Show white house gardeners heave sighs of relief CTT ASHINGTON some of the gardeners connected with the propagating W W gardens near the old bureau of engraving and printing building have been heaving sighs of relief over the semiofficial news at the white house which has had to do with the presidents the summer the understanding IM GLAD ia der standing being that president wilson is likely to remain at the white THE I louse house for most of the heated ter term although the woman members of his family are expected to go to the sum Is ceolric mer white house at cornish N IT TO 0 0 from the propagating gardens are arc supplied the flowers for tb the white house tables corridors and N decorations of that character for friends of the family this is in between seasons with gardeners when they plan to get ready for next year this Is particularly truo true of roses not knowing whether the president and the members of lils his family have intended to remain at the white house for a part of the summer and unaware of whether a large quantity of cut flowers would be needed tor for the white house throughout the summer the gardeners had not dared to take up their established plants the white house depends very largely upon the propagating gardens for cut flowers and when there was once a discussion of taking away from the monument grounds the propagating greenhouses near the bureau of engraving and printing president roosevelt put a stop to the plan for the time being by demanding to know where am I 1 going to get my roses Washington washingtonians lans ians who were frequent dinner guests at the white house in former administrations have always been grateful to mrs roosevelt tor for doing away with the superfluity of flowers at formal dinners and other functions there it was the custom one woman was recalling the other day to bank all the mantels mural tables and even the window niches and other spaces that could be filled in with masses of cut flowers and tropical plants mrs roosevelt inaugurated a more simple style of table decoration and of having vases set here and there with graceful clusters in them |