The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1949-03-18
Local Gardens,
Grounds Ready
For Pilgrimage

Continuing the preview of the
local gardens which will be open
on Sunday, March 20, for the an
nual Garden Pilgrimage from
p. m. until 6 p. m. the rose gar
den of Capt. and Mrs. H. H. Collie
will be one of the loveliest sights.
Capt. Cole has gained local rec
ognition for the beautiful roses
which he grows, especially the
Etoile de Holland rose. This
spring he has enlarged his gar
den by the addition of 500 new
rose bushes including some of
the newest species such as En-
chantment, Mrs. p. S. Dupont
and Forty Miner and many others.
The rose garden is on the back
of the property facing Washing
ton avenue, but the Beach front
Is also lovely with the azaieas
which border the rose garden.
The garden of Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Watts shows what gar
dening as a hobby can accomplish
over period of years. Beautifully
handicapped with azaleas and hun
dreds of spring bulbs this infor-
NAL garden has many delightful
surprises. The lily pool, wild hol-
ly trees that have been grated,
day lilies and a few rose bushes
add spots of interest to this de-
lightful garden which is also fac
ing Washington avenue at the
rear of the beach front property.
Mr. and Mrs. o. v. Streed, 1850
Washington avenue, have a fas-
cinating garden filled with many
unusual flowers. Here the largest
Gala lilies seen blooming out
side of a hot house are to be found.
ANIMALS seem to spring from the
woods and even roses bloom un-
der pine trees in a new section
of the garden. Mr.. and Mrs.
Streed do all of the gardening
themselves and the results are
amazing. Lily pools filled with
large gold fish, an unusual rock
garden containing Sporaxis, many
cacti, freezias, baby blue-eyes and
other small flowers are spots not
to be missed.
Rug Show
The tour takes one next to the
1ith Street Activities building
where an exhibit of hooked rugs
will be on display by members of
the class under the supervision of
Mrs. Harrison Otis. Punch will
be served by the Lake Garden
club and the Pascagoula Garden
club. The rugs on exhibit are
made by special tee h n ia u e
which is quite different from 9TH
er schools of rug making. This
method uses gradation of color
from the lowest to the highest
depth in order to get the illusion
of a third dimension in forming
the design of the rug.
The Longfellow House has had
so many legends and stories told
about it that it has assumed the
place of landmark. Built around
1880 it is typical of the Southern
type architecture. The poet Hen
~ Longfellow is reputed to have
visited here and later the gay
scenes of its plantation days were
Supplanted by more sober pur-
suits when it became an Episco-
pal college for girls. Federal
troops occupied the house during
the War between the states and
then for years it was a private
dwelling before it was bought by
the ingalls, Shipbuilding corpor-
alton. The house and grounds
have been restored in keeping
with their original design and
these extensive gardens will be
open from 2:30 to $50 p. m.
The tour will end at the lovely
grounds of the S. B. McIlwain
home on Columbus Drive. Lo-
Gated on the point overlooking
the water the grounds have been
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