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- ↑ "GCA Medal Recipients: Frances K. Hutchinson Medal". Garden Club of America.
- ↑ "The Heavy Mettle Behind a GCA Medal: Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne". Garden Club of America. June 24, 2021.
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- ↑ "August 26, 1926 — Lake Geneva Estate Set Aside as Nature Preserve". Connecting the Windy City. August 26, 2018.
- ↑ Morrissy, Anne (May 25, 2015). "In Full Bloom (article about the Geneva Lake Garden Club)". At The Lake: Geneva Lake Area Magazine.
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- ↑ Morrissy, Anne (November 25, 2015). "Wychwood: Nature's Haven". At The Lake: Geneva Lake Area Magazine.
- ↑ "List of Horticulturists Recognized With Statement of Services Rendered". Wisconsin Horticulture. XXXIV September 1943/July–August 1944: 52–53.
- ↑ Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley (1907). Our Country Home: How We Transformed a Wisconsin Woodland. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Company. LCCN 07036734. (xvi+278 pages); 1908 2nd edition
- ↑ Hutchinson, Frances Kinsley (1912). Our country life. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Company. LCCN 12024600; 316 pages
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