The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-04
WASHINGTON RAPIDLY
BECOMING VINE CLAD
Growth Of Ivy andth the Other
Cre6perS Remarkable.
BUILDINGS YELLED IN GREEN

Hidden II VerduTe-SecretaTy Hays
Churches Hidden BY Veri-
table Veil.
Washington city is being overrun with
vines This hit Of information viii be
received by most persons with q sense
Of wonder, but it is q simple statement
o. fact. II the vines that grow in the
National Capital could he unta1EIcd and
spun out IN one long green thread, it
would make a loop around the world.
The remarkable increase IN vine
growth in Washington IS so conspicuous
that Il has not escaped the notice of the
crudest amateur in botany and has at
traCted the attention Of many. persons
who do not know pine tree from al
oak II the present rate Of vine culture
Is maintained, there viii be a quarter
OF 6 century hence scarcely a bare wall
III the city
Encouraged by H0useholders.
The Washington vine has been Gu
couTaged by gardeners and househoI5ers.
L has become d feature OF architecture
in Washington, and creeping. clinr;ng
foliage is affected by hundred OF houses
not old enough to be the right choice
Of food" Of The ivy green that creep
eth Ger TUinC old Ivy. however Is not
the only plant which Is feeding on the
brick, stone, and mortar OF Washington
There are wistaria and Ciamatjs that
climb by means Of their ICat-teadTils.
the trumpet vine which climbs like the
ivy h TOot-teadTils; Virginia creeper
that climbs by branch taGdrils; grape.
sHlilaX, honeysuckle, grauadilIa. and run
ming roses, such as the Cherokee. the
old English white and the crimson
cIimbeT.
Ivy the Correct Thing.
Ne part Of the city is free from vines.
In the ultra-faskfCnabIe quarter on SIX
teentl Street north from Lafayette
Square 70 the Boundary, on Massachu-
sets avenue vest from Fourteenth
Street, New Hampshire Avenue north
and south OF Dupont Circle. Rhode Isl
and Avenue. Connecticut Avenue and H
I. md X Streets. between Fourteenth
and Eighteenth Streets. ivy is the cor
rect thing IN vines In the older sec
tons Of the city where half a century
OF so ago all the great people OF fash
ion lived, and where many persons OF
solidfty and courtIy manners stiIl live,
there is much ivy. trumpet vine. vista
ia, and here and there q touch Of pur-
pie clematis.
Famed Virginia CreePer.
Many Of the old gardens west Of the
State War and Navy building. IN George
town and il South Washington are hung
with scuppeTnong, while woodbIne and
Virginia creeper crawl through hedges
and punches of lilac. bridal wreath,
snowfall, althea. and other old-fashiol
shTubbery. IN the poorer parts Of the
city where the vine passion RACES just
as warmly one sees more OF the morn
ing glory. balloon vine. hl1. and many /
kinds OF vetCh
Yelled IN Green.
That house which Is perhaps NOS
closely yelled in ivy is the late resi-
dence OF Secretary Tracy, On the south 1
side OF Street, opposite Farragut |
Square. The vines have grown around |!
It since the dsplorable tragedy several /
years ago. a close second TO the Tracy 4
house in the matter OF vine yeTdure IS /
the residence Of Mr.. William G. GUriey 4
a the northeast corner Of Sixteenth and /
- SLIeGtS, ana Llls mouse IS not 20 (
many vines ahead OF the residences OF /
Representative DalzeI on New Hamp- /
shire Avenue north OF Dupont Circle: /
Ar- Allison NailOr, al the corner Of I
Rhode Island Avenue and Fifteenth /
Street: Mrs Phoebe Hearst, on New /
Hampshire Avenue south OF the Circle;
and Mrs. TuCkerman at the southwest .
corner OF Sixteenth AID Streets
Secretary Hays Residence.
Perhaps the finest display OF old /
English ivy IS TO be seen On the resi-
dence Of Secretary Hay at the northwest
corner OF Sixteenth and H Streets.
though when writing OF fvy-grown
houses mention should be made Of the
Charles Sumner house which at present
forms a part OF the Arlington Hotel.
the home OF 8Ir- Justice Cray Of the
Supreme Court OF the United States at
the northwest corner OF Sixteenth and /
] streets, the porte-cochere Of the house
built by Secretary Erdicott on Massa-
chusetts Avenue the stone houses on
: Street occupied by Captain Sigsbee,
Willis L Moore and Clarence B. Rheen, h
the colonial style house OF Thomas
Nelson Page ana the Russian embassy
There IS considerable ivy on the house
given BY the american people 20 Admiral
De"egs ana On the mouse on the west 4
OF the AdmiTals. There is some ivy /
on the Letter and Washington Mclean 4
houses. The vine is stealing over the Il
back wahs OF the home of John ? 4
Mclean and IS creeping up On Chamber n
Inns.
Ivy is making great Roadway on the /
churches. The west wall OF the Con- \
gregational Church, at Tenth and G 4
Streets, is covered; Luther Memorial. at i
Thomas Circle. is green. the Unitarian Il
Church, at Fourteenth and I Streets. II
and St. Dominic's Catholic Church. at
Sixth and Z Streets southwest. are clad Il
with ivy high up on their towers the Il
Church Of the Incarnation is yelled with (
green and the rare old plant is at work i
on the Church Of the Covenant. Il
Epiphany. and St Johns