Show M Wilderness Converted to Exo Exotic tic Garden Carden ft g MOBILE ALA Once a eal wilderness of magnolias mossI moss- moss I oaks bays and pines the famous Bellingrath gardens 20 miles south of Mobile on the Isle- Isle Oies Aux ux Oies Fowl river today rank r as s one of the most popular for flower lovers The gardens start- start I d as a hobby draw as many as persons in a single weekend e Stately live oaks which have stood Mar I or years and year old o Id azalea ill 1 i bushes are among the outstanding features of the gardens Thousands of other azaleas trees shrubs plants and vines have been transplanted transplanted transplanted trans trans- planted in Bellingrath gardens from all parts of the country In the midst of all this beauty is the old Bellingrath home suggestive of the English Renaissance 1 periN peri and handsomely built of hand hand- pressed bellum ante bricks and tra traditional lace iron-lace grill work |