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March 29, 1923
The Elkins Inter Mountain
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
First Lady Mrs. Harding plans an old-fashioned flower garden in the White House grounds featuring pansies, morning glories, and other traditional blooms to evoke home and stimulate old-fashioned virtues, contrasting formal gardens and embodying the American spirit.
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MRS. HARDING'S GARDEN
At Mrs. Harding's request, an old-fashioned flower garden will bloom in one corner of the stately White House grounds this summer. The First Lady is tired of the colder, formal gardens and exotic hot-house plants, for all their beauty. She wants the kind of garden that looks like home.
Pansies, morning glories, snapdragons, foxgloves, daisies, lilies of the valley, hollyhocks and forget-me-nots are some of the flowers to be given a place in the new-old garden. Surely phlox and marigold, larkspur and canterbury bells, bergamot and clove pink, hundred-leaf rose and lemon lily must bloom there, too, if it truly is to be like grandmother's garden.
Mrs. Harding sets a charming and thoughtful example. Not only is there something lovable and homelike in an old-fashioned garden, but it stimulates the old-fashioned virtues just by its powers of association. It is far more typical of the true American spirit than the more gorgeous horticultural displays.
Administrations may come and go, fortunes rise and fall and presidents confer with kings, but so long as the love of home and homely things remains strong in the nation, the nation cannot fall.
At Mrs. Harding's request, an old-fashioned flower garden will bloom in one corner of the stately White House grounds this summer. The First Lady is tired of the colder, formal gardens and exotic hot-house plants, for all their beauty. She wants the kind of garden that looks like home.
Pansies, morning glories, snapdragons, foxgloves, daisies, lilies of the valley, hollyhocks and forget-me-nots are some of the flowers to be given a place in the new-old garden. Surely phlox and marigold, larkspur and canterbury bells, bergamot and clove pink, hundred-leaf rose and lemon lily must bloom there, too, if it truly is to be like grandmother's garden.
Mrs. Harding sets a charming and thoughtful example. Not only is there something lovable and homelike in an old-fashioned garden, but it stimulates the old-fashioned virtues just by its powers of association. It is far more typical of the true American spirit than the more gorgeous horticultural displays.
Administrations may come and go, fortunes rise and fall and presidents confer with kings, but so long as the love of home and homely things remains strong in the nation, the nation cannot fall.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Family
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
White House Garden
Old Fashioned Flowers
First Lady Initiative
American Spirit
Homely Virtues
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Harding
First Lady
Where did it happen?
White House Grounds
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Harding
First Lady
Location
White House Grounds
Event Date
This Summer
Story Details
Mrs. Harding requests an old-fashioned flower garden in the White House to resemble a home garden, featuring traditional flowers like pansies and hollyhocks, promoting homely virtues and the American spirit.