Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1927, Page 39

’ THLS0F PRI 152 YEARS A0 Washington, Noted Horticul-! turist, Explains in Diary His Activities. The progress of ‘Spring in this lo- eality, 152 years ago, was recorded as follows by a country gentleman of nearby Virginla, an amateur naturalist and probably the greatest horticultur- 18t In America In his day. one George Washington, whose dlarfes are pre- served In the Library of Congress: January 12, 1785. Rode to my mill swamp and to other places in search of the sort of trees I shall want for my walks, groves and wildernesses. Between the sein landing and the old brick kiln found about a half dozem young elm trees, but not very promis- ing. Many thri¥ing ash trees on high (at least dry) ground, and a great abundance of redbud of all sizes. In the field I bought of Barry and Miss Wade a great abundance of white thorn now full of red berries in clus- ter. Within the meadow fence at the mill are some young crabapple trees énd young pine trees in the old field of all sizes, and in the branch of Hell Hole between the gate and the mouth are very fine young poplars, locusts, sassafras and dogwood. Some maples on high ground and two or three shrubs in the wet ground which I take to be fringe tree. Found Magnolia Plants. January 28. Rode today to my plant in the nack party with a view to #earch for trees, for which I passed through the woods, andsin the first drain bevond the bars in my lower pasture 1 discovered in tracing it up- wards many small and thriving plants of the magnolia, about the fence some young maples and the red berry of the swamp. Also along the branch where Mrs. T. formerly lived came across a nursery of young crabs trees of all sizes, and along the same branch sev- eral young holly trees, but I could find noné of the fringe tree. February 9. Transplanted an Eng- lish walnut tree from the corner near where the old schoolhouse stood. Also moved apricot and peach trees which stood in the borders of the grass plats, from which little expectation is enter- tained for their living. February 18. Planted border of ivy on north side of south garden wall, also four lines of linden trees sent me by Gov. Clinton of New York, which must have been out of the ground since the middle of November, without any dirt about their roots. February 28. Brought down a num- ber of young aspen trees from near the old courthouse to transplant in the serpentine avenues, to the door. As they came Jate I had the roots buried until they could be transplanted. Finished Serpentine Roads. February 26. Finished laying out my serpentine roads. Dug most of theé holes, where the trees by the side of them are to stand, and planted some of the maples which were dug yesterday and some of the aspen. February 28. Planted all the mul- berry trees, maple trees and black- gums in my serpentine walks. Also planted four trees from the Hell Hole, theé name unknown, but of brittle wood which has the smell of mul- March 10. Proceeded to Occoquan for the scions of the hemlocks for my shrubbery. March 11. Plarited the hemlock scions which were brought home ye: terday in the shrubbery, 28 in nu ber, 2 poplars. 13 weeping and 13 yi low willow trees, alternately along the posts and rail fence, March 12. Brought nine scions of the Portugal peach from Mr. Cock- burn's with me. March 18. I went to my Dogue Run plant to direct the taking up of pine trees for my two wildernesses—brought three wagon load of them home and planted every other ‘hole along the walks with them. March 19. Received from Mrs. Joshua Parke of Norfolk a box con- taining young trees of the live oak and 10 ‘acorns, which ‘I presume are from the same sort of trees. Got Swan From Brother. March 20. Received a swan, 4 wild | geese, 2 barrels of holly berries in sand from my brother John and a ‘barrel of the early corn of New York. March 22. Mrs. Grayson sent me | 8 yews and 4 aspen-trees and Collo. Mason some cherry grafts. March 31. Planted the scarlet or French honeysuckle (as my gardener calls it, and which he says blows all the Summer) at each col. of my my covered ways, as also against the circular walks batween the store- houses. Also planted the guilder rose and Persian jessamine opposite there- to on the walks. April 13! Planted and sowed in hoxes in front of the greenhouse the following things: Six buckeye nuts brought with me from the mouth of the Cheat | River. They were much dried and shriveled, but had been steeped in water 24 hours: 8 nuts from a tree called Lentucky coffee tree; a scar- let, triangular berry, the cover of which opens in three parts, and which looks well on & shrub. Ice on April 16. April 16. A great hoar frost and ice at least one-eighth an inch thick. The buds of every kind of tree and shrub are swelling, the tender leaves of many had unfolded. The apricot blos- soms were putting forth, the peaches and cherries were on the point of doing the same. The maple has been in full bloom 10 days or a fortnight. On this tree I observed great differ- ence in the color of the blossoms, some being of a deep scarlet border- ing on crimson, others of a pale red- dish yellow. April 20. Rode to Fish Landing. Found what is called the spice bush, a fragrant, aromatic shrub in bloom, Supposed it had been blown two or three days. It is a small, greenish flower and will look well in the shrub- bery. Servant Broke Kneepan. April 22. My servant William, one of the chain carriers, fell and broke the pan @f his knee, and with much dificulty T was able to get him home, being obliged to get a sled to carry him on. Perceived the service tree to be full in bloom. It bears a white flower In clusters, but on single stems, and it is a tolerable handsome tree in bloom. April 26. The blossom of the red bud was just beginning to display, the flower of the sassafras was fully out. An intermixture of this and red- bud would look very pretty, the lat- ter crowned with the former. May 1. A few young trees in a box of the ¢ivil or sower oranges and the royal palmetto .which Mr. Blake of Seuth Carolina had gent me. it May I_‘ill Earth in 300 Years. 1f the prediction made by Penck, the @erman statistician and geographist, gomes true, the world, which now-has 4,800,000,000 inhabitants, will soon be .arowded, says the Popular Science Magazine. The earth can support about five estimates that if the present rate of astimtes that if the present rate of increase in population continues it will have that number in three cen- turles. South America. in the vicinity of Rrazil, will have the heaviest popula- | tion, he thinks, snd be hest able to support it. lie beiieves Brazil can 1ake care of 1,200,000,000. The British Empire coitld, he says, support 600, 000,000, b jwill be selected. THE SUNDAY RADIO GOSSIP AND NEWS President Coolidge is expected to send to the Senate the names of five national radio commissioners within the next few days with the hope that they will be approved before adjourn ment, now only a weék away. He will make his selections from about a thousand names understood to have !been submitted to him or the Secre- tary of Commerce, choosing a repre- sentative man for each of the five na- tional radio zones. There will be no possibility that a man from the District of Columbia Congress prevented that, for some reason, by stating that each nominee must be & resident of “a State within a zone,” and amend- ments to insert the words ‘“or the District of Columbia’ were opposed. Indications now are that the Presi- dent has determined upon his nomi- natfons, but is awaiting their accept- ances before submitting the names to the Renate. It is believed that nominees will be either business or financial men from the following cities: New York, Chicago, San Fran- cisco, New Orleans, and one from either Pennsylvania, Michigan or Ohio. The New York commissioner would represent the first zone, including the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Ver- mont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Deleware, Maryland and the District of Coélumbia; the Chicago man would represent the fourth zone, comprising the States of Indiana, Illinois, Wis- consin, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Towa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri; the man from San Francisco would represent the fifth zone, com- prising the three Pacific Const States and Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colo- rado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Ne- va Hawaii and Alaska; the New Orleans selection would be from the | third zone, representing the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor- | gia, Florida, Alabama, Tennesse sissippl, Arkansas, Louisiana, Unvarying the- and Oklahoma, and the second zoie candidate, which includes Pennsyl- vania, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky, probably will be selected from the first mentioned State or possibly Michigan or Ohio. Tt 18 doubtful if any one from Phil- adelphia is chosen, since that center is in too close proximity to New York, the hub of the first zone. It seems likely that no ex-government officials will be named, and that with perhaps one exception no one from the ra- dio industry will be considered, al though it is permissible if the nomi- nee resigns and severs his affiliations. Indications point to representative husiness men of some political status in their communities, although one Chicago newspaper man is belleved a favorite. Hoover to Broadcast. Secretary of Commerce Hoover, sometimes known as “‘the Great White Father of Radio at Washington,” will address the radio audience from & string of 15 broadcasting stations Sat- urday night, March 12. Mr. Hoover will speak from New Haven, where he is to address the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce on some of the current trade and domestic problems. On this occasion it is not believed he will dwell on radio problems, sirice his oft-reiterated desire to have a semi- judigial body of men pass on radio interference and other difficulties is about to be realized. Secretary Hoover has frequently de- clared that such problems should not and could not be properly determined by any one man, and that he did not want the job himself. Under the new law creating the National Radio Com- mission Mr. Hoover is to handle mere- Iy the administrative end of the work until the commission” has been func- tioning a full vear. after which he will again take over practically all the work, except the objectionable con- troversial matters he abhors. STAR, WASHINGTON, RADIO’S BEST OFFERINGS TONIGHT. People’s Vesper WRC, 6:45 o'clock. Capitol _Theater program, WRC, WEAF and_associated stations, 7:20 o'clock. Concert, Naomi Hewitt Cello Quartet, WBZ, 7:30 o'clock. 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