Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1923, Page 15

night for the past month., Showers \fter dark can be almost fatal to ros blossoms, he claims. Does All Work Aleae. Brother Meinrod is & Swiss, with considerable acquaintance with . the monastery gardens of Europe. Con- trary to the general impression, he is not assisted on the farm or in the gardens by the other monks, but haw the entire detail to himself, with the occasional aid of a hired farm hand. The monastery, by the way, has suf- fered through the lack of avalilable farm labor this year, Brother Meinrod says, and he has been obliged to de- % vote less attention to the two gar- | e dens than ordinarily, devoting his time to raising vegetables for the monastery table. 4 - w P ) i Learns From U. §. Sunken Garden. | “Roses and evergreens are all any- : |vody needs to produce garden ef- b i _ fects,” Brother Meinrod says. “Ev- | erything else is purely accidental. % There is little excuse for not succeed- ing at landscape gardening in Wash- ington with the great Depar:ment of Agriculture greenhouses and experi- ment stations and the officlals always 11mxlnus to aid in any way possible and to secure appropriate specimens. 3om hovers most lovingly. { 1 learned all 1 know about landscape bt rother Meinrod himself is a pic- kland, who runs al turesque character. Without his Hesitn | coarse, brown robe and sandals and i | crucifix, he would present the ap- > pearance of a typical Maryland or effects. Virginia farmer. The characteristic By | [ pallor of the cloisters is lacking en- D e e | tirely from the ruddy cheeks of this 3 Mg | Alpine native who grows flowers and wden, just east of —-—— | potutoas for the sake of the king- of the slghts of witn | dom. Monk in Spare Time Turns Rocky Gully Into Beauty Spot {Brother Meinrod, Lover‘l of Flowers, Gives Hours to Hobby. Roses and Evergreens Used in Franciscan \ sandaled menk. in brown cas- ®ock, working at odd hours for ght | acars, has transformed a rocky Wash- l fngton gully into a garden of roses. over which, of all spots in the Na- | 1ional Capital, the spirit of medicval- ! i tery, at Bl farm on the side, Ly the cultivation achicved his unique roses and evergreens has fuily the BROTHER WMEINROD, <unken Sl s hooded | i scarlet and white rose blossoms. oses Bedeck Shrine. Both the garden of Gethsemane and | o he knew nothing { the cloister garden have reached their WO GEI DECORATIONS. dening. altheuih @ finest effecty this year, Brother Mein- | Army Awards Distinguished Serv- | rod claims, duc to the fact that, for 5 his | the first time, mildew has been ab- ice Cross and Medal. Secretary Weeks yesterday after- which is - completely | Light ye landscape hiliful farmer. The moat striking rh i (he rocky hillside, rine 1o the Virgin has is covered with a et of thousands of ra Z Dorothy Perkins, silver moon snd another To W Ge riotv. which he o result of into which |sent from the early rose: tributes to the absence This he at- of rains at| noon awarded the distinguished serv- of Reservations Now Being Made by the Washington Automobile Apartments, Inc., For Space .in Their Eight-Story Apartments New York Avenue N.W. Between 13th and 14th x 1f you own an automobile and have a realization of the public need of our service and what it can make and save you, communicate with us. Details are yours for the asking. Use this coupon. hutting m - and blossoms. ad, overhang [ which lead to |} ) den from » matted with varions shrines Cultivated Mountain Laurel. ens Brother attention e chief luxuriousness | i n the District the | wonk has utilized the mountain | luurel as a garden flowering shrub. | Oue of the most beautiful of wild flowers, it has been practically te this in gar- 's. Brother | tushes dug up in nearby | Turope i wihiose gardens are | cature. Duri t week it ix at its { the entire vear, although istic ardener figures to keep | something blossoming ¢ the vear utdoor pansy bhed middie of winter. No small pa f the effect is due to the presence f thousands of hirds among the Liossoms, singi peculiar har- mony to the toll of the chapel Tell “early mornings and late after-| neons addition to the G ie. which is of lite WASHINGTON ' Executive Offices: 812 International Bldg. rden of Get Gentlemen: to the public SEhes Blcinsod hae dimss o5 e | I am interested in reserving space in your Automobile # garden in the c t of the chapel | Apartments and will be obliged to you for particulars. “loister which laid out for the | eyes of the monks alone and for oc- | asional visitors who are admitted | Lehind the scenes. | Glant Cructfix of Flowers. Tere he has produced some of his lavish effects in blossoming Name. TTltreet ature is a with an rlet liver: fiower. 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