Collection The Kennedy Rose Garden
It is hard to imagine that it was something as casual as a lunch conversation between a newly elected president...
Planting List of "Trees and Shrubs for the President's Garden"
- Artist
- Nicholas King
- Date of Work
- March 31, 1809
- Credit
- Library of Congress
Planting List of "Trees and Shrubs for the President's Garden"
This is a planting list of "Trees and Shrubs for the President's Garden" Nicholas King presented to President James's Madison on March 31, 1809.
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