Show if A WASHINGTON BYSTANDER 1 J By HERBERT C. C PLUMMER W On On the tho grounds ot of cathedral within a small iron enclosure there grows one ot of the most famous trees In his his- nil alt Christian tor tory It is the Glastonbury Gins Glas- thorn thorn-n part ot of the nal thorn at Glas- Glas ij In England En En- En 1 gland which tra- tra r says sas Was a ai v growth from the i start staff ot of Joseph ot of The peculiarity 1 t the thorn Is f that It blooms Irv Ir- Ir v regularly True to tradition for tor which there Is evidence sunning running back to the first century ot of the ChrIstian eta era this tree occasionally blossoms on Christmas da day In medieval times whenever English Fn En- gush glish ro royalty alty visited II a abit bit o ot the bloom was pl plucked placed In a r box a presented to the member oJ at o the royal familY matug member oJ at o the royal familY matug the visit This custom was revived In the United States In 1919 when the Prince ot of visited W Washington Washing Washing- ton cathedral Although It was the month ot of November the tree shot forth two Or three e blosSOms They were plucked place ln EI a silver box and presented the tho prince by the bishop ot of Washington day ot Of othis his visit It was on the occasion that the PrinCe ot of Wales Vales plant d a a. tree near the tho cross cross at the cathedral which Is marked ty by 5 bronze tablet MANY OF TH THEM EM The Glastonbury thorn however is not the only plant of at historic his his- tone intereSt to be found found- in the cathedral gardens There Thero are othera oth- oth era and In great abundance Ivy from Canterbury cathedral grows there along with some cedars brought from Lebanon 25 years ago which are arc in the bishops bishop's garden There is an ancient yew from Port Royal Va and a a great pine said to be one ot of tho largest trees eVer transplanted In America Six pie pie- holly trees reputed over ovel years old add to the beauty ot of otI I the garden But among the most interesting ot of these historic trees and shrubs are th the boxwoods The rhe George Washington boxwood was transplanted In 1926 1921 roni anold an anold old garden maze at the ruined house Hayfield Manor li county Va bunt built In 1761 by George Washington A JEFFERSON TREE There is a taU tall ns va variety va- va brought from Monticello by Thomas Jefferson himself and given to the orIginal owners ot of the site of the cathedral A remarkable specimen of ancient an- an dent growth is the BiSho Bishop HardIng Hard Hard- Ing memorial boxwood It Is be be- be to be more than years ears I old and weighs more than six tons toris It was transplanted successfully from a a. distance ot of 0 miles and Is believed to have been planted originally originally nally by one of the cavaliers of Maryland possibly Lord Baltimore Incidentally there Is to be found in this rare garden a gothic wheel cross dating back to the fourteenth four fOUl century Tho stone atone Of the steps to the garden house are from the birthplace of Custis HUNTS IN PLANE GREAT FALLS Mont United Press Hunting coyotes by airplanE an unusual adventure In this section even cven In good weather was introduced intro intro- to stockmen of th the snowbound snow snow- bound boond regions by Charles McGuire wood High rancher and aviator When deep shows made landing impossible impossible im- im possible McGuire equipped his plane Iane with skis in order that he might continue hunting predatory animals and saving losses to his her herds s. s The skis six feet long and IS 8 Inches wi widd dC were deigned and made by With nth them he heIs Is able to soar over the wilderness confident of his ability to land on the open range It if his motor fails him The skis have havo alleviated the ot of cl clearing arin show from his l landing anding field at Highwood ll Due to the width ot of the l landing anding ond takeoff are made easy even In several feet of snow as the tho runners do not sink far below the surface Largo Large bands Off of coyotes are prey prey- J alent in this section of Montana l and MeGuire has found that extermination exter- exter 1 work rk has been speeded by USe of his plane |