Arizona republican., 1903-07-05
NEW WHITE HOUSE GARDENS.
Grounds of the Presidents House to Be
 Ornamenated in Colonial Style

Plans have been drawn and approved for the construction of two Colonial gardens to the south of the White House. Work will be started immedi- ately after the president goes to Oys- ter Bay for the summer. The gardens will be completed late i'm the autumn. but all the plants will not be added until next year The gardens will be similar to those at Mount Vernon and probably will be the only ones of that style in the city.
 Landscape gardeners have noticed the tendency to return to Colonial flowers to harmonize with the Colonial style of architecture which has become so' o'popular. When our ancestors were constructing their houses with stately columns they were fond O. ornament ing their lawns with plants and flowers of the woods. obtained at little cost and expenditure of energy. With the spread of wealth in the land, the more costly tropical plants made their ap- pearance. and finally the demand was limited to plants nurtured through the winter in green houses and conserva- tories.
 It is to return to those sturdy plants which form the national flora that Landscape Gardener George Brown has planned the gardens to be made within the private grounds of the White House. Conspicuous among the new White House flora will be the golden rod. which has been urged as the na- tiCnal flower of the United States. What has been termed -fashioned' flowers will be given places of honor in the new gardens because of their beau ty and hardy nature.
 Mir. Browns idea is t0 so arrange the gardens that they will be in bloom as many months as possible. He will se- lect such plants as will bloom in the spring and late autumn, when Mrs Roosevelt and the children are at the White House.
 The gardens are to be located on either side of the south veranda of the mansion and within the iron fence which separates the private grounds from those further south, where the public is admitted. Each garden will be surrounded by a grass border, reaching to the fence and bedecked with standard shrubs. These will be chosen and placed so as to harmonize with ths bay trees on the terraces. NTTdNel WalkS VIII surround the gar dens. being constructed alike on all sides. A hedge of tree box will hem in the gardens. A wide border c se- lected herbaceous plants will surround two rectangular plots of grass. These rectangular spaces will be divided by a narrow gravel walk, b0rdeced by the hedge of tree box.
 In this manner beds will be made, four of them at either of the southern corners of the White House and four constituting a garden. Each bed will be about a by 9 feet in dimension Extending to the streets on either side and bordering the southern roadway will be two sections tangent to the drive which will be devoted to artistic flowers. A huge bed of roses will form the centre design.
 The fence to the south of the man sior has received attention by the gar dener. Climbing roses next season will cover the iron bars and form beauti- ful hedge. Already a rose bush is growing over the presidents office. and next season it is planned to have the Ctfice covered with climbing roses and ematis.-Washington Post.