Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-02-16
Green MSnument 10 Useful Nsnsnts Of the
Prince Of Wales.
MAGIC GARDENS CHANGE BLOOM IN NIGHT
Perpetual Flsral Youth Adds Fragrance tc
the Ralt esa Air.
CASTLE ROOM WHERE SLEPT GLADSTONE
Glorious Old Park Could Easily BE
British sOvereign's as n GIFT, but
All Ills Efforts 20 Buy
Are UnavailinE.

Copyright 1902 by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, Feb. 15.-(New York World Cable
gram-Special Telegram Among the many
estates offered him, King Edward has
finally fixed his choice on the Chateau
de Thorenc, at Cannes, for his residence
during his stay on the Riviera in March.
II belongs to Lord Rendel and is considered
the most beautiful denesne on all the
azure coast, leaving In the shade even the
great estates Of the grand dukes OF Russia.
Lord Rendel is the head Of the board Of
management of the famous Armstrong firm
and has a fortune estimated at over $780,,
000, 900. From 1882 to 1885 he was civil lord
Of the admiralty. While prince Of Wales
King Edward was several times a guest
at Thorenc. few years ago It was
rumored in English circles at Cannes that
he had offered to buy the place, but that
Lord Rendel refused to take money and
insisted on making a present Of 1t and the
then prince had given up the idea.
The 125-acre park surrounding the castle
is entirely hemmed in by stone walls clad
in ivy and honeysuckle. The avenues and
lanes aggregate twelve miles. When In
England Lord Rendel lives In another
superb country place, Hotchands, at Gull
ford. He spends FIVE or six months each
dence at Posilippo. near Naples.
Fastidious About Her Gardens.
Lady Rendel has long been renowned for
her exacting fastidiousness as regards the
keeping Of her gardens. At Thorenc she
has twenty men doIng nothing but looking
after them. besides a head gardener, two
foremen and q squad OF experts for the
greenhouses. The avenues alone provide
work for several hands every minute OF
the day. Not a fallen leaf. burned match
or footprint Is allowed to remain on the
sand. AS the park lies on a hillside, the
aged Lady Rendel never strolls through 1t
except in a tiny chair drawn by two white
donkeys and two men with rakes follow
at a distance to Immediately efface the
traces Of the wheels.
What has attracted the king to the
Chateau de Thorenc more than anything
slselis the wondspfnl ;collection OF excite
plants and flowers In the grounds the
flower beds are never permitted to contain
any but plants in full bloom. AS soon as
those are on the point Of fading the whole
bed is spaded up during the night and re-
set with flowers about to open, which have
been kept In reserve in remote fields or In
special forcing houses. From many lofty
points the promenader discovers enthrall-
ing views of land and sea.
Lord Rendels daughter, Maud, married
Herbert Gladstone and Thorence castle
possesses the room which the great Glad
stone himself used to occupy there for a
month almost every winter.
In & particularly picturesque nook facing
the south and the sea there is cluml
OF olive trees set out by the prince OF
Wales with his own hands more than ff-
teen years ago. They are doubtless the
only trees he ever planted and he shows
an interest In their welfare and growth
every time ne returns.