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1.1.09b.Plant lists and plans for Washington Park Arboretum

Date statement: 1906-1938
Summary:
1 file box
Description:
5 separate lists of plants for the Washington Park Arboretum

Folder of "Plants/Seeds/Planting Plans":
     2/1947, "Suggested Alterations to Olmsted Planting Plan, University of Washington Arboretum," 4 pp.
     1938-1939, "Desiderata," 1 sheet,
     12/1938, "List of Plants Available for Exchange," 3 pp.
     12/1938, "Exchange List of Rock Garden Plants and Seeds," 1 sheet.
     11/1938, "Delectus Seminum," 3 sheets.
     1938-1940 items clipped together:
          12/13/1938 "Legend of Trees to Accompany Topographic Plan No. 2966-63," 1 sheet.
          n.d. "Olmsted Plan: Suggested Revision of Pinetum Planting," 1 sheet.
          12/11/1938, Copy of invoice from Fox Hill Nurseries, Kent, England, 2 pp.
          1940 "Surplus Seeds Now Available for Exchange," 1 sheet.
     1937-1938, "Surplus Plant List," 1 sheet.
     1937-1938, "Surplus Seed List," 1 sheet.
     1936-1937, "Surplus Seeds Collected," 1 sheet.
     3/31/1936, "List of Families," from Olmsted Brothers.12 pp.
     2/1936, "Estimated Areas Needed for Various Families," from Olmsted Brothers, 1 sheet.
     7/30/1935, "Seattle Arboretum List of Families," from Olmsted Brothers, 11 pp.
     3/27/ 1906, "Planting Plan for Washington Park, Seattle Washington,"
from Olmsted Brothers, 6 pp. stapled,  including 1966 WPA soil map.
Record ID # 12  ·  Accession date: 2011-12-27  ·  Last updated: 2026-09-06 18:56 PDT
Subjects: Washington Park Arboretum -- plant collection records
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Elisabeth C. Miller Library, Archives compact shelving [1]