Cattleya Jacqueline Kennedy

摘要

THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE LATE 1800S featured a set of attached greenhouses where what is today stands the West Wing (photograph courtesy of the White House Historical Association).Cattleya Jacqueline Kennedy (1961) (Enid x Ardmore) was registered and mass produced by H. Patterson & Sons of Bergenfield, New Jersey. The hybrid is a vigorous grower with well-spaced blossoms which made it perfect for cut flowers as well as potted plants. Photo by Arthur E. Chadwick.Jacqueline Kennedy (inset) established the office of the White House Florist and advocated floral arrangements as First Lady. She is shown here in a photograph taken in 1957 byYousuf Karsh. JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS ONLY 43 years old in 1960 when he became president of the United States and he introduced a feeling of youth and excitement into the White House. His two young children were always underfoot and his young wife, Jacqueline, at age 31 was a fashion statement not only in this country but overseas aswell. Kennedy's administration became known as Camelot — the mythical realm of King Arthur's famous Round Table — and both Republicans and Democrats embraced his policies. He gave America a new aura of greatness when he announced that he would send astronauts to the moon.