Evening star., 1941-04-27
Diplomatic Figures
Will Participate
In Garden Tours
Maryland and Vireinic
Estates to Be Open for
Inspection This Week

maryland Will De nelQ UnlS week
Under the sponsorship of the garden
clubs OF the two States.
Lord Halifax, the British Ambas-
sador, and Lady Halifax have ac-
cepted the invitation of the Garden
Club of Virginia to be guests during
garden week at Mirador, the Ameri-
can home of Lady Nancy Astor near
Charlottesville.
Other garden-tour guests of honor
will include the wives of the Greek,
Belgian, Danish, Netherlands and
Norwegian ENJOYS to the United
States-Mme. Cimon P. Diaman-
topoulos, Countess Robert van der
Straten Ponthoz, Nine. Henrik de
Kaufman, Nine. Alexander Loudon
and Nine. Wilhelm Munthe de Nor
genstierne.
Chinese Envoy Guest.
Another honor guest will be DR..
Eu Shih, the Chinese Ambassador.
Virginias tour starts tomorrow,
and all the proceeds will go to
Bundles for Britain, Inc. Mary
lands receipts will be used first
for the expenses of the Hammond
Harwood House in Annapolis. The
surplus will be used for British war
relief.
The Virginia tour lasts all week,
and an houses and gardens will be
open each day from $50 am. to
6 pm. Maryland's tour starts Fri
day in Prince Georges County and
runs until May II. Houses will be
open in designated counties only
on certain days.
A high light of the Virginia tour
will be the Manse. Staunton, where
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will receive
visitors. The birthplace of President
Wilson recently was honored by the
Garden Club of Virginia.
Plans Drawn by Jefferson.
Other houses and estates on the
Virginia tour include Stuart House,
Winchester. now occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. Peyton Cochran, fourth
generation of the family which
built it. 1t was erected in 1871 by
Archibald Stuart from plans drawn
up by his former law professor,
Thomas jefferson.
Also open near Winchester in
Clarke County will be Carter Hall,
q mansion built by king Carter,
architect in Colonial times: Horse
shoe Farm, owned by Edward R.
Stettinius, jr, advisory commits
sioner to the Council Of National
Defense; Annefeld; Scaleby, owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gilpin,
and the gardens of Fairfield.
Only the gardens of the Tuleyries,
estate at Boyce, owned by Mrs. Orme
Wilson, will be open to visitors.
Other exhibits in the Clarke County
district include Springsbury, home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Green
halgh; Saratoga and Audley, near
Berryville.
The gardens and terrace of Oat-
lands, built in 1900, are among the
attractions in Piedmont district
which will be served by information
booths in the Red Fox Tavern,
Middleburg and the Warren Green
Hotel Warrenton. Mrs. William
Corcoran Eustice is the owner of
Oatlands.
Monroe Home Included.
The interior of Oak Hill, once the
home of President James Monroe,
now owned by Frank c. Littleton,
will be open. as will be Oakwood,
house and garden restored by Mrs.
Sterling Larrabee. The original
White Hall, built in 1890, also has
been restored by Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sloane.
Modern gardens and houses on
display include View Tree, home of
Oscar T. Crosby; Ridgelea, Mrs. R.
r. Barrett. and Miss Lea M. Bou-
ligny's walled garden and outdoor
theater.
Gardens open include Little Oat-
lands, Mr.. and Mrs. David E. Finley,
owners; Stoke, near Aldie, Col. Floyd
Harris; FoXcroft, Middleburg, Miss
Charlotte Noland; Melbourne, Mid
dleburg, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Morrison;
Mansfield, Middlebug, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Atkinson; Dinwiddie, Mid
dleburg, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B,
Davis; Brook Hill Farm, Middle
burg, Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Seipp;
Benton, Middleburg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel c. Sands: Edgewood, Upper
vile, Mrs. Henry T. OXnard; Oak
Hill, Delaplane, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Baird, and Gordonsdale, near The
Plains, owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Reg
mald VickerS.
1880 House in Fairfax.
Fairfax County exhibits include
Oak Hill, built around 1870, and
said to be the oldest house without
structural change in Fairfax County,
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward F.
Howrey, and Ossian Hall, built about
the same time, and owned by
former United States Senator Joseph
L. BristoW.
The main part of RavensWorth.
now owned by DR.. and Mrs. Boiling
Lee, has been burned, but original
wings. outbuildings and family
burying ground remain. The early
18th century woodwork of Sully will
be on display by its owner, Walter
Thurston. Gracelands, built in 1921
and restored by Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
RiXey-Smith, and Ash Grove, built
by Lord Fairfax, now the property
of the Sherman heirs, complete the
Fairfax County exhibits.
Wellington, 1850 edifice, owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Matheson,
Is one of the estates open in the
Alexandria district. Also on view
will be Woodlawn, built by George
Washington for Nellie Gusts. now
the home of Mrs. Oscar w. Under
wood; GunSton Hall, built in 1758
by George Mason, author of the
Bill of Rights, now the home of
Louis D. Hertle, and Rippon Lodge,
Wade H. Ellis home, built in 1725
by Richard Blackburn.
Mrs. Arthur Woods is chairman
of the Garden Club Tours Commit
tee In Virginia.
Prince Georges Schedule.
Mrs. Harold Knapp of Upper Marl-