Charleston, South Carolina, to Wilmington, Delaware by Philip H. Elwood, 1931

Description: Iowa State College landscape architecture professor Philip Elwood takes students on a tour of the southern and eastern United States. In Charleston S.C. they visit parks and charming gardens in the old section of town, the old cotton exchanges, Pringle House, old garden house, St. Phillips church, Pirates House, garden club walk, magnolia gardens owned by Mr. Hasty, and the modern Roebling garden designed by Mr. Briggs of New York. Also they visited Middleton Gardens, ( Pringle Smith, Propr.), where they saw butterfly pools overlooking the Ashley River, the right wing of the Great manor House, a cypress lagoon, Spanish moss in the trees, and some of the great live oaks of the area. They also saw a two manpower lawnmower in action, informal lawn vistas through the camellias, giant azaleas, and the lotus gardens and bird sanctuary. From there it was on north to Washington DC where they visited the Great Meridian Hill formal garden, had a panorama view of the city, and a close up inspection showing the pebbled surface concrete construction of the garden walls. They also visited the Pan-American buildings gardens where they had another view of the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the new Arlington bridge, and the cathedral on Mt. St. Albans. Near the cathedral they visited the Bishops garden and saw the entrance from the pilgrim steps and got another view of the city. They then went to the U.S. Capitol, saw Pennsylvania Railway Station, and the new Shakespeare building. From there they went to Annapolis, Maryland where they saw a hydroplane being lifted from the bay, barracks of the U.S. Naval Academy, war-time housing developments at Aberdeen that are now part of the US Veterans Hospital. It was then on to the city square in Wilmington Delaware.

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