Evening star., 1939-05-06
Garden Club
Activities
World Traveller
WillLecture
Thursday
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

The Chevy Chase ID. c. Garden
Club will meet on Monday at the
home of Mrs. Paul j. Christian.
The hostess will be assisted by Mrs.
Paul Anderson, Mrs. Lew S. Mohler
and Mrs. Lawrence Voorhees,.
From 1890 until 5 o'clock tour
of the following gardens, belonging
to members of the club, will be
made: Mrs. Paul Anderson, Mrs.
Elmer N. Bunting, Mrs. Walter Da-
wilson. Mrs. Daniel Davis, Miss Mary
Ann Davis, Mrs. Henry R. Cover,
Miss Emma T. Hahn, Mrs. George
L. Harris, Mrs. Mark Lansburgh,
Mrs. Lee D. Latimer, Mrs. Lew S.
Mohler, Mrs. Howard w. Phillips,
Mrs. Lewis Ryan, Mrs. Leason H.
Adams, Mrs. Lawrence E. Voorhees,
and Mrs. r. Claude Wright.
Much interest is being shown In
the coming flower show, which will
be held on May "a at All Saints
Episcopal Church at Chevy Chase
Circle.
The Local Affairs Committee of
the American Horticultural Society
OF which Mrs. Richard Fay Jackson
is chairman, has issued invitations
for lecture and tea at the Wash
ington Club on Thursday at 2:30
o'clock.
Josephine Craven Horner will
give an illustrated talk on Ancient
Pleasure Gardens of the Vale OF
Kashmir."
Mrs. Horner is a traveller and
writer and worker in the field Of
historical research. She recently
returned from a six months trip
around the world, bringing with
her pictures Of Nazim Bagh, Akbas'
Garden of the Wind, and Nishet
Bagh, the Garden of Delight. While
in India, Mrs. Horner lived on a
houseboat on Dahl Lake in Kashmir,
where she made studies and pic
lures Of the Royal Pleasure Gar
dens.
Mrs. Theodore Irving Coe and
Mrs. John Ihlder will pour tea.
This lecture will be the last of a
group sponsored this year by the
Local Affairs Committee.
The Georgetown Garden Pilgrim
age will open to the public very
large number of Georgetown's finest
gardens. Saturday, May 20, and Sat-
urday. May q, have been selected
as the dates when they will be
shown. These gardens will be open
from until Z o'clock on these two
Saturdays, and a one-dollar ticket
will allow you to enjoy all the gar
dens, large and small. Tea will be
served on May 20 by Miss Frances
Sortwell in her ever-lovely mirror
garden. The following Saturday the
orangerie at Dumbarton Oaks will
be the center for refreshments.
On the first afternoon of the pill
grimage Mrs. Dean Acheson will
open the lower floor of her house
as well as the garden, and an ex-
hibition Of her own paintings Of
Georgetown may be seen.
This pilgrimage is always held
for the benefit of the Georgetown
Children's House, 1924 N street, which
is open to the public any day to
those desiring to inspect the house
or to see the tiny tots at play.
Members of the board in charge
Of the pilgrimage arrangements are
Mrs. Robert F. Whitehead, chair
man; Mrs. John Ihlder, Miss Kath-
arine Dougal, Mrs. Worth Daniels,
Mrs. j. Bernard Wyckoff and Mrs.
Robert Goodale.
Among the gardens to be open
on Saturday, May 20. will be those
of Mrs. F. Lammot Belin, Evermay,
1923 Twenty eighth street; Mrs.
Henry Leonard, 3038 N street; Mrs.
Dean Acheson, 2805 p street; Mrs.
Gordon Dunthorne, 1904 N street;
Mrs. George Grant Mason, jr., 1924
Thirtieth street; Mrs. Herman Hol-
lerith, 1917 Twenty-ninth street;
Mrs. Robert Allen, 1875 Twenty
eighth street; Miss Frances Sort
well, $40 Volta place, and Miss
Katharine Douga. 3030 p street.