeley list of Farrand holdings but also my own Farrand files. unfortunately, my source for the UC content was indirect since I relied on the experience of Martha Harmon who was for many years the Garland Farms archivist; you may have heard of her (marthaharmon5@gmail.com). Given my interests, what I needed from her was the October 12, 1893 entry from Farrand's "Book of Gardening, 1893-1895," at UCB. She did copy back in September 2009 a 13-page typescript of an article on the 1947 fire from an unidentified newsclipping that is a very effective first hand human interest account of the devastation. It begins "I went up early to Barberry ledge the last week of May. 11 Sorry I can't be more helpful. But on another front, reviewing my files brought the following to my attention that might be useful to you. 1. GBDorr to JDRJr. 12.28.28 at RAC III.2.I. B. 109.f.1079 about landscaping Bubble Pond. 2. Farrand was a director of The Dorr Foundation, a corporation Dorr set up late in life to administer his property. 3. Farrand and Dorr both served on the BHVIA Trees Committee and Roads & Paths Committee (1894-96). Dorr's mother was also on the Trees Committee. 4. Farrand wrote to the Interior Department on August 30, 1944 proposing " a fitting memorial to Mr. Dorr." She was the first to suggest the commemoration that became the 1947 Dorr Memorial. 5. Jane Brown's Beatrix: The Gardening Life of Beatrix Jones Farrand (1995) discussed the GBD & BJF interactions in the first thrty pages. 6. Beatrix was not the only Farrand to sing Dorr's praises. Max wrote to JDRJr September 8, 1932 about Dorr's foresight in saving "many of the best parts of Mt. Desert from desecration and desolation." " RAC III.2.I.B.110.f.1093. 7. Beatrix writes at length (roughly three pages) about Dorr in her "National Park on Mount Desert, Scribner's Magazine 61 (1917), 484-94. Her words greatly helped the elevation of Sieur de Monts National Monument to national park status in 1919. 8. Contemporary landscape architect Patrick Chasse (patrick@mossking.com) did the definitive work on the Eyrie gardens and shared with me many anecdotes about Oldfarm and the Dorrs. 9. R.Epp, "George B. Dorr on Mount Desert," Beatrix Farrand Society News, Winter 2009. 10. Her articles in Charles Sprague Sargent's serial, Garden & Forest, are always instructive. Online. If any of this could be useful, I can bring it along for you to copy when I visit MDI April 4-8. All the Best, Ron Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 532 Sassafras Dr. Lebanon, PA 17042 717-272-0801 eppster2@comcast.net https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=355778&tz=America/New_York&xim=1 1/1 2/19/2016 XFINITY Connect XFINITY Connect eppster2@comcast.net + Font Size - From : Ericka Duym Fri, Feb 19, 2016 10:07 AM Subject : 1 attachment To : eppster2@comcast.net, scott@konieckoarchts.com Good Morning Ron and Scott, I first would like to thank you both for your help with the Cultural Landscape Assessment for Oldfarm, and for providing your knowledge and research avenues. I hope very much to be able to meet and discuss with you my findings once I near completion. I have recently been in contact with Waverly Lowell and Chris Marino at UC Berkeley in response to some questions I have concerning correspondence and landscape details exchanged between George Dorr and Beatrix Farrand. I understand that you both may have had experience with the Farrand Archive files. I have shared their Farrand file list in hopes that you may recognize any files/folders that might have been searched for George Dorr related material. I have highlighted ones I believe, but would like to double check with you before employing a UC Graduate student to investigate remotely. Best, Ericka Duym Historic Landscape Architect Intern Friends of Acadia/Acadia National Park ericka_duym@partner.nps.gov Farrand_file_list.pdf PDF 114 KB https://web.mail.comcast.net/zimbra/h/printmessage?id=354945&tz=America/New_York&xims 1/1 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE SERIES I. PERSONAL PAPERS A. Biographical and Family Information 1 1 Biographical Records: Birth Certificate, Baptism 1872-1887 Certificate, Lock of Hair, Obituary 1 2-3 Mary Cadwalader Jones: Marriage Certificate, Divorce 1888, 1896, Papers, Will, Portraits (Photographs), Datebook, ca. 1899, Journals, Bookplates, Memorial Service Text ca. 1935 1 4 Jones Family Residence (color lithograph) n.d. 1 5 Max Farrand: Tax Returns, Photos, Notes, Clippings, 1939, 1944-1945, 1951 Sunsetters Memorial Pamphlet, Blueprints (Georgian Room, Art Institute, Chicago) 1 6 William Robinson: Photo, Funeral Program 1910, 1935 1 7 Student Work n.d. B. Garden Journal 1 8 Personal Garden Journal 1893-1895 C. Correspondence 1 9 Correspondence and Stamp Envelopes 1838 1 10-11 Bar Harbor Fire Correspondence and Clippings 1947 1 12 Miscellaneous n.d. D. Travel 1 13 Mosaic Bits from Ravenna n.d. 2 14 Notes on Serbian Language n.d. 2 15 Shooting Trip to the Scottish Highlands 1911-1912 E. Clippings 2 16 Personal Clippings 1924, 1927-1928, 1938, 1940 F. Photographs and Portraits 2 17 Portraits of Beatrix Farrand n.d. 2 18 Photographs of Family and Friends n.d. 2 19 Photograph Labels n.d. 23 -- Framed Photographs n.d. 28 -- Cromir Family Negatives n.d. G. Drawing Exercises SERIES II. PROFESSIONAL PAPERS A. Correspondence 2 1 Library Bulletin - Correspondence with H. Leland 1957-1958 2 2 Letters - Miscellaneous 1935-1952 2 3 Monogram 1944 B. Writings/Lectures/Exhibits 2 4 "Baltimore Club Talk" n.d. 1 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE 2 5 "Country Life in HEH" ca. 1928 2 6 "The Garden as Picture" n.d. 2 7 "Garden Flowers Past and Present" n.d. 2 8 "General Talk" n.d. 2 9 "Journal of the Horticultural Society of New York" 1917 2 10 "Landscape Architecture as a Profession for Women" - 1916 Lecture for a Vocational Conference at Bryn Mawr 2 11 "Landscape Gardening at the University of Chicago," 1935 The University of Chicago Magazine 2 12 "Laying Out a Suburban Place," Country Life in America 1910 2 13 "Le Notre and His Gardens" n.d. 2 14 "The National Park on Mount Desert Island" n.d. 2 15 "Peonies and Roses" n.d. 2 16 "Rock Gardens" n.d. 2 17 "Rock, Wall and Water Gardens" n.d. 2 18 "Roses" n.d. 2 19 "Roses and the New Rose Garden" n.d. 2 20 "Roses and the Rose Garden" n.d. 2 21 "Soils and Fertilizers" n.d. 2 22 "Spring Gardens" n.d. 2 23 "Talk Before a Gardening Congress in London" n.d. 2 24 "A Talk on Evergreens and a Garden Sermon" n.d. 2 25 "A Talk to a Garden Club" 1916 2 26 Arnold Arboretum Lecture (untitled) n.d. 2 27 Notes on Composition and Design n.d. 2 28 Untitled Lecture, Subject: The Garden as a Painting and n.d. Art Form 2 29 Article on Landscape Gardening for Women for Book n.d. Vocations 2 30 Article on Suburban House n.d. 2 31 Text by Beatrix Farrand for UC Berkeley Student 1956 Publication 3 32 Untitled Lecture (incomplete) n.d. 3 33 Notes for Lectures n.d. 18 42 Architectural League of New York, Annual Exhibition n.d. 20 -- Architectural League of New York Exhibit n.d. 21 American Institute of Architects and the T-Square Club 1923 Twenty-Sixth Architectural Exhibition, Philadelphia Chapter 2 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE 31-32 -- C. Glass Lantern Slides D. Associations and Committees 3 34 Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association 1917 3 35 Garden Club of America 1919-1936 3 36 Garden Club of America 1916-1919 3 37 Beatrix Jones Farrand, 1872-1959: An Appreciation of a 1960 Great Landscape Gardener (Book Published by Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss) E. Awards 3 38 Awards 1932-1954 3 39 Awards, Correspondence 1952 3 40 Medals 1947-1955 3 41 Newspaper Articles on Farrand 1926-1936 SERIES III. OFFICE RECORDS 4 1 Correspondence 1909-1932 4 2 Italy - Correspondence for Purchase of Statuary 1927 4 3 Notes on Projects ca. 1914 SERIES IV. PROJECT RECORDS A. Files ** see project index B. Photographs ** see project index C. Drawings ** see project index SERIES V. REEF POINT RECORDS A. Reef Point Library, Maine 8 1 Correspondence, Reef Point 1921-1953 8 2 Wharton, Edith - The Mount - Photographs 1901-1902 8 3 Financial Papers 1945-1953 8 4 Library: Index of Books 1938 8 5 Max Farrand Reference Library Author List 1955 8 6 Morning Room Books 1955 8 7 Articles About Reef Point 1941-1953 8 8 Notes on Books for Library 1952-1953 8 9 Catalogues and Reviews of Potential Books for Library 1934-1951 8 10 Bibliography of English Gardening 1956 8 11 "Garden and Forest Bibliography" 1890 3 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE 9 11a Photographs of Jekyll Gardens (?) [sic] n.d. 9 12 Plant Lists 1940-1952 9 13 Notes, Reef Point 1947-1950 9 14 Reef Point Gardens Corporation - Board of Directors 1939-1951 Meeting Agenda 9 15 Reef Point Bulletin (Annual Reports) 1939-1954 9 16 Reef Point Bulletins 1946-1956 9 17 Reef Point Gardens Bulletin 1946-1955 9 18 Reef Point Plans and Furniture 1930-1952 9 19 Photographs of Reef Point n.d. 9 20 Photographs of Reef Point 1923 9 21 [missing] -- 9 22 Stencil n.d. 18 27 Photographs of Reef Point n.d. 20 28 Bar Harbor Record, Centennial Edition 1896 24 -- Photo Album - Scottish Highlands Hunting Trip n.d. B. Reef Point Library, U.C. Berkeley 10 23 Correspondence, etc., from Beulah Vaughn re: Farrand 1955-1957 10 24 Inventory of Materials in Agriculture Hall - Farrand 1955 Library 10 25 List of Books Given To or Ordered For UC Berkeley 1957 10 26 Photographs of Reef Point Library at UC Berkeley 1957 SERIES VI. RESEARCH RECORDS A. Purchased Images 10 1 Europe - "Foreign Views" Photographs n.d. 10 2 China - Photographs n.d. 10 3 English Gardens & Cottages - Photograph Album n.d. 10 4 English Gardens - Photograph Album n.d. 10 5 English Country House - Photographs n.d. 10 6 England: Evelyn, Duchess of Wellington - Gates, etc. - n.d. Photographs 10 7-9 England - Photographs n.d. 11 10-13 England - Photographs n.d. 11 14 England: London, St. Bartholomew - Pamphlet n.d. 11 15 England: Oxford - Pamphlet n.d. 11 16 England: St. Andrew's Cathedral - Purchased Prints n.d. 11 17 England - Printed Material n.d. 11 18 [moved to Box 25, Folder 156] n.d. 11 19 Denmark - Photographs n.d. 4 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE 11 20-24 France: Gardens - Photographs n.d. 11 25-26 France - Photographs n.d. 12 27 [missing] -- 12 28 France - Photographs n.d. 12 29 France - Prints n.d. 12 30 Germany - Photo, Postcards n.d. 12 31 Netherlands - Prints n.d. 12 32 "Cesana," Venezia - Photograph n.d. 12 33-39 Italy - Photographs n.d. 13 40-46 Italy - Photographs n.d. 14 47-50 Italy - Photographs n.d. 14 51 Scotland - Photographs n.d. 14 52 Spain - Photographs n.d. 14 53 Sweden - Photograph n.d. 14 54 US: Alaska - Photographs n.d. 14 55 US: Arizona - Photographs n.d. 14 56 US: California: Palm Springs - Photographs by Stephen n.d. H. Willard 14 57 US: California: San Francisco: Pan American Exposition - n.d. Photographs 14 58 US: California: Santa Barbara - Photographs n.d. 14 59 US: California - Photographs 1926 14 60 US: California: San Francisco: Pan American Exposition - n.d. Pamphlet 14 61 US: Connecticut - Photographs n.d. 14 62 US: Florida and Cuba: Havana - Photographs by G.A. 1929 Cromir 14 63 US: Florida: St. Augustine: Sand Dunes and Palm Trees - 1923-1924 Photographs 14 64 US: Illinois: Chicago - Photographs n.d. 14 65 US: Florida - Photographs n.d. 14 66 US: Louisiana: New Orleans - Photographs 1926 15 67 Bar Harbor, Maine - Photographs n.d. 15 68 Machias, Maine - Photographs n.d. 15 69 Maine - Photographs n.d. 15 70 Maryland - Photographs n.d. 15 71 US: Massachusetts: Boston - Photographs n.d. 15 72 US: Massachusetts - Photographs n.d. 15 73 US: New York - Photographs n.d. 15 74 US: North Carolina - Photographs n.d. 5 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE 15 75 US: Pennsylvania: Haverford - Photographs by Ida n.d. Pritchett 15 76 US: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia - Prints n.d. 15 77 US: South Carolina: Charleston - Photographs n.d. 15 78 US: Virginia: Mt. Vernon - Photographs n.d. 15 79 US: Virginia: University of Virginia - Photographs n.d. 15 80 US: Virginia: Williamsburg - Photographs 1923 15 81 US: Virginia - Pamphlet n.d. 15 82 US: Washington, D.C. - [Purchased] Prints n.d. 15 83 US - Photographs n.d. 15 84 Yugoslavia - Photographs n.d. 15 85 Architecture - Unidentified Photographs n.d. 16 86 Architecture - Prints n.d. 16 87 Art - Photographs n.d. 16 88 Art - Prints n.d. 16 89 Benches - Photographs n.d. 16 90 Carts - Photographs n.d. 16 91 Columns - Photographs n.d. 16 92 Details - Purchased Photographs n.d. 16 93 Fountains and Garden Figures - Photographs n.d. 16 94 Funerary - Photographs n.d. 16 95 Gates and Fences - Photographs and Print n.d. 16 96 Gardens - William Robinson Photographs n.d. 16 97 Gardens - Photographs n.d. 16 98 Gardens - Purchased Prints n.d. 16 99 Lumbering - Photographs n.d. 16 100 Natural Landscapes - Photographs and Prints n.d. 16 101 Plant Material - Purchased Photographs n.d. 16 102 Plant Material - Photographs n.d. 17 103 Planters and Urns - Photographs n.d. 17 104 Statuary - Photographs n.d. 17 105 Bookcase - Drawing n.d. 28 125 England - Negatives n.d. 28 126 England: Country Houses - Negatives n.d. 28 127-128 France - Negatives n.d. 28 129 Germany - Negatives n.d. 28 130-140 Italy - Negatives n.d. 29 141 US: California - Negatives n.d. 29 142 US: Florida - Negatives n.d. 29 143 US: Louisiana - Negatives n.d. 6 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE 29 144 Maine - Negatives n.d. 29 145 US: Maryland and New York - Negatives n.d. 29 146 US: Virginia - Negatives n.d. 29 147 US - Negatives n.d. 29 148 Carts - Negatives n.d. 29 149 Natural Landscapes - Negatives n.d. 29 150-152 Unidentified Negatives n.d. 30 153 US: New England Town (?) [sic] - Glass Negatives n.d. 30 154 Gardens - Glass Negatives n.d. 30 155 Natural Landscapes - Glass Negatives n.d. 25 156 Austria/England/France - Photographs n.d. 25 157 Italy: Rome - Photographs n.d. 25 158 US: Massachusetts/New York/North Carolina/ n.d. Pennsylvania - Photographs 25 159 US: Washington, D.C. - Photographs n.d. 26 160 Italy - Portraits (Photographs - Nudes) n.d. 26 161 Art/Statues - Etching, Watercolors, Photographs n.d. 26 162 Architecture - Photograph n.d. 26 163 Gardens - Photographs n.d. 26 164 Landscapes - Photographs n.d. 26 165 Tent - Photograph n.d. 27 167 Italy - Photographs n.d. 27 168 England - Photographs n.d. 27 169 US - Photographs n.d. 27 170 Artwork - Photographs n.d. 27 171 Gardens - Photographs n.d. 27 172 Landscapes - Photographs n.d. B. Fine Art Etchings 17 106 W. Watts - Etchings of English Estates n.d. C. Postcards 35 England n.d. 35 -- France n.d. 35 Italy n.d. 35 -- Scotland n.d. 35 -- Serbia n.d. 35 -- Spain n.d. 35 -- US: Arizona n.d. 35 -- US: California n.d. 35 -- US: Florida n.d. 35 -- US: Illinois n.d. 7 Farrand, Beatrix Jones Collection, 1866-1959 BOX FOLDER TITLE DATE 35 -- US: Louisiana n.d. 35 US: Maine n.d. 35 -- US: Massachusetts n.d. 35 -- US: New Hampshire n.d. 35 -- US: New Mexico n.d. 35 -- US: New York n.d. 35 -- US: Nevada n.d. 35 -- US: South Carolina n.d. 35 -- US: Virginia n.d. 35 -- Plants n.d. 35 -- Unidentified n.d. D. Gravestone Rubbings 26 166 Gravestone Rubbings n.d. FF 249 Gravestone Rubbings & Photograph of Dartmouth n.d. E. Clippings and Transcriptions of Articles 17 107 "Landscape Gardening in Relation to the Placing of the n.d. Flower Garden, by William Renwick, Associate, Short Hills Garden Club 17 108 "Spring Party," The Cosmopolitan Club - Transcript 1950 17 109 Clippings, Bound Book Chapter ("Ancient Meditteranean 1920, 1922, n.d. Pleasure Gardens," by Ellen Churchill Semple) SERIES VII. ADDITIONAL DONATIONS A. Krall B. Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens & Herbarium FF 192 Blueprints C. Black House, Ellsworth, Maine 17 1 Black House Notes/Correspondence 1930-1939 8 BEATRIX FARRAND ROAD NOTES SUMMARY 31 4 November 1930 Mrs. Farrand suggested plantings for the Duck Brook Bridge site. Pines should 1934 be placed on both sides of the bridge and on both sides of the stream, but spaced so as to allow open views of the triples arches. The pines should be "kept somewhat in the background and not allowed to intrude into the foreground of the picture" where they would block views of the stream. Blackberries and dewberries should be tried along the roadsides, though there was little soil on the Witch Hole Pond Loop, spruces were desirable above the road, and occasional spruce and pines below. Viburnum cassanoides would look good in open spaces. Nemopanthes, clematis, and red and white elderberries should be planted near the stream. Mrs. Farrand recommended establishing more seedlings for this work. Young spruce could be planted in the open grove east of the road near Witch Hole Brook. The gravel pit should be planted out with pines, red pines, and a few spruce. Later, blackberries could be planted to hang over the steep rock, hiding the scar. Rockefeller's nurseryman, Charles Miller, thought 100-150 yards of loam would be needed for the work. Clematis would be desirable on the coping stones on the east end of Witch Hole Pond. Slopes east of the road and along the fill area east of the pond needed heavy plantings of pine. Numerous natural pine seedlings were coming up in the hollow east of the pine, and Mrs. Farrand thought the plantings and native trees would eventually make an "almost clear" pine forest. 2 On the Paradise Hill section, Mrs. Farrand suggested planting pine and spruce, as well as large deciduous trees, to block views of the abandoned buckboard road. Again, clematis and also blackberries should be planted to cover the coping stones. The line of stones along the edge of the pond would be a "magnificent place to have a fine display of clematis." More pines and some oaks were needed to cover the old road scar leading downhill toward the pond. Both Mrs. Farrand and Miller thought it advisable to plant more oaks each year in the nursery, as the 3' trees recently set out were "extremely attractive. Bare banks on the hillside should be planted heavily in trees and shrubs. In some places, plantations of a single species of shrub, such as Diervilla, wild roses, or sweet fern, should be set out in mass, as these normally occurred in clumps. Virginia creeper should be established on the bare rocks on the west side of the road; on the east side, young oaks, pines and Diervilla. 3 A large plantation of hemlocks should be set out in the dell on the curve below the road on the north side of the hill. Shrubs, especially red and white elder, would help cloak the banks of the grade outside the coping stones. Bare spaces among the trees could be filled with hemlocks, spruce, and red and white pine east of the road. In the low-lying areas to the west, hazel, ilex and hammamelis mixed with nemopanthes would be well suited. 4 For the triangle north of the Witch Hole (post 2), Mrs. Farrand recommended Beatrix Farrand, "Rockefeller Roads, November 4, 1930. 11 Rockefeller Archives Center, offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. 1-2. first, 3 Ibid., 3-4. pq.g Ibid., 3-4. BEATRIX FARRAND ROAD NOTES SUMMARY - 2 groupings of nemopanthes, ilex, wild roses and clematis. High bush blueberries (Vaccinum corymbosum), which she termed "magnificent in its late autumn coloring, clean and attractive in summer," were extremely hardy and could be used to good effect. Red pines should be planted on the pond edges near a knoll which had been denuded of trees. White and red pines should be planted "liberally" on the banks above the road, but the lower side should be left to the natural vegetation. More high bush blueberries, and other moisture loving plants such as Cassandra and Zenobia pulverulenta would thrive in the wetter terrain at the west end of the pond. West of the pond, the bare banks of the roadside would be "greatly improved" by spruce and pine planting. Sweet fern would be good where a low effect was desired; it should be set out in large groups. 5 Instead of having the edges of the roadsides evenly planted, Mrs. Farrand suggested leaving open spots and planting these in clumps of shrubs. A moist hollow near the pond would look good planted in ilex, azaleas and amelanchoir. She also advised cutting away some trees to show off the marsh near Duck Brook Bridge; later, this spot could be used for a "beautiful display" or azaleas and amelanchoir. Old roads and road scars near the bridge should be planted out with oak and birch trees. Huckleberries, if available, should also be planted. 6 At the edge of the old clearing south of Half Moon Pond, a low planting of deciduous trees should be set out, but the field itself should be kept open. At Breakneck Ponds more vistas could be cut out, as long as they did not open up views of the old Breakneck Road. Moist spots north of the pond could be improved with plantings of ilex, azaleas, elderberries and clematis. Ash could be planted in the wet ground north of the Eagle Lake Bridge. 7 The triangle at Eagle Lake (post 6) should be planted with two or three trees placed close together, and the rest of the space filled with shrubs. This would keep open views of the lake. Ugly bare space north of the lake should be covered with ashes, maples, birches and possibly choke cherry. A thick planting of cedars was needed to supplant the old growth at the lake outlet. Miller thought it a good idea to set out a small nursery of hemlocks in a sheltered spot in the woods. Both Farrand and Miller thought hemlocks "among the most desirable and uncommon" trees for use where site conditions favored them. They noted hemlocks were growing vigorously at the northeast end of Eagle Lake. Miller wanted to increase the size of this plantation. 9 A new culvert had been installed at the Beaver Pool, and Mrs. Farrand suggested closing it off at times to govern the water flow. Loam was needed for planting the adjacent meadow. 10 5 Ibid., 4. 6 Ibid., 4-6. 7 Ibid., 6. 9 Ibid., 7. 10 Ibid.. BEATRIX FARRAND ROAD NOTES SUMMARY - 3 17 April, 16-19 May 1931 At the Beaver Pool, north of the triangle (post 7) and east of the road, Mrs. Farrand suggested planting "native thorns," or wild roses and Viburnum cassanoides, to screen the bare ledges and bald tree trunks visible there. In the south end of the clearing west of the road, she thought a group of Cornus circinata would be attractive. Other plantings she suggested for the area included the choke cherry (Prunus virginiana), leather leaf, white boneset, blue pickerelweed, and scarlet lobelia. She noted that plantings of Witch Hazel and white elder (Sambucus canadensis) were thriving between the pond edge and the forest. Meadowrue had been planted in clumps in the West Meadow and waterliles had been placed in the East Pond. Two types of arrowroot and "big" Turk's Cap lilies were planted among the shrubs in several places, and wood lilies and meadow lilies were set out in the West Meadow and on the east side of the East Pond. Northern callas and marsh marigolds, and red and white elderberries mixed together, were placed on the edges of the road at the outlet. Banks on the east side of the road were planted in wild roses to screen the view from the upper road. In her road notes, Mrs. Farrand commented on the massive scale of the planting work, but warned it would it would take time for it to become established. " it seems as though a forest had been set out, and Mrs. Farrand trusts that Mr. Rockefeller will not be disappointed when he sees how little effect the planting will make for the next year or two. wil On the road north of Bubble Pond, she suggested removing a few shrubs from the valley and replanting them farther up the slopes, so as to leave the view of the swale uncluttered. 12 At Long Pond, she noticed that there were numerous birches remaining in the meadow next to the boathouse, and that they could be used in the next year's planting work. Additional cutting was needed to clear the view of the pines at the north end of the pond. 13 Some of the old roadside plantings were maturing and but appeared placed in regular lines. Mrs. Farrand recommended removing occasional trees to obfuscate the "hedge like" effect. If Mr. Rockefeller did not approve cutting the trees, birches and pines could be added to make a more irregular edge. 14 Mrs. Farrand also looked over the road on the west side of Jordan Pond, and recommended cloaking several banks near the outlet with maple (Acer spicatum) Some birches would be attractive along the road just north of the "tumble down" (the big rock slide) where cut banks were still raw. 15 More planting was desirable on the south side of Eagle Lake. Birches would look good amongst the ledges. Yellow birches would look well in the birch wood Superscript(11)Idem, "Rockefeller Roads, 11 November 1934." Rockefeller Archives Center, offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor) , Box 72 File 738. 12 Ibid., 3. 13 Ibid.. 14 Ibid., 2-3. 15 Ibid., 3-4. BEATRIX FARRAND ROAD NOTES SUMMARY - 4 southwest of the road on the slope of the South Bubble. Birches should also be planted on the banks near the gravel pit. Redberried elders were suggested for the edge of the road near the east side of the pit. She also asked that clematis be planted at various culverts on this section. Mrs. Farrand thought the irregular lines of the trees along the road at the northeast end of Eagle Lake were "most admirable." More cedars, particularly those of larger size, were needed around the little bridges here. 16 On the Witch Hole Pond Loop west of Duck Brook Bridge, she thought the staked lines for tree holes were "a trifle too regular" again, and suggested staggering the location of the stakes. Birches and pines would be desirable here, as they would help to conceal the scars from the road's construction. The "admirably cut" vistas overlooking Frenchmans Bay from Paradise Hill would benefit from low honeysuckle and wild roses, but larger plants were discouraged so as not to impede the views. On the opposite side of the road, spruces would "add greatly to the attractiveness," especially where the road dropped to Witch Hole Pond. In a little dell near the pond, she suggested planting Hammeralis, and ash trees in the low ground east of the road. Norway spruces would look good on the knoll at the north edge of the pond. The gravel pit on this section had been well concealed by recent plantings. "Delightful little oak trees" on the roadsides were "much admired and appreciated. Also, the high bank at the north end of the pond had benefited from extensive plantings of young pines. More pines, especially pitch pines, could be added to this section. Where coping stones bordering the road were visible from other curves, low growing shrubs should be set out hide the road. Blackberries, blueberries, and wild roses would be ideal. She also suggested planting highbush cranberries in the marsh below the road edge near the pond. 17 11 July 1931 Mr. Rockefeller's nurseries were becoming crowded with some 2-3,000 pine trees, and Mrs. Farrand suggested replanting an area covered in "worthless" gray birches lying north and west of the Cadillac Mountain Road with them. The pines should be placed in clumps so that good vistas of the mountain could be left between them. More of the pines could be placed along the road south of Eagle Lake, on Aunt Bettys Pond Road, and on the southwest valley road. 18 Miller and Farrand met at the Beaver Pool to discuss planting in the area. They decided the grass should be cut around the wild roses on the bank, and that some cow lilies planted by mistake in the pool should be removed, lest they crowd out the more desirable water lilies. A planted border of elderberries, lobelias and pickerelweed were combining to make the place a beautiful spot. 19 31 July 1931 16Ibid., 4-5. 17 Ibid., 5-7. 18Idem, "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, July 31, 1931." Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. 19 Ibid.. BEATRIX FARRAND ROAD NOTES SUMMARY - 5 Farrand thought the western banks of Eagle Lake needed more pine plantings, as did the edges of the woods on the south side of the road. She thought some clearing might open up better vistas of the Bubbles from the western Eagle Lake road. on the other hand, she favored planting more birches on the east side of the road where it swept away from the lake near Conners Nubble. She also urged additional plantings in the cut on the west side of the road north of Chasm Brook Bridge, and below the rock coping on Little Brown Mountain. More spruces and hemlocks might be desirable on the road near Upper Hadlock Pond. 20 Mrs. Farrand suggested establishing a small hemlock and thuja nursery, so that increasing quantities of these valuable trees would be available for sites where soil conditions were favorable. 21 23 August 1931 In August 1931, Beatrix Farrand and Charles Miller accompanied Mr. Rockefeller on a drive over several of the carriage roads. Farrand and Miller proposed using surplus pines from Rockefeller's Seal Harbor nursery to thicken plantings around the Bubble Pond and Duck Brook bridges. Vistas of the bridges would be maintained, and if the plantings grew too dense, subsequent thinning would preserve "glimpses of the bridges rather than too open views. w22 Rockefeller and Mrs. Farrand agreed that the new Aunt Bettys Pond Road offered a good situation for planting moisture-loving plants such as dewberries, clematis and elderberries. Rockefeller approved Farrand and Miller clearing more trees around Long Pond. 23 5 October 1931 Farrand and Miller traveled over several of the roads again in October 1931. During the drive, Miller expressed concern about pine blister rust on the Barr Hill Road, and indicated he had already removed about 500 patches of rust without waiting for Rockefeller's approval. Mrs. Farrand approved of the measures and advised further pruning, as the pines in this area were "particularly fine. They noted that planting pockets had been prepared around the Duck Brook Bridge. Miller noted that numerous other planting holes had been prepared along the Paradise Hill carriage road; however, he did not want to begin setting out plants until the whole road planting scheme was reviewed by Mrs. Farrand. 24 On Aunt Bettys Pond Road, both Farrand and Miller thought more planting should be done to hide the upper curves from the Eagle Lake Road. Miller stated that 20 Idem, "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, July 31, 1931." Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. 21 Ibid., 2. 22 Idem, "Road Notes - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire, August 23, 1931," 1. Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. 23 Ibid., 2. 24 Idem, "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, October 5, 1931," 1. Rock BEATRIX FARRAND ROAD NOTES SUMMARY - 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY Farrand, Beatrix. "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, July 31, 1931." Rockefeller Archives Center, offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. -"John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, October 5, 1931. Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, October 10, 1931. Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, November 10, 1931. " Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. "John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire - Road Notes, November 11, 1931. Rockefeller Archives Center, offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. "Road Notes - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Esquire, August 23, 1931. " Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. "Rockefeller Roads - April 17, May 16, 18, 19, '31." Rockefeller Archives Center, Offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. "Rockefeller Roads, 11 November 1934. Rockefeller Archives Center, offices of the Messrs Rockefeller, Record Group 2, Homes (Seal Harbor), Box 72 File 738. MARK college, B21.F4. Dunham tapers. April 20 [1922] with us all My dearest Polly Your ever grateful a One didn't have to devoted know your husband well to realize kcac his kindly blue eyes a his friendly Land clasp who first the reflection to outsiders of his sincere a a affectionals a real self You dan it know hour Impige the association with you GOR, a what a Leep t example of Xonesty, undelfishness, modesty, a capacity - he has left Winter 2009 N The Beatrix Farrand Society NEWS Beatrix Farrand Society Officers: George B. Dorr on Mount Desert James Fuchs By Ronald H. Epp President Beatrix Farrand's best-known commission on Mount Desert Island was the private Richard Crawford garden she developed for John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife at The Eyrie in Seal Harbor in the First Vice President 1920s and now known as the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden. The couple's granddaughter Ann Diane K. McGuire Rockefeller Roberts celebrated another aspect of Farrand's career, the landscaping of the renowned Second Vice President carriage road system in Mr. Rockefeller's Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia's Carriage Roads and Their Howard Monroe Creator (Down East Books, 1990). Few people, however, know about the importance of Farrand's Secretary relationship with George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944), the founder and first superintendent of Acadia National Park. Both embraced the gardening principles of Charles Sprague Sargent, Lee Patterson Treasurer founder of the Arnold Arboretum and Farrand's mentor as well as Dorr's step-cousin. The absence of surviving correspondence between Farrand and Dorr leaves many questions unanswered. Long before the establishment of Acadia National Park in 1919, the estate of Dorr's parents, Directors: Charles and Mary Dorr, impressed the young Peggy Bowditch Beatrix Jones. Her journal of 1893-95 (now in the Richard Crawford Emily Fuchs collections at the Environmental Design Archives, James Fuchs University of California, Berkeley) describes the Robert Golden distinctive qualities of Oldfarm, the Dorrs' ninety- Marti Harmon acre property on Frenchman Bay located two miles Neil Houghton south of Reef Point and built in 1880. Her journal Arthur Keller entries imply that she visited Oldfarm frequently Scott Koniecko Isabel Mancinelli over many years. "The spiraeas at the entrance to Diane K. McGuire the garden are very effective and have grown well. Howard Monroe I. callosa was very striking in spring and early Lee Patterson summer with its red young shoots, she wrote. The Bruce Riddell landscape was initially planted with ornamental Lois Berg Stack shrubs and plants from the Dorr family's summer Judith B. Tankard home in Canton, Massachusetts. In 1896 twenty Advisors: acres of Oldfarm became Mount Desert Nurseries, George B. Dorr on Mount Desert, 1920s. Eleanor Ames providing plant stock to the Bar Harbor community. Courtesy William Otis Sawtelle Collections and Judith Burger-Gossart The nursery's wide array of hybridized plants earned Research Center, Acadia National Park Gilbert Butler medals from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and the Society of American Florists. Dorr's Patrick Chassé nationally renowned nursery would provide plants for many of Farrand's Maine commissions. Carolyn Hollenbeck Carole Plenty George Dorr may have given Beatrix Farrand one of her first clients. At the urging of one Beth Straus of Philadelphia's most prominent physicians, Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, Dorr contracted with Beatrix Jones to clear a wetland owned by Mrs. William H. Bliss (Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss) at the foot of Champlain Mountain. While the rationale for this recommendation is not documented, Dorr's confidence in Beatrix most likely grew from their shared experience with the island flora. In the early 1900s, Edith Wharton turned to her niece and to Dorr for expert advice on landscaping The Mount, her new home in the Berkshires. Ten letters from Wharton to Dorr trace his visits to the Lenox property and reveal her enthusiasm for his horticultural expertise. As a result of his suggestions about developing a wild garden at The Mount, Wharton named a path after him, the only named path on this historic property. In 1917, Beatrix wrote an article for Scribner's magazine on "The National Park on Mount Desert." In the article she writes of Dorr's "unswerving and far-sighted devotion to the ultimate usefulness of the island for the use of the people at large." Farrand acknowledges Dorr's "self-sacrificing enthusiasm" in promoting the wild garden concept, integrating into appropriate landscapes plants such as osmundas, trilliums, and other moisture-loving plants" that will attract a diversified bird population. While Farrand wrote a number of articles for widely known professional publications such as Garden and Forest, Dorr shared his thoughts about history, horticulture, and conservation in the National Geographic magazine as well as The Sieur de Monts Publications and his best-known work, Acadia National Park (1942). Dorr and Farrand advised Rockefeller on the extensive carriage road system in the park. They were keen on providing public access to the splendors of the park and neither asked for compensation for their services. After Dorr's death in 1944, Farrand must have been aware that his conservation plans for Oldfarm were not implemented by the National Park Service. This foreshadowed her own difficulties in finding support for her educational objectives at Reef Point. Despite these disappointments, in an earlier era Farrand and Dorr interpreted and modified the extraordinary landscapes of Mount Desert Island in a lasting way. Ronald H. Epp is the author of a biography of George Bucknam Dorr to be published by the Library of American Landscape History and the University of Massachusetts Press in 2011. Editor, Judith B Tankard editor@BeatrixFarrand.org copyright © 2009 Beatrix Farrand Society 207-288-0237 Beatrix Farrand Society P.O. Box 111, Mt. Desert, Maine 04660 info@BeatrixFarrand.org www.BeatrixFarrandSociety.org