| Description | Correspondence and other records regarding the activities of the International Dendrology Society (IDS). Correspondence between Leonard Elmhirst and: Lady Anne Palmer; T Underhill; P Synge; La Marquesa de Casa Valdes; J Codrington; G Harris; La Baroness de Mevius; C Brandes; E Cruwys; Comte Eric de Villegas; S Gibbes and A J Huxley, IDS; the Duke of Bedford; and J Sword, general manager, Bedford Estates.
Subjects include: Leonard's membership to the society; the societies tour of the Dartington Hall Woodlands, Spain, South East Scotland, Belgian, East Anglia, Val de Loire, and Eastern United States of America; and the planning of Endsleigh gardens. Additional material includes: a 1970 IDS Year Book; press cuttings; minutes from the annual general meeting of the IDS (1970); and programmes for a six day tour of South East Scotland, and the autumn tour of Belgium. |