The Washington herald., 1915-03-22
PLANTING A GARDEN
OF ASSOCIATIONS

II you want a garden Of association, it
is time to plan it now. 1t Is not the
kind of garden which can be perfected
in a single year-every garden worth the
having is the outgrowth of much time
and attention-so the sooner you get to
work the better.
II can be a garden devoted to American
plants or it can include foreign plants as
well. Your own opportunities for travel
ing and the good nature OF your friends
will determine this point. II you want
help from your friends who are travelling
and do not object to asking for 1t you
must plan your garden Immediately be-
fore they start forth on their summer
travels.
There Is a certain garden Of assocla-
tons planted with flowers and trees and
plants by its owner and her friends IN
the course OF many years. 1t Is now
beautiful. but when It began six or eight
years ago it was nothing more than the
corner OF an old-fashioned garden with
brick wall on one side and an apple
orchard on the other.
To begin with the owner of the garden
planted a root of ivy brought from Ken
ilworth. She called it Amy Eobsart.
There is another ivy vine sprawling over
the brick wall which she calls Windsor,
as it came from Windsor Castle.
There is bed of tulips named for the
little Dutch Princess Juiana. These
flowers in a sheltered spot blossom early
every spring. The bulbs were brought
from Holland.
4 grapevine grows over a small treliis.
Ii is called Champa Gne. for it comes
from the wine region OF the south Of
France. This vine nearly refused to live
in the climate of its new home. but after
much coaxing and care it sent forth
roots and is now hardy and strong.
A bright spot OF color in the garden is
made by Hall Cain.. a huge fuchsia
bush 1t came from one OF the little
Whitewashed cottages in the Isle of Man.
the birthplace of the novelist not very
far from his home.
There is big patch OF Kentucky blue
grass brought from the mountains there.
There are ferns from the Catskills and
the Rcrkshires and the Adirondscks and
the Rockies and some from the warm
valleys of the Alps.
George Washington.
George Washington is represented by
a clump of daisies The owner of the
garden dug one up Just outside the gates
of Mount Vernon. Unlike the grapevine
from France. the daisy liked its new
home from the first and only vigorous
pulling and pruning kept 1t within
bounds
One Of the most interesting things in
the garden Is a rose bush named for the
wife of a President. The rose. a single
blossom, came from the White House
grounds. n Gift from the woman for
whom II Is named. The owner OF the
garden put it in water. In few days
she was surprised TO see that little
root was coming from the stem of the
rose. which had been carelessly broken
on She carefully placed the rose in
a vase filed with water. with sand and
vegetable fiber at the bottom. The rose.
after much care. took root and was
planted in the garden. II is healthy
and strong and is covered with bios
SONS each summer.
OF course everyone could not have such
an interesting garden. But any one
could gather roots or bulbs or plants or
seeds from different places, IL only from
the points of interest about her home
The interest attaching to this simpler
sort of garden would increase from year
to year and would prove an incentive
for outdoor life and work.
The over of the garden described has
an interesting rockery in her garden
Every time she takes a motor trip-and
she is a devotee of motoring-she brings
home a stone. on it she scratches tine
date and original home of the stone. Some
of them are hardly more than pebbles
found at the seashore. Some are rocks
OF substantial size. brought from noun
tain and woods. They are arranged so
that the dates and names are visible and
ferns are planted in the chink5 between
them.