Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
Two Big Chrysanthemum
Shows for Washington.
BOTH TO OPEN NEXT WEEK
Propagating Gardens and Plant Bu-
reau Are Rivals.
FINE VARIETIES ON EXHIBIT
Superior to Blossoms Grown in Far
Eastern Island Home-Great in
Size, Tall in Growth.

Two chrysanthemum shows are about
to open. both free to the public and both
under the auspices of Uncle Sans gar
| deners.
Monday the annual exhibit at the propa.
eating gardens in the Monument grounds
will begin and continue daily between the
hours of am. and pm. up to and
| including Friday, October 80.
The exhibit of the bureau of plant IN.
dustry Of the Department OF Agriculture
opens Wednesday and will continue daily.
except Sunday, up to and including Mo-
vember 80. The greenhouse Is situated
| at 14th and B streets northwest, right at
the northeast corner OF the Monument
| grounds.
There is some rivalry between the two
exhibits. Each greenhouse claims to
have the only real show. Between fran.
| tic efforts OF the queen of autumn 10 smile
| her sweetest at each establishment the
public is going TO see some splendid
| plants.
| The Agricultural Department has the
| greatest variety Of plants. 300 varieties
| being shown. Some OF them are evident
| ly experimental. and are not in the spec
| tacular class. The whole big bank oil
, flowers. however. makes great sight
Every conceivable size. shape and coloi
| Is represented.
Some New Chrysanthemums.
Some OF the new flowers shown by DR.
| Galloway's plant experts are the rich
yellow, recurved chrysanthemum known
as Mrs. w. Wells. and the Grace Whit
ney. a broad-petaled recurved pink
flower. The Charles Totty is a splendid
English flower. raised by Wells Of Eng.
land, one OF the worlds greatest experts
on the chrysanthemum. The Victoria
1 and Albert Is a giant among flowers,
| reaching nearly to the roof of the green
house. fully ten feet in height.
Over at the propagating gardens, where
| the citys parks get their flowers, and
| where the state dinners at the White
House get their floral decorations. George
A. Brown. in charge Of the gardens. and
W. A. FURNACE. the chrysanthemum ex.
pert, are busily preparing for the open.
ing OF their show. They have over
eighty varieties. as they do not go in
| for such wide experiments the Agri.
| cultural Department, but their green.
house has some of the most beautiful
plants ever seen.
Speaking Of his success this year, Mr..
| Brown said today:
Nowhere do chrysanthemums receive
such cultivation as right here. We spe.
| cialize on each plant, watch it's growth,
watch the moisture and temperature and
see to it that no plant receives check
or setback.
1.-The chrysanthemum Is the nationa,
| flower OF Japan and China. But we grow
them here much larger than the oriental
gardeners do. for the reason that We
| take more pains with them.
| THE former Chinese minister came
| down here to see me once. He was sur.
| prised to see what we had done with somt
Chinese plants.
THE reason we get so many large flow.
ers is because we grow them. one flowei
to plant In China they grow bushes
with several flowers on them"
Productions Of Mr.. FURNACE.
Mr.. FURNACE has a wonderful show in
color and size. He has cared for the
plants, as he explains. like they wer<
| babies, and has been an actual nurse to
them, in all except feeding them from 9
bottle
One Of the most striking varieties shown
| at the gardens Is the Col. d. Appleton
one Of the Oldest yellows under cultiva.
| ton. 1t Is monster.
The Morton F. Plant is known as
| reflex pink" although to the ordinary
observer 1t Is a deep lilac. 1t is great
| show flower. as is also the Sergt. Lovely
a big mauve flower.
The Beatrice May is a tremendous fluffy
| white flower. One of them which haa
been hugging the cool spots Of the green
house, as Mr.. FURNACE explained II, is as
large a cabbage. although cabbages
and Beatrice Mays should not be spoken
of together.
Gen. Hutton is eight feet tall, straight
as a military man, and bears a fine vel.
low flower. The Dazzler is just what its
name says. Its petals are dazzling red
Mile. Loussear Rosseau is as large as
balloon, almost, with Japanese incurred
lilac petals. The most striking flower IL
the whole show is the Lord Hopeton witt
gold and crimson petals.
The William Jennings Bryan is almos,
down and out Its petals are dropping and
look disguised. Honest-this is not a po..
lftical joke-Mr. Frumage does not want
to have people see it. 1t is white flower
The Lou Dillon, named by Mrs. Roose.
welt Is on hand, as is also the parent
plant from which the flower was obtained
Hon. w. @. Gresham is standing In
pot, looking like ball of white tissut
paper.
A new one not shown, however. Is the
Grace Cortelyou, also named by Mrs
Roosevelt The +. S. Wallis Is named fol
the foot ball star. and was so honored be.
cause the petals fall Just the way VAIN