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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 19, 1952
The restoration of the historic Exécutive Mansion grounds
is now underway.
The project includes the resodding of the north and south
lawns using Merion bluegrass (B-27) and creeping red fescue - two.
of the newest introductions in turf grasses. Already in place in
front of the North Portico is a planting of 27 dwarf boxwood ranging
in height from seven feet to a minimum of three feet replacing the
old small leaf holly hedge long seen in this location. The two
largest plants in this group are about 160 years old, and were care-
fully selected to conform with the age of the Executive Mansion itself.
Visitors to the refurbished White House will pass an
extensive azalea garden being developed on the slope immediately north
of the East Terrace. The plantings will include twenty-seven of the
most recent varieties propagated by the Department of Agriculture at
the National Agriculture Research Center near Beltsville, Maryland.
Treatment of the grounds south of the Mansion is largely
a restoration project, but includes the introduction of new plant
materials. Most difficult to accomplish is the planting of a mass
Magnolia east of the South Portico to match a similar grouping
now existing to the west of the Portico. In outline the East Garden
will be similar to the one now existing west of the Portico. New
plant material includes the substitution of Osmanthus hedge for the
old California privet. Dwarf boxwood will outline the small garden
plots where the newest varieties of azaleas and rhododendron will be
used for color. The old roses of the west garden will be replaced
with new plants of the most modern varictics. In addition to the
standard tea roses, these plantings will include generous introduction
of the popular floribunda.
Work on the White House grounds is being done by the
Office of National Capital Parks.
TROMAN
- ECORDS
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