Evening star., 1927-03-22
City is FLOWER
aACARTAL' OF u. S.
Cherry Blossoms, AmarylIis
Show and Roses Again
Prove Claim.

The cherry blossoms around the
Tidal Basin again serve to emphasize
Washington as the flower Capital
of the country.
During the past week the four
teenth annual amaryllis shew of the
Department Of Agriculture closed with
q record breaking attendance, at which
there were on display more than / 500
plants of the widest variety of vivid
coloring ever assembled anywhere in
the world. Every Fall the Depart
ment invites the public to n chrys-
anthemum show at which there are
more varieties Of the Japanese and
pompom blooms than have ever been
shown elsewhere. The Botanic Gar
den is about to be relocated as start
on plans to make it the best national
botanic garden in the world. The De-
partment of Agriculture has just been
authorized by Congress to acquire q
site for National Arboretum.
Forsythia i'm Full Bloom.
Washingtonians and their neigh.
borS now are going out in the open
to view the beauties of nature so law
ishly displayed here. The forsythia
commonly called golden BELLS" has
been in full bloom for more than a
y
District - about the amphitheater
south of the Washington Monument,
in the Botanic Garden at the foot Of
Capitol Hill on Highland Terrace
between Fourteenth and Sixteenth
streets. from Thomas to Scott Circles.
in Mcmillan Park at the First street
reservoir.
The crocuses and daffodils are out
in small numbers all over Washing
1vyf 4 Ia,
the Potomac River bank in East Po-
tomac Park, where they extend in
thick clusters for more than a mile
and half. They will be followed by
iris and peonieS, which annually at
tract thousands of motorists daily.
The yellow jassamine is also in flower
now along this drive.
Another conspicuous flower display
in the White House grounds, in the
Pan-American Union gardens and in
the Botanic Garden is the magnolias.
Those coming into bloom at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion and at the Pan
American Union are the soulangeana
variety. Probably nowhere is there a
better collection of varieties of mag
nolia trees than in the Botanic Garden
grounds, which are soon to be moved.
Among the Japanese varieties that
bloom before the foliage appears are
the stellata, which is now in bloom:
the kobus, which is similar but hasn't
as many petals: the lennei, a dark
pink; the soulangeana, light pink:
the conspicua, pure white. Other
varieties which bloom after the foli-
age decks the trees are the macro-
phylla, the tripetala. the accuminata
and the glauca or swamp magnolia,
which is especially sweet smelling.
The grandifora is the evergreen va
riety. which has the largest flowers of
all, about 8 or 10 inches in diameter,
pure white. This blooms about June
first.
Honeysuckie Blossoms Seen.
The fragrant bush honeysuckle is
also in bloom in the Botanic Garden
and in a number of parks throughout
the city.
In Sherman Park south of the Treas
ury, in Lafayette Park opposite the
White House, in Farragut Park at
Seventeenth and * streets, in Nc
Pherson Park at Fifteenth and X
streets and on the plaza in front of
the administrative building of the De-
partment of Agriculture there will be
a wonderful display Of pansies in the
next 10 DAYS
In a few Gays the parks will be
adorned with a vivid display of tulips,
mostly of the tail-stemmed Darwin
type, Ike large rosebuds. These can
be seen in more than a dozen Of the
principal parks in the Northwest and
Northeast and ein the Department of
Agriculture grounds.
Roses Due in Few Weeks.
In only few weeks now there will
be thousands upon thousands of rose
bushes in bloom. Nowhere, even on
the Pacific Coast, where they have
their famous rose festivals, are more
roSebushes grown in a comparative
space than about Washington. Sew
efal years ago a model rose garden
was started on the Experimental
Farm Of the Department Of Agricul-
ture, across the Highway Bridge near
the east entrances TO Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery. Even more recently
q beautiful rose garden, readily ac-
eessible to pedestrians as well as auto
lists, was started on the river bank at
the end Of Fourteenth street, between
the Tidal Basin and East Potomac
Park Here already there are $500
bushes OF the varieties that bloom best
in this climate-red and pink radi-
ance, the yellow-pink Ophelia, the yel-
lOw-brown SunburSt, the red and pink
Columbia, and others.
There are more than $500 other
rosebushes in the parks, and ii is
planned to plant at least 1000 more
this Spring-se there will soon be a
matchless display of roses practically
at the door Of all the people of the
Capital City, for they are thriving
along Maryland avenue northeast, in
Lafayette Park, at Dupont Circle. in
Montrose Park, Georgetown, and In
smaller parks all over the city. Rose
bushes are going TO be planted in
Farragut PARK and in other parks and
reservations throughout the entire
District, where they can have plenty
of sun. so that all the people will have
a chance to enjoy them.
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