Evening star., 1916-03-19
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Madame Ferdinande Jamin." 1t was
set out in the H street garden. but
no care could make it robust plant.
Only the eye of an expert on roses
could have seen possibilities for de-
velopment in that rose. Brady took
the plant to his own hothouse that he
might the better nurse it. and from it
he obtained cuttings which grew very
we'll.
George Field and Thomas Field.
Douglas property. opposite Rawlins
Square, the site of the new building
for the Department of the Interior
The Field brothers and Brady were
acquaintance in business way. From
Mr. Field the Rambler heard the fol-
lowing:
John Brady, at the time made his
acquaintance, was a jobbing gardener.
My late brother and / had just started
IN business as florists. We sold Brady
cut flowers to supply his trade One
DAY he brought the much h-discussed rose
10 our attention, suggesting that we
Try IT. The one he brought US. a very
small plant we tried and the follow
ing season felt as though we could
try some more. We therefore offered
TO take what he had. and he furnished
US tWenty-four plants, for which we
paid him 50 each. a large sum in those
DAYS for rose plant. We later found
mat he still had. larger plant than
any he had sold US. and for this plant
J. offered him IS. He accepted the Of
Ter When the question of name for
sured US he had raised the rose from
SEED in Mr.. Bancrofts garden, we con-
sidered that he had a right to name IT.
winch he did. There was popular
the beauty of France and I sus-
sested that the new rose be called
,,, The beauty of the United States
Rnsd, na5 was rather a long name and
beauty Later we learned that the
rose did not originate in the Bancroft
garden. and that it had been known
IN france and Germany. but only as an
outooor rose of free blooming habit
ana poor color. My brother and
watched the rose and deyelonad ito
good qualities as far as our limited
means would permit selling such nIants
ana flowers as we could. 1t was NOT
,ha t seL until the plants came into
were developed"
Mr. Field, during the administrators,
OF resident Grant. was in charge of
ne and his brother set up their estahl
hshment off Rawins Square on the
lahd at the northeast corner OF 1ath
ana f streets they specialized in La
Val radce ', roses and did great deal to-
Ward making that very popular rose in
washington. The greenhouses at the
rear of the old brick house on Georgia
avenue are devoted to the culture Of
orcnlas and there grow the dark ma
senta cattleya with deep maroon lip,
winch is the favorite flower of the
wife of the President and was such
Tor long time previous to her mar
rage For years she has been buying
the blossoms from retail florists and
probably even today she does not know
where they are grown. Mrs Wilson's
favorite flower. the orchid cattleya
came from Brazil. Growing back of
the old brick house are thousands of
the white leila. an orchid which was
brought to the United States from the
Pacific coast of Mexico. the orchid
vanda-light blue with a border of
dark blue around the lip-which was
brought from India, and white cattle
vas. Washington does not consume all
the orchids grown in those green
houses. and shipments are made to
cities as far west as Chicago and st,
Louis and as far cast as Boston. Some
time the Rambler is going to rummage
around among those strange and Won
dsriul movers that grow at the back
he must turn to another subject.
NNH HEN one speaks OF the Octagon
Wv House it is assumed that he re-
fers to that house at the corner of New
York avenue and 18th street, erected
by Col. John Tayloe. and which was
begun in 1898 and completed in 1900.
That is a very interesting place. Glenn
Brown in a historical sketch of the
house wrote this:
During the process Of the erection Of the
tied the building. He took n lively interest in
the house, it being the home OF his friend as
we'll as one OF the finest residences in the coun-
try n fhH IN fter ypar Rrif