Letter from Gordon Helman to Roland Maurice Jefferson, 1987

The correspondence in this subseries is between Jefferson and the following main correspondents: Isabel Shipley Cunningham (author); John L. Creech (Director of the United States National Arboretum); Yoshiyuki Takishima (The Flower Association of Japan); and Tadashi Furusho (Mayor of Adachi-ward, Tokyo, Japan). The letters concern Jefferson's work with cherry trees, plant labels, and crabapples. The correspondents also refer to Jefferson's publications, his work in the United States, and his expeditions in Europe and Asia. The letter from Mary Byrne includes a print out of the condition of the plants from Jefferson's 1982 and 1986 Prunus expeditions. A few of the letters contain articles that are noted in the container list. Some correspondence is written in Japanese. The subseries is arranged chronologically.