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A Aew Azalea Garden «I/ J. B. IIICKUX ■ X WESTERN’ ГЛН01ЛХЛ. Ian.! I of the rhododendron, i- being cre- ■ Hied an a/alea garden that prom¬ ises to surpass in beauty and intero-t anything of its kind. The garden, on Hilt more Estate near Asheville, i- a tilting memorial to Chaunooy Delos Beadle, who. aa superintendent of the estate for the past '.it years, has executed the ex¬ tensive landscaping pattern drafted by the great landscape architect, George Law Olni-tead, for George W. Van¬ derbilt, master of the estate. On a bronze tablet recently un¬ veiled at the garden entrance is set forth : "This azalea garden, designed and planted bv f’hauneey Delos Beadle, is named in his honor in recognition of his .'i0 years of faithful and loyal service as sU|H>rinteudent of Biltmore Estate, to which lie has so zealously devoted his great talents." For seven year- Mr. Beadle has been collecting azalea plants and propagating them at his own green¬ house at Oteen. Me now ha- more than 100,000 small plants, collected from many -tales and countries — some of them unknown to botanical science. Transplanting into the garden near Biltmore House has began, and with¬ in a year there will be growing 30,- 000 plants, representing 50 species of azaleas and 100 varieties. American azaleas are being featured, hut there are some exotic plants also. Included are rhododendrons, for they are of the azalea family. By donating the azalea collection to the estate. Mr. Beadle explained, it has better assurance of porjietuation than if an individual had it- care. Overshadowing the entrance to the garden is the tree planted (o commem¬ orate the birth of Cornelia Vander¬ bilt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Vanderbilt, and later mistress of the estate as Mrs. John Frances Amherst Cecil. It was as n young man of 23 that Mr. Beadle arrived at what was then known as Asheville Junction and is now Biltmore, to assist in landscap¬ ing the estate. Since there was no road to Biltmore House, then under construction, he traveled cross-coun¬ try, a- directed, three miles south. He then heard timbers being felled and groaning wagons, and came upon the nearly 1,000 men at work. There, too. were Mr. Vanderbilt and Mr. Olmstead. Together he and Mr. Olmstead launched the landscaping, a gigantic task, and after Mr. Olmstead departed continued to carry the plans out faith¬ fully. Many of the trees he planted in those early days are large now. MORE A\D MORE . . . When you osk the competent housewife: "Who's your grocer?" You will heor the answer: "PENDER'S" The reason is obvious At your nearest Pender Food Store you ore always assured o' the very best foods that the market affords Plus courteous service ar<J rea¬ sonable prices D. Pender FOOD STORES zz