The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-11
a METROPOLITAN ROSE SHOW.
Society Women to Exhibit Rare and
beautiful Blossoms.


fore the Easter lily, comes the American
rose. Never did the Waldorf-Astoria
show fairer debutantes than il will ex-
hibit on March 70. 20, and u. at the second
annual exhibition of the american Rose
Society. II viii in reality be a show of
American beauties-fair roses and fair
women combining harmoniousIy
For the exhibition the spacious ballroom
of the Waldorf-Astoria will be trans
formed into parterre of roses rivaling
the tabled gardens of Persia The ball
room viii be converted into a formal gar
den Of WOndrOus beauty When the visi-
tor enters the room he viii see at first
merely a '.pleached'' hedge Of cedar trees
with break in the hedge toward the
lower end Of the room TO form a gate.
The pillars of the ballroom. yelled with
green vines, VIII be connected with a
hedge of cedar trees seven feet high
Within the hedge the beauty of the gar
den VIII be displayed In the centre will
be a stone well about three feet high
filed with water and having self-working
pumps. which will continuously throw
jets Of water into the air. In the centre
of the well an exquisite piece of statuary
viii be placed. COIored electric lights will
glimmer through the water and tint the
spray first rose, then green and golden,
as it lightly touches the marble statue.
About this well four formal flower beds
in the Italian style viii be grouped. They
viii be beds of moss filed with Dutch
bulbs-hyancinths, gaiIy colored tulips, daft
fodils, and one big bed Of lilies of the val
ley At the back Of the room where the
stage now stands will be erected twenty
Corinthian columns thirty feet high and
arChed over the top will be Q treIIis work
Of green, forming a Pergol3- Further
back still the room viii be made 10 look
like a forest Real forest trees from
Maine are to be transported for this pur-
pose.
Perhaps the most interesting part Of the
ballroom viii be the arcade side, where
the debutantes Of the Rose Show win
make their first formal bow TO society
Here will be exhibited the novelties
the new roses, those net yet in commerce.
And it is whispered Tat the belle of
them all will be the white Golden Gate
called Ivory This rose is q white speci-
men from the Golden Gate, and, like the
Golden Gate, is a Washington bred rose.
1t VIII be exhibited by BENJAMIN Durfee,
of Washington. It is declared to be the
white rose par excellence. and is sure TO
be well worth seeing. The sensation OF
the Rose Show last year, the Liberty
viii have to look well to its laurels If the
new white Golden Gate is all that It IS
claimed TO be. Some exquisite specimens
of the Liberty Will be on exhibition Ihey
viii come from the celebrated hot houses
of Mrs William Rockefeller at Tarry-
town. N Y.
Other debutantes which are to receive
much admiring attention are the Emily
Pemberton. the Mrs Oliver Ames,' the
Robert Scot and The Four Hundred
The Robert Scot is a pink rose. deli
cate in tint and deliciousIy fragrant. This
rose and the Emily Pemberton viii
both be exhibited by Alexander Scot, of
Sharon Hin, Pa.
The Mrs Oliver Ames, owned by
John " May, of Summit N J., is a long
budded. cerise rose Of peculiar brliliancy
of tone 1t Is one Of the few red roses
which look their best at night II lights
up wonderfully Well
The Mrs = 2. Morgan, the rose
which Mrs. John Jacob Aston viii send
10 the exhibition. IS in cOioring much
ike the new .-,.rS. Oliver AmeS. Its
satiny, curled petals are distinct cherry
red and II is one of those delightful tea
scented roses as we'll
was made last yer. is again coming over
from Philadelphia TO grace with Its deli
cate beauty the second exhibition OF the
Rose Society This is the rose which Is
q counterpart of the stately American
Bsauty-only it is pink Some unusually
fine specimens OF the American Beauty
rose viii be exhibited by Mrs Ogden
And in connection with the American
Beauty, new rose, sure 10 excite inter
est is the one called The -Four Hun
dred." 1t is a wonderfully pretty flower.
equally as lovely as the American Beauty,
and Is much like 1t, only darker This
rev dark variety of the American Beau
/ y rose viii be sent to the exhibition by
Mr. Conner. of Philadelphia
Mrs Levi p Morton whose hot houses
/ are famous. viii send a magnificent dis
| plav Of her faVOrite rose, The Bridesmaid
and Mrs Geraud Foster, of LenoX, an
| other rose lover, viii send q vase of hei
| most highly priced roses. The Bride.
| But there are TO be other things of in
| terest at the rose show beside the debu-
! tantes-the new roses The foyer Will be
| devoted to exhibits OF table decorations
new ideas for the arranging Of flowers for
| weddings. suggestions Tor artistic wed
ding bouquets. and the decoration Of man
| tells with roses Many original and novel
| effects are promised The Astor gallery
viii be filled with cut blooms, and IN the
Colonial room tea Will be served
The display OF yiOlets viii form an in
| tereeting exhibit. \ novelty TO be shown
| this year is an actual tree of viOlets
EXquisitely fragrant violets as big as an
one and one-haIf inches in diameter Will
! be seen growing on q tree
| The American Rose Society has the
| hearty cooperation of many of the most
| prominent society women in New York
| And these women are not only lending
| their names as patrOneSSeS. but are each
| taking an active interest in rose culture
! and its development in America. Among
| the prizes offered by society women fol
| the coming exhibition are the following
| Mrs. Henry Clews' prizes-S50 for vases
/ of white roses on long stems. First, $50
| second, 500.
Mrs. Richard Twins prize-For vase o.
/ moss roses, not less than twenty-five
| sprays, SIS.
| Mrs. Burke Roche's prize-For display
] of lilV of the valley. 800.
/ Mrs William Jays priZes-S25 for vas
| of Bon Siiene roses not less than fit
| blooms nor more than zoe blOomS-First
| SIS: second, SO. Many other prizes an,
| special premiums viii be offered this year
| The American Rose Society since its start
| little more than year ago, has accom-
/ plished much.
| me object of the society is to deveIo,
| an active interest IN rose culture IT
| America. A study has been made of tn,
| diseases of roses ana the growing o.
| roses by means of chemical fertilizers
| and much valuable Information has beer
| obtained through the work OF Leonard
| Barron, Secretary of the society, and DR.
| Van Welt of Little Silver, N J. as [,
| the origin Of American raised roses. TIL,
| exhibition Of the Rose Society this yea
| is given in aid Of the charitable auucl
| Of the LOomis Sanitarium for Consump
| tiyes. The officers OF the society are
1t takes the pure and wholesome qualities 0