The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-14
WHITE HOUSE BLOSSOMS.
How the Yield of the Conservatory
Is Enjoyed.


From the Washington Post
Each mistress of the White House has
had her favorite flower, except Mrs. Nc
Kinley. who expresses little preference, ex-
cept an aversion TO yellow flowers, and
great love for the blue ones,,in which the
flowers is cut from the conservatory every
morning and sent to adorn the Presidents
table, while others go to Mrs. McKinley's
apartments The plants that adorn the
domestic part of the White House are fire.
quently changed, TO give her the benefit
of the rare and beautiful variety that fills
the conservatories. All of the finest plants
share her admiration, each for as long
time as it can stand to be kept from real
dollhouse atmosphere.
Neither Mrs. Mckinley nor the President
visits the Conservatives regularly, though
before the busy days of the war were
thrust upon him, they both loved the care
and cultivation of plant life Now the
President has no time to watch the gen
tie unfolding of nature placed under the
vast area under glass to the west of the
White House.
The rose house is always riotous in
bloom, and at any season affords ample
cuttings for the home part of the White
House life while that part filled with Vi
Diets is redolent with perfume that watts
TO meet YOU with the opening and closing
of the dollhouse doors. Long rows of
primroses lie along one side preparing for
midwinter blossoms, and, though the Pres
idents chrysanthemums are suffering from
a rust that has beset that particular fam
lily OF plant life this fall, there is a large
corner of one of the houses filed with rare
specimens of these Haunting beauties.
Hundreds of beautiful ferns. several
houses of them, as well as of the delicate
trailing asparagus, tell the story of the
exquisite displays of flowers and ferns
that bank the mantelpieces and table on
large OCCASIONS like public reception $
cabinet dinners and similar functions
Each mantel has a box made to fit 1t. and
the ferns are loosened from the edge Of the
pots and slipped in the moist earth that
| nils the boxes. Roses and other flowers
are thrust in here and there, making the
| gorgeous floral displays that are read of
and talked of in all parts of the country
| Just as soon as possible after an affair
| the flowers are taken out and the ferns
are carefully put back IN the old pots and
| returned to the dollhouse for future use
| Thus the same ones may be used for all
! the receptions of a winter. There are a
few occasions which even these great con-
| servatortes refuse to give up enough
! blossoms for the decorations. Then for
lists outside are called upon to supply
| whatever is needful.
Just now the flowers are being taken
! up from outdoors. and one house Is en-
! trely given up for cuttings for next
| springs display, The houses are filled with
the rarest specimens of tropical flora. and
| florists oil over the country vie with an
! other in sending some rare specimen to the
| White House Conservatives, while our
! officers travelling TO remote parts of the
| earth, often ship curious and rare plants
| The lofty glass domes added to one side
| of the Conservatives are filled with such
and one might well imagine being IN an
| African jungle, 80 luXunant and thrifty
! have the plants become
About the newest arrival Is q represen-
tative OF the Philippines. Il is known as
| the Dewey plant" IL occupies con-