Show wilderness converted to exotic garden carden MOBILE ALA once a tropical wilde wilderness mess of magnolias moss festooned festoon ed oaks bays and pines the famous bellingrath gardens 20 miles south of mobile on the isle aux oies fowl river today rank as one ot of the most popular leccas for flower lovers the gardens started as a hobby draw as many as persons in a single eingle weekend stately live oaks which have stood for years and year old azalea bushes are among the outstanding features of the gardens thousands ot of other azaleas trees shrubs plants and vines have been transplanted in bellingrath gardens from all parts ot of the country in the midst of au all this beauty Is 1 the old bellingrath home suggestive of the english renaissance period and handsomely built ot of hand pressed antebellum ante bellum bricks and traditional dit ional iron lace grill work |