Evening star., 1932-04-09
Single Blooms, Now Open, to
Reach Climax of Their
Beauty Wednesday.
BEST SUNDAY DISPLAY
is DUE WITHIN WEEK
Double Flower to Be at Their Best
in About Three Weeks,
Officials Say.

The weather has delayed the granc
opening of the pageant of cherry bios.
SONS around the Tidal Basin until lat,
next week, due to chilled weather. but
they will give rehearsals tomorrow
Ofhcials of the park division of tbs
ONCE OF Public Buildings and Public
Parks announced today the chilling
rain and the cold last night had re.
tarded the opening of the buds. The,
estimated the trees are now about 3I
per cent in bloom. Previously, they hac
esumated the single blossoms would bt
at their best Wednesday, but in view
OF altered weather conditions TODAY
they revised their estimate to place the
pest showing about Friday.
Ihls means, the officials said. that in.
steao OF having the most pretentiou,
sunday display tomorrow, it will be a
week away.
Good Showing Tomorrow.
tomorrow, however, there will be 6
good showing, they said, but as the tenn
perature was 40 degrees last night anc
TINS morning A. the flowers have beer
held back.
The weather outlook for tomorrow 1.
gwen as overcast. This mornings in.
sspection of the trees showed the single
blooms had made little progress since
yesterday. Officials insisted that shoIlc
a warm spell occur, following TODAY.
rain, the buds would pop out as if by
magic. - y
Another floral treat is in store TO,
Washngtonians and visitors in the
craoapple trees that are starting tc
oloom IN AnacoStia Park officials as
serted these young trees are loaded with
buds, and should make a nice showing
this year. The flowers there. however
are not as far advanced as are the
cherry trees.
Double Blooms Unopened.
The single cherry blossom trees are
located around the Tidal Basin. The
double blooms are along Riverside Drive
IN East Potomac Park. Officials esti-
mate 1t will be about three weeks he
lore the double blooms will be at their
pest. AT present. they said, the double
ouds are "aS tight as a drum"
For the first time the blossom traffic
expected to flow more smoothly
around the Tidal Basin this season. due
70 tne opening of the Arlington Memo
rlaI Bridge: Capt. R. c. Montgomery
superintendent of the United States
QeJdlleC
tra1nc arrangements for handling the
crowds expected tomorrow to view the
blooms. '-ie
The opening of the Arlington Memo
nal Bridge has corrected a serious diff
ncuity in handling traffic in Potomac
Fark, said Capt. Montgomery, "as this
PROVIDES a new artery for automobiles
10 and from Virginia and points South
Tor cars will no longer have to use the
bottle neck at the Outlet Bridge
tomorrow and any other day during
cherry blossom season. when traffic con-
dltions warrant. the principal entrances
TO the Tidal Basin, where the cherry
trees are now in bloom, will be bv wav
OF Fourteenth, Seventeenth or similar
streets leading southwark. Traffic must
travel clockWise around the Tidal Basin.
so that it will be necessary for auto
mobiles travelling southwark along Sew
enteenth street to turn left at the John
Paul Jones statue.
Blooms on Right Side.
With this method prevailing. Capt
Montgomery said, the cherry blossoms
will be on the right-hand side of the
driver.
During periods of traffic congestion,
only trucks and garbage vehicles will
be granted two-Way use of lower Four
teenth street, leading to the Highway
Bridge. Virginia bound passenger cars
can use Fourteenth street, now free OF
street car hindrance.
Traffic from Virginia, Capt. Mont
gomery said must use the Columbia
Island section of the Mount Vernon
Memorial Highway and the Arlington
Memorial Bridge, except in the case OF
trucks and similar heavy vehicles,
which will be permitted to use the High
way Bridge and lower Fourteenth street.
The outlet for the cherry blossom
traffic will be by way of the Lincoln
Memorial, from the south. the super
lntendent pointed out. Although both
roads just southwark of the Memorial
are temporary in character, they have
oeen made passable for the public over
the week end.
Signs Show Best Routes.
The American Automobile Association
is putting up signs directing traffic to
the cherry trees. by the best routes,
Capt. Montgomery asserted.
Seventeenth street will be one way
south from Constitution avenue Traffic
must travel one way north across the
Inlet Bridge and the Polo Field road
and that skirting the Tidal Basin will
be available.
Capt. Montgomery announced that
leave and regular days off for all the
members of his force have been can
celed, so that all persons will be on
hand to direct traffic tomorrow, when
a great influx of visitors is looked for.
Yesterday afternoon final traffic ar
rangements were whipped into shape at
at conference between Inspector E. w
Brown, chief of the Traffic Bureau: Will
liam A. Van Duzer, director Of traffic,
and Capt. Montgomery The Metro
politan Police Department will handle
traffic along streets leading toward the
Tidal Basin, with the United States
park police directing the automobiles
around the basin.