Guide to the Francesco Franceschi Papers, 1904-1918

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Guide to the Francesco Franceschi Papers, 1904-1918

Collection number: BANC MSS 70/11 c

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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Francesco Franceschi Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1904-1918
Collection Number: BANC MSS 70/11 c
Creator: Franceschi, Francesco, 1843-
Extent: Number of containers: 20 boxes Linear feet: 10
Repository: The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Correspondence, manuscripts of his writings, and lists of plants relating to his work in acclimatizing plants in Santa Barbara, and in maintaining a nursery of exotic plants. Some later correspondence for the Montarioso Nursery, Aug. 1913-1918, included.
Languages Represented: English

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[Identification of item], Francesco Franceschi Papers, BANC MSS 70/11 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Biographical Sketch

Born in Italy in 1843, Francesco Franceschi, a renowned botanist, obtained his doctorate from the University of Pisa in 1864. He began his work of plant acclimatization in Santa Barbara in 1893 when he established a nursery specializing in the growing and propagating of exotic plants. This work entailed a worldwide correspondence, an exchange of seeds and specimens, and a sharing of the results. At this time Dr. Franceschi compiled an inventory of foreign plants that had been introduced into the area, entitled Santa Barbara Exotic Flora. The nursery was beset by various difficulties. A fire in 1904 destroyed the propagating nursery and an unfortunate association with a landscape gardener, P. Riedel, led to a series of lawsuits, ending in dissolution of the partnership in 1909. Despite these setbacks, Dr. Franceschi managed to a large degree to popularize in California the cultivation of avocados, bamboo, figs, the large Japanese persimmons, palm trees, a ground cover named Lippia repens, some roses, cypress, asparagus and acacia.
Soon after the settlement of the Riedel affair, the doctor, with the aid of his children, established the Montarioso Nursery -his daughter in charge of the commercial side of the enterprise, while he continued his scientific work.
Dr. Franceschi left California in the summer of 1913 for a position in Tripoli offered by the Italian government, relating to plant cultivation and land development.

Scope and Content

The collection, transferred from the University of California Herbarium in July 1969, consists mainly of correspondence concerning the acquisition and exchange of plants and seeds and of reports on their growth in the Santa Barbara region. A group of letters from the Montarioso Nursery written after Franceschi's departure reveals that by 1916 the nursery had been largely abandoned in favor of landscape work, and they reflect the growth of the Montecito area. Also included are a few of Franceschi's writings (MS and printed), lists of plants introduced in the nursery, and plant and seed lists of the nursery.

Boxes 1-4

Outgoing letters of Franceschi, 1904-1913, and of the Montarioso Nursery, 1913-1918

Boxes 5-19

Incoming letters

Scope and Content Note

Arrangement

Single letters arranged alphabetically in miscellanies, and two or more letters arranged alphabetically by author or organization, then chronologically within each folder.
A partial list of correspondents follows the key to arrangement..
Box 20

Copies of Franceschi's writings

 

Lists of plants introduced by the Nursery

 

Garden and seed lists

 

Miscellaneous advertisements, etc.


 

A Miscellany

 

Alabama Nursery Company, Huntsville, Ala.

 

Letter, Feb. 24, 1904.

 

Alcocer, Gabriel, 1864-1916

 

Letter, Dec. 13, 1910, addressed to Mario Calvino.

 

Allaire, C. B.

 

Letter, Aug. 31, 1911.

Additional Note

Concerning growth of Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis in Texas American Breeders' Association Letter, Nov. 13, 1908, by W. M. Hays
 

American Breeders' Association

 

Letter, Nov. 18, 1908, by W. M. Hays.

 

Abrams, LeRoy, 1874-

 

2 letters, 1909.

 

Adnet, René

 

6 letters, 1910-1911.

Additional Note

Developer of hybrid freesias, Antibes, France
 

Ahern, George Patrick, 1859-1942

 

2 letters, 1911-1913.

Additional Note

Re Philippines.
 

Allen, Cyril

 

8 letters, 1909-1911.

Additional Note

Colombian horticulturist
 

American Civic Association

 

3 letters, 1905.

Additional Note

Form letters. Letter of Nov. 1 signed by J. H. McFarland.
 

Miscellaneous publications at end of folder

 

Arechavaleta, José, 1838-1912

 

4 letters, 1904-1907.

 

B Miscellany

 

Ball, Carleton Roy, 1873-

 

Letter, Dec. 29, 1911.

 

Ballini, Virgillo

 

Letter, July 2, 1911.

Additional Note

Italian horticulturist
 

Bartlett, Harley Harris, 1886-1960

 

Letter, May 12, 1910.

 

Bertie-Smith, A. E.

 

Letter, Nov. 8, 1906.

Additional Note

Rubber and tobacco planter, Uganda
 

Bradshaw, G. S.

 

Letter, Oct. 22, 1909.

Additional Note

Re orchids, Mexico
 

Brand, August, 1863-1930

 

Letter, Sept. 1, 1909.

 

Babcock, Ernest Brown, 1877-1954

 

4 letters, 1906-1913.

 

Bailey, Liberty Hyde, 1858-1954

 

15 letters, 1905-1913.

Additional Note

Mainly re Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.
 

Baker, Charles Fuller, 1872-1927

 

20 letters, 1906-1912.

 

Baker, Edward

 

4 letters, 1904-1911.

Additional Note

Re figs.
 

Baldrati, Isaia, 1872-

See Eritrea, Direzione de colonizzazione.

 

Balfour, Isaac Bayley, 1853-1922

 

15 letters, 1907-1913.

Additional Note

Regius keeper, Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh.
 

Barber, T. U.

 

9 letters, 1913-1917, to C. F. Franceschi, re avocado culture.

 

Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915

 

16 letters, 1905-1911.

See also Geberding, E. O.

 

Barnes, Parker Thayer, 1874-

See Garden Magazine

 

Barnhart, P. D.

 

34 letters, 1905-1913.

Additional Note

Many written for the Pacific Garden.
 

Barrett, Otis Warren, 1872-

 

55 letters, 1905-1908.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry
 

Barron, Leonard, 1868-1938

See Horticultural Society of New York.

See also County Life in America

 

Basso, Domingo

 

5 letters, 1903-1906.

Additional Note

Montevideo horticulturist
 

Bassotti, Giuseppe

 

4 letters, 1908-1911.

Additional Note

Director of Sao Paolo's Escola Municipal de Pomologia
 

Batchelder, George Aiken, 1860-

 

9 letters, 1911-1912.

 

Baum, Lyman Frank, 1856-1919

 

2 letters, 1912

 

Beagles, R. L.

 

6 letters, 1911-1913.

Additional Note

U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry at Chico. Many are form letters.
 

Beal, Alvin Casey, 1872-1929

 

5 letters, 1911-1912.

 

Beaty, John Yocum, 1884-

See Luther Burbank Society

 

Beccari, Odoardo, 1843-1920

 

11 letters, 1906-1909.

 

Beck, H. B.

 

12 letters, 1905-1907.

Additional Note

Re plants to acclimatize in Austin, Texas.
 

Beers, C. W.

 

4 letters, 1909-1913.

Additional Note

Some written as Horticultural Commissioner, Santa Barbara Co.
 

Berger, Alwin, 1871-1931

 

7 letters, 1905-1911.

 

Berliner, M.

 

12 letters, 1906-1907.

Additional Note

Commercial agent for government of Cape of Good Hope
 

Bertoni, Moisés Santiago, 1857-1929

 

7 letters, 1907-1910.

 

Bessey, Ernst Athearn, 1877-

 

2 letters, 1907-1908.

Additional Note

Both letters are incomplete.
 

Bioletti, Frederic Theodore, 1865-

 

3 letters, 1906.

 

Bisset, Peter, 1869-

 

32 letters, 1909-1913.

Additional Note

Plant introducer, U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry
 

Blanchard, Sarah Eliot, 1868-

 

6 letters, 1909-1913.

 

Bogor, Indonesia. Kebun Raja

 

7 letters, 1904-1908.

Additional Note

Some by Professor Melchior Treub.
 

Borzi, Antonino, 1852-

See Palermo. Giardino Botanico

 

Bossche, Leon van den

 

15 letters, 1904-1910.

Additional Note

Belgian horticulturist
 

Bowles, Phillip Ernest, 1859-1926

 

15 letters, 1905-1911.

 

Boyle, Thomas F.

See San Francisco. Auditor

 

Brand, Charles John, 1879-

 

4 letters, 1907.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Brandegee, Katharine (Layne), 1844-1920 [Mrs. Townshend Stith Brandegee]

 

6 letters, 1904-1908.

 

Brandegee, Townshend Stith, 1843-1925

 

3 letters, 1903-1911.

 

Branner, John Casper, 1850-1922

 

5 letters, 1909-1910.

 

Braunton, Ernest

 

15 letters, 1904-1906.

Additional Note

Some written for the Cultivator and for the Southern California Horticultural Association.
 

Brisbane, Australia. Botanic Gardens

 

6 letters, 1904-1905, by Philip MacMahon.

Additional Note

Mainly form letters.
 

Britton, Nathaniel Lord, 1859-

See New York. Botanical Garden

 

Buckman, Benjamin

 

2 letters, 1910.

Additional Note

Re pawpaws.
 

Buenos Aires. Jardin Botánico

 

3 letters, 1904-1908, by Carlos Thays.

 

Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926

 

10 letters, 1904-1912.

Additional Note

1912 item is printed postcard announcing creation of the Luther Burbank Company.
 

Burtt-Davy, Joseph, 1870-

 

3 letters, 1899-1907.

See also Transvaal. Dept. of Agriculture.

 

C Miscellany

 

Cannon, William Austin, 1870-

 

Letter, Sept. 24, 1909.

 

Cheney, Warren, 1858-1921

 

Letter, Feb. 6, 1911.

 

Christ, Emile

 

Letter, May 31, 1908. On flora of Réunion.

 

Christy, Thomas

 

Letter, Feb. 15, 1905.

 

Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison, 1866-

 

Postcard, Apr. 16, 1906.

 

Coit, John Eliot, 1880-

 

Letter, Apr. 9, 1913.

Additional Note

Re summer course in citriculture and semi-tropical fruits.
 

Collier's

 

Letter, Feb. 22, 1910, by Sarah Comstock.

 

Cooper, Ellen

 

Letter, June 6, 1905.

Additional Note

Daughter of Ellwood Cooper.
 

Country Life in America

 

Letter, Mar. 21, 1911, by L. Barron.

 

Crawford, Albert Cornelius

 

Letter, Nov. 7, 1904.

Additional Note

Pharmacologist, U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry
 

Cuevas, Hilario

 

Letter, Sept. 19, 1905.

Additional Note

Plant introduction, cotton trees, etc., in Mexico.
 

California. State Commission of Horticulture. Quarantine Division

 

3 letters, 1911, by O. F. Bremner and A. J. Cook

 

California Association of Nurserymen

 

9 items, 1911.

Additional Note

Including constitution and by-laws.
 

California Promotion Committee

 

2 letters, 1905-1906, by Rufus P. Jennings.

 

Calvino, Mario

 

21 letters, 1909-1913.

Additional Note

Re Mexican horticulture.
 

Campbell, Douglas Houghton, 1859-

 

2 letters, 1908.

 

Carnegie, Thomas Morrison, 1874-

 

9 letters, 1903-1910.

 

Casali (G) G. y Cia, Mexico

 

25 letters, 1910-1912.

Additional Note

Horticultural firm.
 

Cave, George H.

See Darjeeling, India. Lloyd Botanic Garden.

 

Chabaud, B.

 

11 letters, 1905-1910.

Additional Note

Botanist, Toulon
 

Childs, John Lewis, 1856-1921

 

11 letters, 1903-1910.

See also Hovey, C. H.

 

Chisholm, Frederic

 

2 letters, 1908-1909.

Additional Note

(U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry)
 

Comstock, Sarah

See Collier's

 

Condit, Ira Judson, 1883-

 

2 letters, 1913

 

Conzatti, Cassiano, 1862-1951

 

16 letters, 1908-1912.

 

Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916

 

2 letters, 1911-1912.

 

Coolidge, D. W.

 

19 letters, 1904-1911.

Additional Note

Letter of Oct. 19, 1907, for the Pasadena Gardeners' Association.
 

Cooper, Ellwood, 1829-

 

5 letters, 1905-1908.

 

Cooper, Fanny

 

11 letters, 1907-1910.

 

Cornell, Ralph D.

 

3 letters, 1912.

 

Cory, Clarence Linus, 1872-1937

 

2 letters, 1909.

 

Costa Rica. Secretaría de Hacienda y Comercio

 

4 letters, 1907-1908, by O. F. Rohrmoser.

 

Costantin, Julien Noël, 1857-1936

 

11 letters, 1905-1911.

Additional Note

Also included are two desiderata lists. Curator, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Many are form letters.
 

Crisp, sir Frank, 1843-1919

 

2 letters, 1905

 

Cultivator Publishing Company, Los Angeles

 

26 letters, 1905-1913.

Additional Note

Many re the California Cultivator. Some by C. B. Messenger.
 

D Miscellany

 

Denison, John Hopkins, 1870-1936

 

Letter, July 20, 1917.

 

Derby, Orville Adelbert, 1851-

 

Letter, June 12, 1909.

 

Douglas, Walter, 1870-

 

Letter, Jan. 2, 1912.

 

Dudley, William Russel, 1849-1911

 

Letter, [Jan. 1909].

 

Day, William Rufus, 1849-1923

See McKinley National Memorial Association

 

Devol, Carroll Augustine, 1859-1930

See U.S. Quartermaster's Dept.

 

Dodero, Cipriano

 

5 letters, 1905-1908.

Additional Note

Baja California collector
 

Dorsett, Palemon Howard

 

27 letters, 1905-1913.

Additional Note

Written while serving with the U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Durand, William Frederick, 1859-

 

18 letters, 1908-1913.

Additional Note

Letter of Jan. 3, 1909, contains notes on effect of frost on his plants at Stanford University.
 

E Miscellany

 

Earle, Franklin Sumner, 1856-1929.

 

Letter, Nov. 22, 1908.

 

Easley, W. T.

 

Letter, May 12, 1909.

Additional Note

Re seeds from Soledad, Mexico.
 

Eaton, Charles Frederick, 1842-

 

Letter, May 12, 1907.

 

Eddy, Arthur Jerome, 1859-1920

 

Letter, Jan. 8, 1906.

 

Edwards, Arthur Mead, 1836-

 

Letter, June 20, 1913.

 

Edwards, Harry Taylor

 

Letter, Sept. 19, 1911.

Additional Note

Philippine Islands' Bureau of Agriculture
 

Estabrook, Leon Moyer, 1869-1937

 

Letter, Mar. 5, 1913.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Eastwood, Alice, 1859-

 

25 letters, 1904-[1913].

 

Edmunds, George Franklin, 1828-1919

 

2 letters, 1906 and n.d.

 

Ehrhorn, Edward Macfarlane, 1862-1941

 

3 letters, 1905-1906.

 

Elliott, Ina Scott

 

3 letters, 1916 and n.d.

Additional Note

Developer of columbines
 

Elliott, Orrin Leslie, 1860-1940

See Young Men's Christian Association

 

Emery, Ella Rhoda (Emery) [Mrs. Grenville C. Emery]

 

6 letters, 1904-1910.

 

Eritrea. Direzione de Colonizzazione

 

3 letters, 1911-1912, by I. Baldrati.

 

Espinosa, Bruno T.

 

5 letters, 1907-1908.

Additional Note

Re Colombian palms.
 

F Miscellany

 

Forbes, Robert Humphrey, 1867-

 

Letter, Dec. 16, 1911.

 

Frémont, Elizabeth Benton, 1842-1919

 

Letter, Mar. 2, 1905.

 

Fairchild, David Grandison, 1869-

 

73 letters, 1903-1913.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Fancher Creek Nurseries, Fresno, Calif.

 

93 letters, 1904-1918.

Additional Note

Some by G. C. Roeding. Accounts at end of folder.
 

Fényes, Eva Scott, d. 1930

 

5 letters, 1909-1910.

 

Field, Edward Bell, 1850-1919

 

3 letters, 1910-1913.

Additional Note

Letter of Aug. 2, 1910, written for him by his secretary.
 

Fischer, W.

 

34 letters, 1906-1909.

Additional Note

One letter incomplete. Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Flood, James L.

 

6 letters, 1912-1913.

 

Foëx, Felix

 

42 letters, 1903-1912.

 

Fowble, Lucy E.

 

8 letters, 1909-1910.

Additional Note

Re Mexican avocados and orchids.
 

Franceschi, Cammillo Fenzi [Son of Dr. Franceschi]

 

47 letters, 1911-1915.

 

G Miscellany

 

Garden Magazine

 

Letter, May 12, 1906, by Parker Thayer Barnes.

 

Graves, Henry Solon, 1871-

 

Letter, Feb. 18, 1911.

 

Gravis, Auguste, 1857-

 

Postcard, Apr. 3, 1907.

 

Gregg, John William, 1880-

 

Letter, Aug. 30, 1913.

 

Geberding, E. O.

 

6 letters, 1904-1912.

Additional Note

Some written for Thomas R. Bard.
 

Gedge, Charles J.

 

6 letters, 1909-1910.

Additional Note

Mainly re the "sand strawberry." 1906 letter re earthquake in Oakland.
 

Giffard, W. M.

 

2 letters, 1907-1908.

Additional Note

Re yellow poinsettias et al.
 

Gifford, John Clayton, 1870-

 

5 letters, 1907-1911.

 

Goodrich, Edward E.

 

3 letters, 1910.

Additional Note

Re California olives.
 

Gossweiler, John

 

4 letters, 1905-1907.

Additional Note

Botanist in Angola
 

Gould, Harris Perley, 1871-

 

5 letters, 1909-1911.

Additional Note

Written while serving in U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Grabendörfer, Carlos, d. 1905

 

2 letters, 1903-1904.

Additional Note

Baja California horticulturist
 

Green, E. C.

 

2 letters, 1910-1911.

Additional Note

Written while serving in U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry, Brownsville, Texas.
 

Griffiths, David, 1867-1935

 

8 letters, 1905-1911.

 

Grissinger, W.

 

2 letters, 1907.

Additional Note

Horticulturist from Ghent
 

Guillen, V.

 

2 letters, 1906-1910.

Additional Note

Re Psidium grown in Valencia, Spain.
 

H Miscellany

 

Havens, Frank Colton, 1848-1918

 

Letter, Feb. 20, 1906.

 

Heard, Dwight Bancroft, 1869-1929

 

Letter, Nov. 1, 1904.

 

Heard, Maie B (Bartlett) [Mrs. Dwight Bancroft Heard]

 

Letter, Dec. 12, 1904.

 

Heering, Wilhelm Christian August, 1876-

 

Letter, Feb, 2, 1910.

 

Heyn, C.

 

Letter, July 18, 1911.

Additional Note

Written while agent at Mazatlán, re conditions in Mexico, cascalote (a bark used for tanning) and avocado seeds.
 

Hough, Romeyn Beck, 1857-1924

 

Letter, July 1, 1905.

 

House & Garden

 

Letter, Jan. 10, 1910, by Gardner Teall

 

Hudson, Claude Silbert, 1881-1952

 

Letter, Apr. 6, 1911.

Additional Note

(U.S. Bureau of Chemistry)
 

Humphrey, Harry Baker, 1873-1955

 

Letter, Nov. 13. 1907.

 

Hall, Byron

 

2 letters, 1911.

Additional Note

Re seeds from Mexico.
 

Hall, Harvey Monroe, 1874-1932

 

34 letters, 1905-1911.

 

Hansard, Arthur C.

 

3 letters, 1904.

Additional Note

Re Porto Rican palms.
 

Hartley, Charles Pinckney, 1870-

 

2 letters, 1910-1911

 

Harvey, J. C.

 

14 letters, 1904-1912.

Additional Note

Re plants of Mexico, especially palms.
 

Haughs, David

 

19 letters, 1905-1912.

Additional Note

One letter incomplete. Re Hawaiian plants.
 

Hays, Willet Martin, 1859-

See American Breeders' Association

 

Hebert, Mrs. William

 

2 letters, 1905.

Additional Note

Re Mexican palms and other plants.
 

Higgins, J. E.

 

18 letters, 1905-1913.

Additional Note

Re Hawaiian seeds.
 

Hochderffer, George, 1863-1955

 

18 letters, 1905-1908.

Additional Note

Re Arizona seeds. Most letters signed jointly with M. J. Hochderffer.
 

Hooker, Katharine (Putnam), 1849-

 

7 letters, 1905-1908.

 

Horne, William Titus, 1876-

 

2 letters, 1912.

 

Horticultural Society of New York

 

5 letters, 1906-1908, by Leonard Barron

Additional Note

Preliminary Program for Oct. 1907 meeting included.
 

Hosmer, Ralph Sheldon, 1874-

 

2 letters, 1910.

 

Houzeau de Lehaie, Jean

 

3 letters, 1908.

Additional Note

Bamboo expert, Belgium
 

Hovey, C. H.

 

4 letters, 1905-1911.

Additional Note

Some for John Lewis Childs.
 

Hunt, Benjamin Weeks, 1847-

 

14 letters, 1909-1913

 

Hutchins, E.

 

5 letters, 1904-1905.

Additional Note

Cape Town forester
 

Hutchinson, Norman, 1875-1924

See U.S. Legation. Santiago, Chile.

 

I Miscellany

 

Irish, Henry Clay, 1868-

 

Letter, Feb. 17, 1905.

Additional Note

Acting director, Missouri Botanical Garden.
 

Isaac, John

 

2 letters, 1906-1912.

Additional Note

1906 letter written while Secretary, California Commission of Horticulture, and 1912 letter while editorial manager for the California Farmer.
 

J Miscellany

 

Johnson, Caroline Rixford

 

Letter, June 1, 1912.

Additional Note

Re Myrtus Arayan, a Mexican plant.
 

Jaffa, Myer Edward, 1857-1931

 

4 letters, 1907-1913.

 

Jaramillo, Epifanio

 

2 letters, 1911.

Additional Note

Re avocado seeds from Monterrey, Mexico
 

Jennings, Rufus P.

See California Promotion Committee

 

Jepson, Willis Linn, 1867-1946

 

2 letters, 1904-1909.

 

Jones, Katherine D., d. 1943

 

3 letters, 1912-1913.

 

K Miscellany

 

Kellerman, Karl Frederic, 1879-

 

Letter, May 30, 1912.

 

Kew, Royal gardens

 

20 letters, 1906-1912, by W. Watson and D. Prain.

Additional Note

Some are form letters.
 

Kruckeberg, Henry W.

 

23 letters, 1905-1910.

Additional Note

Mainly as editor of the Rural California
 

Kunze, Richard Ernest, 1838-1919

 

13 letters, 1906-1913

 

L Miscellany

 

Le Feuvre, René F.

 

Letter, Mar. 11, 1904.

Additional Note

Botanist, Santiago, Chile
 

Lillingston, Grey

 

Letter, Sept. 12, 1908.

Additional Note

Re flora of Guadalajara, Mexico.
 

Lipman, Jacob Goodale, 1874-1939

 

Letter, May 18, 1911.

 

Livermore, Horatio P.

 

Letter, June 8, 1907.

 

Lloyd, Francis Ernest, 1868-

 

Letter, Mar. 2, 1904.

 

Luther Burbank Society

 

Letter, Apr. 5, 1913, by John Y. Beaty.

 

Lake, Edward Ralph, 1860-

 

4 letters, 1910-1912.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Lawson, Anstruther Abercrombie, 1874-

 

2 letters, 1904.

 

Ledien, F.

 

5 letters, 1909-1912.

Additional Note

Curator, Botanical Gardens at Dahlem, Germany
 

Lejeune, E.

 

3 letters, 1904.

Additional Note

Account of work at the Fancher Creek Nursery with Mr. Roeding.
 

Letts, Arthur, 1862-1923

 

21 letters, 1905-1913

 

Lynch, R. Irwin

 

10 letters, 1905-1912.

Additional Note

Curator, Botanic Garden at Cambridge, England
 

Lyon, William Scrugham, 1852-1916

 

5 letters, 1908-[1909].

Additional Note

Re Manila flora.
 

M Miscellany

 

McDonald, James Gordon, 1868-

 

Letter, Jan. 6, 1904.

 

MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, 1865-

 

Letter, May 31, 1913.

 

MacFarlane, John Muirhead, 1855-

 

Letter, May 4, 1910.

 

McIntyre, Donald

 

Letter, Oct. 16, 1908.

Additional Note

Re culture of avocados in Hawaii.
 

Manning, Warren Henry, 1860-1938

 

Unsigned carbon, June 25, 1907.

 

Means, Thomas Herbert, 1875-

 

Letter, Aug. 4, 1906.

 

Meier, Ernst

 

Letter, Oct. 2, 1905.

Additional Note

Re Porto Rican flora.
 

Mexico. Secretario de Fomento

 

Letter, Nov. 6, 1909, by Olegario Molina Solis.

 

Mills, Susan Lincoln, 1826-1912

 

Letter, Sept. 8, 1905.

 

Morrill, Austin Winfield, 1880-

 

Letter, Apr. 22, 1911, to Cammillo Franceschi

 

McAuliffe, David J.

 

4 letters, 1907-1908.

Additional Note

Re Australian flora.
 

McFarland, John Horace, 1859-

See American Civic Association

 

McKinley National Memorial Association

 

2 letters, 1903-1904, by William R. Day and H. M. Altick.

Additional Note

Form letters.
 

McLaren, John, 1846-1943

 

13 letters, 1904-1913.

Additional Note

Mainly as Supt. of Parks, San Francisco.
 

Maiden, Joseph Henry, 1859-1925

See Sydney, Australia, Botanic Gardens

 

Marston, George White, 1850-

 

4 letters, 1905-1913.

 

Mason, Silas Cheever, 1857-1935

 

7 letters, 1909-1912.

Additional Note

Aboriculturist, U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry
 

Mexico. Dirección general de agricultura

 

4 letters, 1911.

 

Millard, Walter S.

 

2 letters, 1907-1909.

Additional Note

Re seeds of Cassia renigera from Burma.
 

Miller, Frank Augustus, 1857-1935

 

4 letters, 1906.

 

Milliken, Carl Spencer, 1876-

 

7 letters, 1909-1910.

Additional Note

Undated incomplete letter at end of folder.
 

Moffitt, James Kennedy, 1866?-1955

 

13 letters, 1905-1917.

Additional Note

1917 letters to Cammillo Franceschi
 

Molina Solís, Olegario, 1843-1925

See Mexico. Secretario de Fomento

 

Montevideo. Jardín Botánico

 

3 letters, 1906-1908.

 

Moore, Willis Luther, 1856-1927

See National Geographic Society

 

N Miscellany

 

New York City Botanical Garden

 

Letter, June 1, 1908, by N. L. Britton

 

Noter, Raphael de, 1857-

 

Letter, Feb. 27, 1911.

 

National Geographic Society

 

3 letters, 1905-1907.

Additional Note

Form letters. 1907 letter by Willis Luther Moore. Programs, etc. included.
 

Nordhoff, Walter

 

35 letters, 1904-1913

 

O Miscellany

 

Oliver, George Watson, 1858-1923

 

Letter, Sept. 19, 1906.

Additional Note

Written while with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Oaxaca, Mexico. Estación Agrícola Experimental

 

5 letters, 1912, by Sebastian Blanco and Rutilio Castillo.

 

P Miscellany

 

Patiño, Jesús A.

 

Letter, June 22, 1907.

Additional Note

Re Colombian palm seeds.
 

Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946

 

Letter, July 27, 1904.

 

Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen

 

10 letters, 1906-1913.

Additional Note

Form letters.
 

Pacific Garden

See Barnhart, P. D.

 

Palermo. Giardino Botanico e coloniale

 

2 letters, 1907-1910, by A. Borzi.

 

Palmer, Bertha (Honoré), d. 1918 [Mrs. Potter Palmer]

 

12 letters, 1912-1913.

Additional Note

Some 1913 letters re payments written for Mrs. Potter by the Palmer-Florida Company.
 

Parish, Samuel Bonsall, 1838-1928

 

7 letters, 1906-1908.

Additional Note

Re palms.
 

Pasadena Gardeners' Association

See Coolidge, D. W.

 

Payne, Theodore

 

82 letters, 1904-1913.

 

Pérez, George V.

 

14 letters, 1905-1909.

Additional Note

Re botany of the Canary Islands.
 

Perkins, S. Albert, 1865-

 

3 letters, 1904-1906.

 

Peschelt, W. A.

 

7 letters, 1905-1906.

Additional Note

Gardener for Arthur Letts
 

Pierce, Newton Barris, 1856-1917

 

10 letters, 1905-1913.

 

Pieters, Adrian John, 1866-1940

 

15 letters, 1904-1906.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Piper, Charles Vancouver, 1867-1926

 

3 letters, 1907-1909.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Pirotta, Romualdo, 1853-1908

 

5 letters, 1904-1911.

 

Poirault, Georges

 

6 letters, 1904-1909.

Additional Note

Botanist, Antibes
 

Pomeroy, Eltweed, 1860-

 

3 letters, 1910.

 

Popenoe, F. Wilson, 1892-

See Popenoe, Wilson, 1892-

 

Popenoe, Wilson, 1892-

 

86 letters, 1909-1913.

Additional Note

Many letters re avocado culture.
 

Powers, Le Grand, 1847-

See U.S. Bureau of the Census

 

Prain, sir David, 1857-1944

See Kew. Royal gardens

 

Purpus, Carl Albert, 1851-

 

3 letters, 1905.

Additional Note

Re Mexican cacti.
 

R Miscellany

 

Reed, Henry E.

 

Letter, Nov. 29, 1906.

Additional Note

Director of exploitation, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition
 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Letter, Aug. 11, 1909, by Palmer C. Ricketts.

 

Richards, Jarrett Thomas

 

Letter, May 28, 1909.

Additional Note

Concerning Franceschi's lawsuit against Riedel.
 

Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929

 

Postcard, Nov. 25, 1909.

 

Rathbun, Richard, 1852-1918

See Smithsonian Institution

 

Ravenel, William de Chastignier, 1859-

See Smithsonian Institution

 

Regnard, Gabriel

 

9 letters, 1909-1910.

Additional Note

Re botany of Mauritius. At end of folder, one letter from Mr. Regnard's son, L. Ferd. Regnard.
 

Ricker, Percy Leroy, 1878-

 

3 letters, 1909-1913.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Ricketts, Palmer Chamberlaine, 1856-1934

See Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Riedel, P.

 

3 letters, 1905-1908.

Additional Note

One time associate of Dr. Franceschi's.
 

Rixford, Emmet, 1865-1938

 

3 letters, 1909-1912.

 

Rixford, G. P.

 

28 letters, 1905-1913.

Additional Note

Many re figs. Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry, San Francisco.
 

Robertson-Proschowsky, A.

 

3 letters, 1904-1905.

 

Roeding, George Christian, 1868-1928

See Fancher Creek Nurseries.

 

Rose, Joseph Nelson, 1862-1928

 

2 letters, 1905.

Additional Note

Written while serving with Smithsonian Institution.
 

Ross, Hermann, 1862-

 

12 letters, 1905-1910.

Additional Note

Re his work on oak gall.
 

S Miscellany

 

St. John, Chauncey M.

 

Letter, Mar. 29, 1912.

 

Sampson, Alden, 1853-1925

 

Letter, Nov. 6, 1906.

 

Stockberger, Warner W., 1872-

 

Letter, Apr. 19, 1911.

 

Story, John Petten, 1841-1915

 

Letter, Nov. 23, 1911.

 

Swett (John) & Son, Martinez, Calif.

 

Letter, Jan. 16, 1911.

Additional Note

Re vines, signed by Frank T. Swett.
 

Safford, William Edwin, 1859-1926

 

3 letters, 1905-1911.

Additional Note

Re plants of Guam and Mexico. Written while with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

San Diego, Calif. Panama-California Exposition, 1915

 

26 letters, 1910-1912.

Additional Note

Mainly re landscaping and planting for the Exposition.
 

San Francisco. Auditor

 

2 letters, 1912, by Thomas F. Boyle

 

San Francisco. Park Commissioners

 

5 letters, 1905-1911, by James de Lucca, H. L. Schmitz, E. N. Lomasney.

See also MacLaren, John.

 

San Francisco. Public Library

 

2 letters, 1911, by William R. Watson.

 

Sargent, Charles Sprague, 1841-1927

 

12 letters, 1904-1913.

 

Schiffmann, Rudolph

 

2 letters, 1906-1910.

Additional Note

1906 letter re his collection of Philippine plants.
 

Schneider, Albert, 1863-1928

 

3 letters, 1905.

Additional Note

Re medicinal plants, particularly the possibility of cultivating cinchona (quinine) in California.
 

Scripps, Edward Wyllis, 1854-1926

 

5 letters, 1904.

Additional Note

Mainly by his private secretary, J. P. Hamilton.
 

Sessions, Kate O.

 

71 letters, 1904-1913.

 

Shearer, Frank

 

9 letters, 1909-1913.

Additional Note

Some letters written while Los Angeles Park Superintendent.
 

Shepherd, Theodosia Burr, 1845-1906

See Shepherd (Theodosia B.) Co., Ventura, Calif.

 

Shepherd (Theodosia B.) Co., Ventura, Calif.

 

32 letters, 1904-1913.

Additional Note

Some letters by Theodosia Burr Shepherd.
 

Sherfesee, William Forsythe

 

2 letters, 1912.

Additional Note

For Philippine Bureau of Forestry.
 

Shinn, Charles Howard, 1852-1924

 

2 letters, 1911.

 

Simpson, Charles Torrey, 1846-1932

 

2 letters, 1903-1904.

 

Slossom, Willis M.

 

3 letters, 1905-1906.

Additional Note

Writing as U. S Forest Supervisor at Santa Barbara.
 

Smith & Menzel, Aldgate, South Australia

 

5 letters, 1905-1906.

Additional Note

Exchange of seeds.
 

Smithsonian Institution

 

2 letters, 1905, by W. de C. Ravenel and Richard Rathbun.

 

Smock, John Conover, 1842-1926

 

9 letters, 1911-1912

 

Spoor, John Alden, 1851-1926

 

3 letters, 1913

 

Stiles, Harvey C.

 

15 letters, 1904-1910.

Additional Note

Re plants in Guanajuato, Mexico.
 

Stratton, George Malcolm, 1865-1957

 

3 letters, 1909-1910.

 

Stubenrauch, Arnold Valentine, 1871-1917

 

3 letters, 1905.

 

Swett, Frank Tracy, 1869-1969

See Swett (John) & Son, Martinez, Calif.

 

Swingle, Walter Tennyson, 1871-

 

3 letters, 1909-1912.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Sydney, Australia. Botanic Gardens

 

10 letters, 1905-1911, by J. H. Maiden.

Additional Note

Some are form letters
 

T Miscellany

 

Taylor, Norman, 1883-

 

Letter, May 29, 1912.

Additional Note

Curator, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
 

Tiebout, G. L.

 

Letter, Nov. 23, 1911.

Additional Note

Re culture of the casabanana in Louisiana.
 

Torchiana, Henry Albert van Coenen, 1867-1940

 

Letter, Nov. 8, 1910.

 

Taft, C. P.

 

11 letters, 1904-1911.

Additional Note

Many re Feijoas.
 

Taylor, Frederic William, 1869-

 

11 letters, 1912-1913.

Additional Note

Director, Philippine Islands Bureau of Agriculture. Letter written for him by O. W. Barrett. One 1913 letter incomplete.
 

Taylor, William Alton, 1863-

 

4 letters, 1909-1910.

Additional Note

Written while serving with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Teall, Gardner Callahan, 1878-

See House & Garden

 

Tevis, William Sanders

 

31 letters, 1906-1909.

Additional Note

Some written for him by his secretaries. Many re bamboos.
 

Thacher, E. S.

 

7 letters, 1908-1913.

Additional Note

Many re cultivation of avocados and pistachios.
 

Thacher, Sherman Day, 1861-1931

 

2 letters, 1906.

 

Thays, Carlos

See Buenos Aires. Jardín Botánico

 

Thornber, John James, 1872-

 

19 letters, 1910-1913.

 

Tinoco, J. M.

 

17 letters, 1906-1908.

Additional Note

Written mainly while Costa Rican consul in San Francisco, re sending seeds and plants for tree planting in San José de Costa Rica.
 

Trabut, Louis, 1853-1929

 

5 letters, 1907-1913.

 

Transvaal. Dept. of Agriculture

 

8 letters, 1906-1907.

Additional Note

Include two letters by J. Burtt-Davy.
 

Trelease, William, 1857-

 

38 letters, 1904-1911.

Additional Note

Director, Missouri Botanical Garden. Many re his work on agaves. Letter of Aug. 18, 1908, incomplete.
 

Treub, Meichior, 1851-1910

See Bogor, Indonesia, Kebun Raja

 

True, Rodney Howard, 1866-1940

 

2 letters, 1907.

Additional Note

Re introduction of lemons. (U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry)
 

U Miscellany

 

U.S. Legation. Santiago, Chile

 

Letter, Nov. 4, 1902, by Norman Hutchinson.

 

U.S. Quartermaster's Dept.

 

Letter, Jan. 3 1906, by D. C. Devol.

 

Underhill, Francis T.

 

2 letters, 1905-1907.

 

U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry

 

16 letters, 1904-1913.

See also:

Barrett, Otis Warren

Beagles, R. L.

Bisset, Peter

Brand, Charles John

Chisholm, Frederic

Dorsett, Palemon Howard

Estabrook, Leon Moyer

Fairchild, David Grandison

Fischer, W.

Gould, Harris Perley

Green, E. C.

Lake, Edward Ralph

Mason, Silas Cheever

Oliver, George Watson

Pieters, Adrian John

Piper, Charles Vancouver

Bicker, Percy Leroy

Rixford, G. P.

Safford, William Edwin

Swing1e, Walter Tennyson

Taylor, William Alton

True, Rodney Howard

Van Fleet, Walter

Wester, P. J.

Wight, William Franklin

Young, Robert Armstrong

 

U.S. Bureau of the Census

 

2 letters, 1910-1911, by L. G. Powers

 

U.S. Customs Office, San Francisco

 

2 letters, 1907-1913, by W. B. Hamilton

 

U. S Federal Horticultural Board

 

3 letters, 1913.

Additional Note

Re quarantine permits for seeds from foreign countries.
 

V Miscellany

 

Voetter, Thomas Wilson, 1869-

 

Letter, Feb. 26, 1909.

 

Van Fleet, Walter, 1857-1922

 

4 letters, 1909-1910.

Additional Note

U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry at Chico, Calif.
 

Vilmorin, Maurice Lévêque de, 1849-

See Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., Paris

 

Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie., Paris

 

32 letters, 1904-1913.

Additional Note

Some by Maurice L. de Vilmorin.
 

W Miscellany

 

Washington, Horace Lee, 1864-

 

Letter, July 28, 1906.

Additional Note

Copy. Contains report on pipes made from calabash.
 

Weed, Howard Evarts

 

Letter, Dec. 10, 1906.

 

Went, Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian, 1863-1935

 

Letter, June 29, 1910.

 

Westgate, John Minton, 1878-1937

 

Letter, Apr. 30, 1907.

 

White, Jay, 1869-1918

 

Letter, Mar. 6, 1907.

Additional Note

As American consul, Bogotá
 

White, Stewart Edward, 1873-1946

 

Letter, Aug. 22, 1909.

 

Wilder, Gerrit Parmile, 1863-1935

 

Letter, Sept. 3, 1909.

 

Wille, Nordal, 1858-1924

 

Postcard, Mar. 11, 1905.

 

Windham, W. S.

 

Letter, July 11, 1911.

Additional Note

Re cascalote tree in Mexico.
 

Work, R. C.

 

Letter, 1904.

Additional Note

Re Mexican plants.
 

Walter, Frank

 

28 letters, 1906-1915.

Additional Note

Seed collector whose interest includes seeds from Mexico and Baja California.
 

Watson, William, 1858-1925

See Kew. Royal Gardens

 

Watson, William Richard, 1867-1926

See San Francisco. Public Library

 

Wercklé, Carlos

 

12 letters, 1909-1913.

Additional Note

Re Costa Rican plants.
 

Wester, P. J.

 

34 letters, 1907-1912.

Additional Note

With U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry at Miami and at Washington, D.C. and later with the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture. Many letters re anonas and avocados. 3 letters incomplete.
 

Whitehead, Ralph Radcliffe, 1854-1929

 

4 letters, 1912-1913

 

Whitney, Florence E. (Canfield) [Mrs. Caspar Whitney]

 

3 letters, 1912-1913.

 

Wickson, Edward James, 1848-1923

 

7 letters, 1905-1911.

 

Wight, William Franklin, 1874-

 

2 letters, 1907.

Additional Note

Written while with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Wood, John Medley, 1827-1915

 

4 letters, 1904-1910.

Additional Note

Director, Natal Botanic Gardens
 

Wooton, Elmer Otis, 1865-

 

4 letters, 1906-1911.

 

Wright, Harrison

 

11 letters, 1905-1911.

Additional Note

Some information re palms.
 

Wulle, Enrique

 

2 letters, 1911.

Additional Note

Re South American seeds.
 

Young, Robert Armstrong, 1876-

 

21 letters, 1907-1909.

Additional Note

Written while with U.S. Bureau of Plant Industry.
 

Young Men's Christian Association

 

4 letters, 1904-1911.

Additional Note

From Santa Barbara and Stanford University branches. Include letter from O. L. Elliott.