The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-07-21
NEW COLONIAL GARDENS
Features Of Two Planned For
White House Grounds.
HUGE BED OF ROSES IN THE CENTER

Landscape Gardener Brown VIII
Give Old Fashioned Flowers the
Places OF HonOr-Each Garden VIII
lie Surrounded by "a Grass nOrder,
and II Hedge of Tree Box WnI Hem
IL In.
Plans have been drawn and approved
for the construction Of two colonial
gardens to the south Of the White
House. says the Washington Post The
gardens viii be completed late In the
autumn. but all the plants will not be
added until next year The gardens
will be similar TO those at Mount Yer
non and probably Will be the only ones
Of that style In Washington.
Landscape gardeners have noticed
the tendency to return TO colonial dow
ers 10 harmonize with the colonial
style OF architecture which has be-
come so popular. When our ancestors
were constructing their houses with
stately columns they were fond OF or
namenting their lawns with plants and
flowers OF the woods. obtained at little
cost aud expenditure Of energy. With
the spread Of wealth IN the land the
more costly tropical plants made their
appearance. and finally the demand
was limited 10 plants nurtured through
the winter In greenhouses and cOnserv-
atori,-.
II Il To return TO those sturdy plants
which form the national fora 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 fora Will be the
goldcnrod. which has been urged as
the national flower OF the United
States. What has been termed 'old
fashioned" flowers will be given places
Of honor I'm the new gardens because
OF their beauty and hardy nature.
Mr.. Browns idea Is to so arrange the
gardens that they will be in bloom as
many months as possible. He VIII Sc
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 yeranda Of the man
sion and within the iron fence which
separates the private grounds from
those farther south. where the public
Is admitted. Each garden will be sur
rounded by n grass border reaching to
the fence and bedecked with standard
shrubs. These will be chosen and
placed so as to harmonize with the bay
trees on the terraces. Gravel walks
will surround the gardens, being con
structed alike on all sides. A hedge or
tree box viii hem In the gardens. y
wide border OF selected herbaceous
plants will surround two rectangular
plots of grass. These rectangular
spaces will be divided by a narrow
gravel walk bordered 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 - by % 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 center design.
The fence to the south Of the mansion
has received attention by the gardener
Climbing roses next season VIII cover
the iron bars and form a beautiful
hedge. Already a rosebush Is growing
over the presidents office, and next
season it is planned to have the ONCE
covered with climbing roses and elena
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