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Letters, June 29, 1911_014

Item

Edith Schwartz Clements, Letters, June 29, 1911
Title
Letters, June 29, 1911_014
Alternative Title
Letters, June 29, 1911
Date
June 29, 1911
Creator
Edith Schwartz Clements
Description
handwritten letter
Identifier
nshs-rg3158am-002
Transcription
14 ment buildings, but all of similar material, style & uniform height: gray stone or
plaster, red-tiled roof, & rare the window or balcony which was not wreathed in graceful
vines or gay with geraniums or petunias. This love of nature & of beauty was also
evident in shanty-town- hundreds of tiny frame shanties, but each with garden, vines
or climbing roses, so that the effect was charming. I found out later that these are
a particular institution known as Schräbergardens, and are a device whereby plant-lovers living in apartments in town may rent a tiny
garden plot for flowers & vegetables & a summer-house. -July 7th: It has been simply impossible to write since getting into the hands of
Prof. Drude at , who is a dynamo of energy & enthusiasm. I intended to make up arrears on the long
journey between & -
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