1943/09/14: C. E. Godshalk to whom it may concern (3.109078)
Date: September 14 1943Creator: Godshalk, Clarence E.
Type: Document
Description:Letter of recommendation from C. E. Godshalk regarding employee, Robert T. Van Tress.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Form Garden [Van Tress] (3.5756)
Date: 1920sCreator: Van Tress, Robert
Type: Plan
Description:Landscape design for The Form Garden, including plant names and layout. Plan appears to complement the work by the same title of Henry Teuscher, titled The Form Garden.
Extent: 1 sheet
1958/10/13: E. L. Kammerer to C. Wheat (3.93975)
Date: October 13 1958Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter from E. L. Kammerer to Mr. C. Wheat identifying the leaf he had sent in as American or White Ash (fraxinus americana). Mr. Kammerer also recommends that Mr. Wheat contact Robert Van Tress at the Garfield Park Conservatory for information on caring for Oleanders.
1932/01/21: E. L. Kammerer to Robert Van Tress (3.94805)
Date: January 21 1932Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter apologizing for not sending the list of Chrysanthemums they had requested on time. Says the enclosed list includes the varieties he and Mr. Van Gemert felt are best to grow in the area, and requests cuttings if the Conservatory has them. The second page is a list of the Chrysanthemums the Arboretum would like cuttings of.
1947/04/16: E. L. Kammerer to Robert Van Tress (3.94816)
Date: April 16 1947Creator: Kammerer, E. Lowell
Type: Document
Description:Letter saying that during their last phone conversation, he forgot to ask for a start of Mertensia paniculata to try in the Arboretum's ground cover collection, since they cannot find a commercial source.