Record ID:
129317
Accession number:
MA 9437
Credit:
Gift of Gertrude Weyhe Dennis (Mrs. Seth Dennis), 1980.
Description:
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.9 x 11.3 cm
Notes:
Barry spells his correspondent's surname "Beazeley."
Written on mourning stationery.
Previously accessioned as MA 3840 (008).
Summary:
Saying that he hesitates to recommend a landscape gardener, "as in the course of my experience I have never met with one that in my opinion had all the requisite qualifications"; mentioning a "Mr. Nesfield" (probably William Andrews Nesfield) favorably; adding "Loudon as you probably know has a great reputation but I have never seen any of his works"; recommending "Ramsay at Queens Elms Battersea" for his "taste and reasonable charges."
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