Gardening Archives - Theodore Roosevelt Center

The joyous ides of March

At center, President Roosevelt shows Uncle Sam and Columbia a large plant with flowers showing the members of his cabinet. The surrounding vignettes show a springtime dance of putti, Alton B. Parker shoveling snow at his home in Esopus, an art gallery, Irishmen marching in the rain on Saint Patrick’s Day, a woman cleaning house by sweeping a dust cloud of policemen out the door, and Roosevelt grafting a branch labeled “Indian School Mission,” with blossom of an unidentified bishop of the Catholic Bureau of Indian Missions, onto the “Interior Dept. Tree.”

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1905-03-15

Creator(s)

Ehrhart, S. D. (Samuel D.), approximately 1862-1937

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Seth Bullock

Theodore Roosevelt tells Seth Bullock that the potatoes are doing fine.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1912-06-06

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Garver H. Hoos

Theodore Roosevelt thanks Garver H. Hoos for sending him a copy of his Boys Garden booklet, and hopes all the boys have good crops.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-06-07

Creator(s)

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from Alfred R. Whitney

Alfred R. Whitney writes a letter of recommendation for John Heeremans, who has served as his superintendent and head gardener for the past four and a half years. Heeremans has served Whitney well, and leaves of his own volition to take charge of the estate of Richard T. Wilson near Savannah, Georgia.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-09

Creator(s)

Whitney, Alfred R., 1850-1929

Spring garden course

Advertisement for upcoming spring garden course to be held by Henry G. Parsons on Saturday afternoons during March, April, and May of 1911. The back side of the advertisement specifies the different topics Parsons will address.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-09

Creator(s)

Unknown

International children’s school farm league

Informational handout about the International Children’s School Farm League including a its declaration of purpose, a summary of work done in 1909, and a list of officials.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-03-09

Creator(s)

International Children's School Farm League

A withered flower in the presidential garden

Richard Olney holds a watering can as he looks down at a withered flower in the “New England corner” labeled “Olney presidential boom.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-05-09

Creator(s)

Berryman, Clifford Kennedy, 1869-1949

Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Samuel T. Sewall

William Wingate Sewall has been “holding the fort” at the ranch while the other ranch hands are on the roundup. The weather has been nice and he has been spending time tending the garden. Sewall does not think Dakota Territory is very good for farming, but the cattle are doing well. He hopes that Theodore Roosevelt will not lose money on the cattle but doubts he can ever make much profit. Sewall accompanied Roosevelt on a recent hunt and Roosevelt killed a large elk. He hopes to go on his own hunt with Wilmot Dow when the weather is cooler. Sewall is now into his last two years in Dakota Territory and it will be a “joyful day” when he returns home to Maine.

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

1886-06-27

Creator(s)

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Letter from William Wingate Sewall to Samuel T. Sewall

William Wingate Sewall is doing well in Dakota Territory but all they have for fruit is chokecherries and there has not been rain since June. The hot, dry weather has mostly ruined the garden. The cattle are doing well and only a few have been lost. In a postscript, Sewall estimates they have 1,200 cattle and announces that Theodore Roosevelt will be returning to the ranch soon.

Collection

State Historical Society of North Dakota

Creation Date

1886-08-01

Creator(s)

Sewall, William Wingate, 1845-1930

Rival political gardeners

Roswell P. Flower and Levi P. Morton are watering flowers labeled “Presidential Hopes” by pouring money on them. Morton’s flower is much taller than Flower’s flower. Caption: The same method, but different results.

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1894-09-19

Creator(s)

Opper, Frederick Burr, 1857-1937

Letter from M. Florence Locke to Theodore Roosevelt

M. Florence Locke writes a friendly letter to President Roosevelt and includes a button hole bouquet from her vine of English jasmine. She believes the offering will remind him of a similar plant that was at her home in Madison, New Jersey, where he visited as a young boy. In addition, she sends two photographs which she requests the president to sign and return to her.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-06-25

Creator(s)

Locke, M. Florence

Letter from Theodore A. Bingham to Theodore Roosevelt

An outside source is sending 500 rounds of carbine ammunition and the Ordnance Department is making smokeless powder ammunition. With regard to the 45-70 Winchester, smokeless powder ammunition is not readily available and the Ordnance Department does not believe it to be presently trustworthy.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-07-10

Creator(s)

Bingham, Theo. A. (Theodore Alfred), 1858-1934

Letter from Henry Hession to Theodore Roosevelt

Henry Hession’s landscape and gardening company is currently engaged at the home of Roland R. Conklin, near Roosevelt’s home in Oyster Bay, New York. Hession requests that President Roosevelt consider him if he needs any work done at his estate.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-05-20

Creator(s)

Hession, Henry, 1859-1912