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Show oo WILSON TO PLANT ELM ON WHITE HOUSE LAWN Washington. Aug 8 A "Wilson elm" will be planted on the White house lawn soon to take the place of one of the line old trees blown down by Wednesday's storm. President Pres-ident Wilson himself will officiate at the dedication. It Is said l andscape gardeners estimate that a half a century was elapse before the stretch of greensward before the president s home can be restored to its former beaut;, The trees razed to the ground are too old for resetting, reset-ting, and It will lake at least fifty years for the young saplings to bo Planted to mature. |