Evening star., 1923-05-06

One of the SunnleSt anu 6"s
snots in the White House garden 10
that chain of oblong beds IN "hie''
some twenty years ago Mrs. Rouse
Welt planted hundreds OF fioii""u
bu,bs and the seeds of old-fashioneu
flowers. A Dutch garden. as may ne
.rfdenced in many colonial places
partakes of the sturdy QUALITIES VI
the people of the Netherlands. anu
Is as nearly permanent as any 'itli@
in this transitory world can be. De
snita the bitter weather and the de-
structiye winds and sleet whtch
marked the days when bulbs are uue
to bloom. the tulips, hyacinthS' JON
uuils and squills have been giofiouS
in the sheltered plots which lie ne- @
tween the south yeranda anu lhe
east entrance. Mrs Harding and the
faithful Laddie Boy have passed some
pleasant hours in and out "l thlS
Enclosure, gathering some or the pioS
SONS for the sanctum on the Seeoho
floor and admiring the stately proc@a
sion Of tulips. One of the ancient be-
liefs is that dog is destructive 10 a
flower garden. but to see the care
with which the Airedale picks his
steps following his mistress is to
revise this opinion. One characteriS-
/
Mrs. Harding pick flowers in a GER
tain spot il is difficult to convince
rim that any one else should be al
lowed the same privilege. ana ne
shows "reat excitement il the reHulat
gardener does pruning or clipping.
some towering shrubs also of Mrs.
Roosevelt's era. are tardily coming
into bloom south of the Dutch gar
don and lend a handsome background
TO the blossoms. All in and out of
the beds some lovely WhitN violet
volunteers in the space have been
engaging Mrs Harding's attention.
group of wild dog-tooth violets was
added last year to the circle in the
far grounds and they. too, are doing
very well.
\ famous gardener was the late
Mrs George Harrison Byrd. formerly
chatelane of Westorcr. on the
James. but recently residing in New
York city. Mrs. Byrd was Miss Lucy
Garter WiclIham OF Hanover county.
Va. and her life was spent prac-
tically in two gardens. One was that
ni her father. Edmund Tanning
Wickham. at Shirley. an estate on the
James. which. though not so beauti-
full and elaborate as WeStover. is
Immortality connected with Robert t.
Lee. whose mother was born there.
and where he spent most or~his child
hood 1t was during the regime of
Mrs. George Harrison Byrd that the
late Theodore Roosevelt. then Presi-
dent. and Mrs. Roosevelt We're enter
tanned. The President planted a tree
on the historic terrace which faces
the James. but this sapling has un-
fortunately died. Woodrow Wilson
In 1915 was the guest of the more
recent owner of Westover. Mrs.
Clarice Sears Ramsey. and. following
the custom established by President
Washington in 1898, he planted a tree
which still flourishes. jefferson
Davis. preSiden, of the Confederacy,
was for some weeks a guest at West
over. and. he too. planted Il tree.
which is alive and venerable looking.
Westover. with its marvellous rose
gardens. originally planted hy the
lovely Evelyn Byrd. was recently
purchased 10y Charles crane. and. it
is his hope tn entertain President
and Mrs. Harding there some time
in the near future.
Florida has hecu 50 well exploited
this spring that California events
have not excited the usual interest.
However nothing makes wider ap
peal than the announcement that
coaching has been revied with much
enthusiasm in and about Los An
geles. For the visitor to the Pacific
coast. it will now be possible 20 make
the trip all through that wonderland
about Los Angeles in roomy coaches
neSS and Il Scarlet-cla driver with
his merry horn. Some of the ultra
fashionable hotels now meet their
guests with coaches instead of
motors. and the sound of the horn is
heard throughout the day and early
evening in tn" picturesque suburbs
about Pasadena. Monterey also has
III" c"achin. fever and the motor is
temporarily cclipscd in the eagerness
I" wind around the bay and to visit
Carmel and the spanish missions in
this leisurely fashion. Some fine
drivers lave taken over coaches as
pastir.re. and Beverly Hills has
been maze a central point for the
amateurs. while the professional
coaches keep to the public roads
Some we'll known men like Raymond
T. Baker and Z. Mitchell Palmer have
been enjoying this new pastime or
the ocean highway between Santa
Barbara and Los Angeles, and Miss
Nathalie Hammond is frequently seer
toolfng her parents and friends in
the same direction.
According to vigilant observers
the sport season this year in the
vicinity of Washington will be of