Third grade school pupils on field trip, standing on the west terrace of the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.,” ca. 1899, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
In 1899, Johnston became interested in progressive education and made a photo survey of students at public schools in Washington, D.C.
“U.S. Capitol through tulip magnolia,” ca. 1920 – ca. 1950, by Theodor Horydczak, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The late March and April blooms of tulip and saucer magnolias are a well-loved sign of spring in Washington, D.C.
Snowy scene on February 6, 1923 — from the steps of the U.S. Capitol, looking toward the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., photographer unknown, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Sharp shivers thro’ the leafless bow’r. . . *
The east side of the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., ca. 1920 – 1950, by Theodor Horydczak, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
*by Robert Burns, from “A Winter Night.”
The U.S. Botanic Garden, 1917, by Harris & Ewing, via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
The conservatory will be decorated for the holidays through January 5.
I wish you a very happy 2014.
“. . . Botanic Goddess! bend thy radiant eyes;
O’er these soft scenes assume thy gentle reign,
Pomona, Ceres, Flora in thy train;
O’er the still dawn thy placid smile effuse,
And with thy silver sandals print the dews;
In noon’s bright blaze thy vermil vest unfold,
And wave thy emerald banner starr’d with gold.”Thus spoke the Genius, as he stepp’d along,
And bade these lawns to Peace and Truth belong;
Down the steep slopes he led with modest skill;
The willing pathway, and the truant rill,
Stretch’d o’er the marshy vale yon willowy mound,
Where shines the lake amid the tufted ground,
Raised the young woodland, smooth’d the wavy green,
And gave to Beauty all the quiet scene.—— Erasmus Darwin, from “The Botanic Garden”
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