Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1911 — GROWING FLOWERS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GROWING FLOWERS FOR THE WHITE HOUSE

Washington.—What with the dinners, receptions and other functions which the president must give, and the ordinary demands of his household, vast quantities of flowers are used in the White House every year. Of the departments of the White House conservatory, the violet house is the favorite of Mrs. Taft. She takes great pride in it and frequently gives it her personal attention. Miss Helen Taft especially admires the orchid and the hot house in which that fanciful flower is grown is the one that enlists her interest. The conservatory contains many very rare and wonderfully beautifui varieties of orchid.