Evening star., 1915-06-27

The Gardens Made family will have an
LM 1ry:, opportunity to lead
- ''t the free outdoor
life of the open. but neither at Har-
larkenden or any other summer coun-
try seat will they find any more at
tractive gardens than the gardens made
| by the late Mira Woodrow Wilson
which they are leaving behind them at
the White House.
The rolling greensward. all the
White House gardens. with the playing
fountain and framing of century old
trees, never looked lovelier than now,
and the little gardens on either side of
the mansion. close to the esplana tle s
on either side are in the pink of con
dition.
They hold more than the tie OF beau
ty for the Wilson family for on ca ach
the wife and mother of the family has
laid her intimate touch No more per
feet memorial could be dreamed of than
the charming rose garden Mrs. Wilson
has left behgd her at the White House.
While she mistress of the fx-
eCutive Mansion she designed and had
executed two garden spaces, what
might be called twin gardens, as they
l'lie side by side. though one was in
tended merely as pathway to the
executive offices.
1t is an incloscd way. hedsed in by
privet hedges, some five feet tall. which
a either end have been allowed to
grow tall. aud extending up there is a
trellls. ma akine an archway. Under
this gravel pathway runs with "A
parking on either side about four feet
or less wide There is nothing here
but the beautifully kept grass. the
hedge and the archways with the path.
which runs parallel with the espla
by taking this route. the President
can go back and forth from the White
House to the offices without being seen
by any one but the servants in the
laundry. situated in that esnlanade.
Emerging from this green alley. he
approa ches his office by means of a
little stairway under Il white hooded
porch. with lattice and other attractive
features.
Running parallel with this garden
and right next to it. is ? rose garden.
a truly feminine
Simple. Sweet and garden. 81 m p e.
Inviting. ina :, =" ~ o,',anr ,na,a
| in shape. being about thirty feet wide
| and fifty feet long, and Is inclosed by
| a privet hedge. The first glimpse gives
one an idea Of noddine pink and white
roses against background of green
and a merry. piping faun. who non
chalantly surveys the prospect from a
pedestal under white lattice treIlis
crowned by pink rambler roses.
The piping marble faun dominates
the arden at one end the end fartheSt
from the house. and near the executive
offceS. while at the other end is A cir
cular space in which is circular white
garden bench. Running along the sides
of the hedge on both sides beds
about three feet wide. which are filled
with roses. mostly pink and red, sepa
rated according to their colors
The green grass space in the center
| is oblong with little square notch
| taken out of each corner. \ bed of
| roses runs straight across each end,
| and there are three straight beds along
each side. each bed being separated by
| a bit of grass space in between, thus
| making a pathway by which one can
get to the center of the garden and
| across to the inner side of the rec
| tansular beds on the other side of the
| green eilipse
| Nothing is permitted in this garden
| but roses. with the exception of
| pansies, which grow close to the
ground, and in nc way interfere with
| the stately queen Of flowers. Truly no
| woman could have left behind her "a
| sweeter reminder Of her former pres
ence.
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