Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1840-07-17


sspbeuy &G.&G. lnAHvxS,sir, the Presidents gar.
r.n, in ali rs md beauties, its trees
Ardbs, vice, plants i5I5lS and esculcns, is in per-
nc; keeping with the sumptIous and magnificent
IN official report communicated to Congress i'll De-
cenber last that during the past season., "the public
grounds at the Capitol and parsIbrNr's MlNsios-
Aave been faithfully attended to by the PUBLIC
GARDNER AND THE HANDS UNDER HIM.
Iae trees hare been sHlfuiiy proned and trained;
many choice ornamental trees and shrubs have been
planted and tie pdts borders, and grdro iraS hare
5etn Kept ~ SUPERIOR ORDER. The report might also
nave state with perfect truth, that men had been
hired by the GovernIaent and paid sut of the public
Treasury, 10 picE up NV aiing lcarcS and pluck up
by the roots the xanthium sphinosun.and rlmex
eheep sorel.
As the Presidents garden is enclosed by high
stone wall, and as the gacsare generally secured with
JOCKS very few persons have been informed, visit
IT. except ny special invitation, or in company with
We fresldont or some member of his hDusChod.-
ms exclusion, however, does not extend TO Members
OF congress. some of whom, (lnd moro especially
sucn rs are iayores) every alternate season. that IS
Iing every long session., frequently take stroll
.ntougi the garden onl ali,cen! grounds The pres
ent Session IS my fourth at Washington, and ! have
pecn IN tue garden twice; but on both occasions, we
another member was in my company were com
PEELED on reaching the western end of the garden to
Chamber over the stone wall finding the gates locked
In regard to the progressive Improvement of the
grounds and garden of the President various suggcs
tons have recently been made and particularly by in
dlvduals whose tastes and nice discrimination lin
matters OF luxury and r'fnemanD have been greatly
improved by visit to the magnificent gardens at the
Palace OF Versailles and 10 some OF the rich and
eumptu)us parks and gardens belonging to the Crown
Of England 1t is supposed by these persons that the
Presidents grounds would present a more complete
and finished appearance by erecting Paran ma Bile
baustradcs on either SIDE Of the main gravel walks
ny bdlldng some twenty or thirty miniature temples
and pavllons at regular intervals along and adjacent
TO tle southern outer wall by constructing five or six
artificial lakes and fountains t pour their silver waters
through the mouths of huge river gods and soa-
horses" with double the number of ets dem to fiji
che ntmo sphere with spray and vapor TO these i'm
Irovclnents might well be added two or three hun
drcd pieces of the first class Of Italian statualv IS oh
br mstinca, as Saturn, Jupiter Juno Mercury,
the loves and Graccs, tho Marbles and Drvairs Jolly
Bacch1s and ha Racchanies, Vulcan and his Cyclops
Horcule Pan, Plntus, Midas, and the Dragon tha,
pcrldes.
There Is only one other ornament which may with
great rroprlety be procured, inasmuch it would
serve to illustrate and p,rpetate in suitable form
the truth Of a very important historical event and that
ornament should be bronze ro'1sedi epsstriou statue
Q! Andre'c J!ctson ritt Tie tile Kindrtook mag
Gan mounted on tetind him. This statue ] would
nave consrlcuons'y pac2 ppon the stone balastrac
OF j. u. Adams, the appropriations for improving the
PRESIDENTS grounds had been very trih q. During
E!s term two considerable sums were voted by Con-
Eress Tor that purpose. The first of these grants was
hve thousand dollars by the act of the 18th February
1929 for lercltng, grating and ilpy0ring the Prcs
dents square The second grant was 6yc thonsond
eight hundred and sxtyve dollars by the act of the
22d May, 1926, for finishing the fences GrnJna,ino
ana improving the public grounds Prior u the dis
bnrsement Of the appropriations the grounds present.
ed rude uneven and shapeless appearance; not \
few of the pristine slndy knobs and snail hollows
till remained The f,ncnn tn1 ,vne ,,,,, ;norfr,
but, by the exercise of commandable rconnmv in
the expenditure of the sums iusr mnniionrj and bv
the application of the money in the most beneficial
manner 10 accomplish the objects contemplated bv
the laws the grounds Of the President were brongh,
into fire condition the fences were nm, i,io cxcolIrn,
order, tn, hign hills were made pain md the drnn
valleys were made smooth, and The cniiro rrornds
by the close of Mr. Adams Presidency wore y strlf
and finish quite acc ptabe TO the ,,ste and ;udn;r,
of our PLAIN tepn Ii an farmers
But a new order or ,L;,n, ,ros soox l.a,i,, -
take Mara Va s;r onl Mu SUN uts'neu 70
the Amer ,an pronla about ,In , " ~" ~ nif'I't Vi
been spea mo ware ,r 'ioSlv "l %o'',eJ I nave
Mr. Adams ,yas n l,r;.L s,o tx ~ ~ W .l.tc '1'
ministraton was M, oni tofi "'.u .a. MS fu
that it was rap;llv ,rn ,hn ,ar,
archy in the m,Gn6ce,, r Ill.,, n W. nion
t,l palace AMI h. ,h ,i VI t.e rlcsdel-
cnrnmnn;oi ~ ',lo .uu'cu unuouucuoh OF cour'