Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
MARYLAND GARDEN
TOUR IS ANNOUNCED
Pilgrimage to Raise Funds to
Beautify Roads Into
District.
ansc,al Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April Tn order
to raise the $4,000 required Of the Fed
Grated Garden Clubs of Maryland for
the Identification of the highways
leading into the District of Columbia
for the Bicentennial celebration the
federation has completed arrangements
for a pilgrimage to Maryland gardens
and mansions on May 4, 5, 6, z, 3 ana y.
The federation has completed plans
for the opening of old historic places
throughout the Stale, large modern
homes and gardens and small SUBURBAN
gardens in the vicinity OF Baltimore.
The following schedule will be observed
for the pilgrimage:
Nav 4-Harford County Mrs. Alexis
Shriver, chairman of district.
NAV 5-Baltimore and Baltimore
County, Mrs. H. Roland Clapp and Mrs.
Hall Harrison, chairmen.
May 6-Howard and Frederick Coun-
ties. Mrs. Lee Chapman, chairman OF
the former, and Mrs. Stuart Halter,
chairman of the latter.
May 7-St. Marys County, Col. Will
liam Fay, chairman.
May 8-Annapolis and South River,
Mrs Charles F. Peace, chairman.
M9v e-Baltimore and Baltimore
County again, with the exception OF four
places.
Among the features of the pilgrimage
will be luncheon on ST. Mary'S day at
Tudor Hall, the old Key homestead at
Leonardtown and special choral service
at St. Thomas Church at Garrison For
est at $50 o'clock the afternoon OF May
S. with the Rev. Philip Jensen officiat-
ing.
The funds 10 be raised through-ad-
mission to the places Of interest that
are set out in the following detailed
program will be used in building up the
fund that will be expended in the beau
tification of the five major Maryland
approaches to the National Capital
Bladensburg road Rhode Island avenue,
Piney Branch road, Georgia avenue and
Wisconsin avenue.
Hartford County, Monday, May a
Mrs. Van Hollin'S house, Jerusalem
Mills. Olney tMrs Alexis Shriver. own
err. Wocdside Robert Lee Wilson,
owner, Quaker Meeting House, l772;
Tudor Hall, Booth place; Monmouth
CPercy Ballantine, owner; Mooreland.
1923: st. Mary's Church, 1919; SpeSutla
Church, 1776; Mount Pleasant. Sion Hill
The Rogers place., Rigbie House, Octo-
raro, 1873 AJohnSon Johnson; Tome
Institute. Mr.. Robert Heighe's place.
Darlington Commodore Richards)
Breeze place.
Baltimore and Baltimore County,
Tuesday, May S: Large gardens in
vicinity of Baltimore and Baltimore
County-Valley House. Mrs. Donald
Symington: Sun Doren, Mrs. John
Love; FOXY Farms, Mrs. Robert Deford:
PARKWAY, Mrs. Leslie Lewis; Edge Hill,
Mrs. Duncan K. Brent: Dawndale, Mrs.
George Weems Williams; Roland View,
Mrs. D. K. E. Fisher; KitwellS, Mrs.
Wilson lowering Smith; Foxleigh House,
Mrs George Jackson; CharleSmeade,
Mrs Awhile Eager: Locust Valley
Farm, Mrs. Frank Could 1yrcoHnell,
Mrs John Gibbs: Gaywood. Mrs. Ed
ward Wilson: Birdwood. Mrs. Ernest
Dining; Willoughby, Mrs. Edward Me-
Keen: Weldon, Mrs. Alice Nelson;
Rusty Rocks. Mrs E. II. BOuton; Chest
nut Wood. Mrs A. r. l.. Dohme: Wick
cliff. DR.. Walter WickS; Mrs. Robert D
Hopkins, Mrs R. Williams. Mrs. James
Manning, Mrs. James Sellman, Mrs. M
Alvin Long, Mrs. H. A. Lane, Mrs. AL
bert Towers, Mrs. George G. Thomas.
Old historic places in Baltimore
vicinity-Hampton (Ridgely estate)
Mount Clair, st. Thomas Church, thG
Shot Tower, Edgar Allen Poe's grave
Washington Monument, Lexington
Market. st. Pauls Church, Federal
Hill, Fort McHenry, Flag House.
Small modem gardens in Baltimore
v1cinity-MisSJ Julia Rodgers, Mrs. Cary
Male, Mrs. Harry Swope. Mrs. Charles
McPhail. Mrs. George Salisbury, Mrs
Harold Wrenn, Mrs. Dean Locke, Mrs
Walter Balm, Mrs. Percy Lucas. Mrs
william Tuerke, Mrs. Richard K
Meade, Mrs. Arthur Thompson, Mrs