Evening star., 1924-05-04
BELIEVES PUBLICITY
WILL SAVE DOGWOOD.
Mrs. Frank B. Noyes Convinced
Aroused Public Opinion Will
Discourage Tree Dissertation.
"THOUGHTLESSNESS" BLAMED
Law to Protect Wildfowers and
Shrubs Now Being drafted.

Condemning as either Ignorant or
"thoughtless" those few persons who
have been breaking and cutting dog
wood this season. Mrs. Frank B.
Moves last night predicted that the
campaign being waged for conserva-
tion of the beautiful Towering tree
eventually would be success, even
without the aid of a prohibitory law.
Mrs. Noyes, who Is president of the
committee of the National Capital of
the Garden Club of America, is one
of the founders of the campaign this
season. and has been active in ii
from the beginning.
II believe that we can accomplish
our purpose, even without the aid of
law" said Mrs. Noyes. Destruction
of the dogwood is due TO either
ignorance of thoughtiessness. The
the past, in Maryland and Virginia,
threatens the destruction Of the tree
altogether, since it cannot replace
itself"
Law Being Drafted.
A law somewhat similar to that in
Maryland, which prohibits the pick
ing of wildf1owers off the property
of the dogwood and wild plants, for
the District Of Columbia. But so sue
cessful has the campaign of educa-
ton and appeal already been, in the
that the public may be rallied to
save the dogwood before the pro-
posed law could be passed and pls ced
in effect.
Conservation of the arbutus, laurel
and. holly also have greatly inter-
NnVaQ hn 1yill Trl2 n
arouse the public next fall against
the 'indiscrimdnate use of holly"
Some more adequate plan for
beautlhcation of constantly growing
Washington should be projected, Mrs.
Noyes believes, if the city is to con-
tinue along the lines of beauty and
grandeur originally conceived in the
L'Enfant plan.
Beautifying Rio de Jaaerio.
In Brazil, Mrs. Noyes said, a for
mer ambassador from that country
once told her a plan of beautifying e
their capital Rio de Janerio, had been
outlined. Within five years, with in
tensive application, the government
had completely accomplished the
plan, she said.
Mrs. Noyes believes firmly in the
ideal of planting, not so much for
the present, but for the future. II
is with the ideal of the future in
should be Interested not only in con =
servation of the beauties of nature
already native to this climate but
also in planting flowers, trees and
shrubs that may enrich the living
OF future generations.
Inspired to love of beauty and
nature in the Montecito Valley OF
California as a child. Mrs. Noyes
said, she has attempted to carry out
her purposes of trying to make more
beautiful, by methods OF conserya.
ton and of planting, every commu-
nifty in which she has lived Tweiyt
years ago. with the cu-operation Of
The Engineer Commissioner of the
District, She was instrumental in
having planted the willows and
shrubs at the old Pierce mill. in
Rock Creek Park
Dissertation of Lapdxcapc.
Descration Of the landscape by bill
ooard advertising, especially where
1t is prominently contrasted with an
attractive bit of nature, is partfcu-
iarly i:aly deplored by Mrs. Noyes
horrent"
IF only some of those bilIboards G
which despoil the landsca pc in beauty
spots could be used to screen some
unsightiy back yards of Washing
ton along the routes of entry and
exit TO the city. it would be a better
advertisement for all concerned" she
suggested.
Through the activities of the "com
rnittee of the National Capital" Mrs.
Noyes has succeeded in interesting in
garden and conservation questions
not only a group of women in Wash
lngton. but the far larger number
reached by the official bulletin of
the Garden Club, throughout the
United States.
Women in all parts of the country
have been urged by Mrs. Noyes in a
number of articles in the bulletin of
the Garden Club, to realize more than
ever that Washington is not only the
home city of those who live here
but also the city of all Americans in
which they should take proper pride
and interest.
Several lectures have been held IN
her nome, on garden and allied sub
jects, and Mrs. Moves announces that
the next Will take place within the
month, with DR.. David FairchjId of
the Department of Agriculture as the
speaker. He will discuss the new ma
tioDal arboretum
The arboretum,' said Mrs Moves
is a matter of great importance in
the preservation of all our trees and
shrubs. | feel that too much att.en-
ton cannot possibly be given to il
at this time" -