1950/03/30: Ruth B. Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93631)
Date: March 30 1950Creator: Kroscher, Ruth B.
Type: Document
Description:Letter talking about the Prairie Rose and her appreciation for it. She says she hopes to see a future bulletin on the roses she sent photos of and their possibilities as a "living fence."
1950/03/23: E. L. Kammerer to Ruth B Kroscher (3.93630)
Date: March 23 1950Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Discussed mislabeled specimen she noticed in a previous bulletin. Thanks her for the photos that she had sent, taken by her husband, and says they may use them in a future bulletin. Discusses Prairie Roses (multiflora and setigera) as "living fences" and mentions that the library does not have the books she requested, but that he will look out for them to acquire.
1950/03/09: Ruth B. Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93629)
Date: March 9 1950Creator: Kroscher, Ruth B.
Type: Document
Description:Letter thanking him for previous conversation about Prairie Rose, and notes what is blooming locally.
1950/03/08: Mrs. Ruth B. Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93628)
Date: March 8 1950Creator: Kroscher, Ruth B.
Type: Document
Description:Discusses the mis-labelled setigera photo from the bulletin and her intentions to write about the Prairie Rose. Asks if she might contact the photographer (Mr. Miller) to find out where he took the photograph. Mentions that both Mr. Eugene Pfister and Mrs. May Watts had also mis-identified roses and their properties in her discussions with them. Mentions she received a letter from J M Beal at the University of Chicago. Asks if the Arboretum has the books 'Naturalists of the Frontier' or 'Botanists of 'Philadelphia' for her research on the Prairie Rose.
1950/03/03: E. L. Kammerer to Mrs. Ruth B. Kroscher (3.93627)
Date: March 3 1950Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter answering her previously sent questions:
The Arboretum does not have the manual or catalogues she requested, but he lists other organizations that might have them.
He admits that the rose photo in question was submitted in a photo contest incorrectly labelled and they did not catch the mistake.
He says he doesn't know who designed the University of Chicago plantings, but provides contact info for someone at their Department of Buildings who might know. Also mentions that much of the landscaping was redone in the 1930s, under the direction of Mrs. Beatrix Farrand.
1950/02/22: Ruth B. Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93626)
Date: February 22 1950Type: Document
Description:Letter saying she very much enjoyed the guided trip through the old-fashioned rose garden. Mentions several specific roses she has had luck with (Frau Karl Drushki [Druschki], Gruss an Teplitz, Old Blush, Hermosa, Mutablis).
Asks some questions: does he have a copy of Samueal Feast's catalogues for her efforts to trace early forms of hybrid setigera. Curious about the number of leaves on the setigera shown in a pervious bulletin. Wonders who designed the original University of Chicago planting, as she thought it was Jens Jensen but learned it was not.
1947/09/15: Ruth B. Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer (3.93789)
Date: September 15 1947Creator: Kroscher, Ruth B.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Ruth Kroscher to E. L. Kammerer thanking him for his recent lectures, and expresses awe at the Arboretum's display of shrub material at the recent Hinsdale Garden Show. She says a member of the American Rose Society had high praise for the Arboretum's rose garden. She also goes into detail about an experience with understocks and growing hybrid tea roses.