Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-09
THRONG SEES FLOWERS
Thousands View Exhibits in
Old Masonic Temple.
RARE PLANTS ARE SHOWN
No More Artistic Display Ever Made
in the City.
BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS OBTAINED
Valuable Collection Loaned by Mrs.
Leiter-odd Growths From b.
tanic Garden.
BEAUTIFUL EFFECTS OBTAINED

Fifteen thousand persons visited old Ma
sonic Temple yesterday afternoon and
last night and gazed in wonder and ad-
miration at the beautiful flower show of
the Washington Florists Club. where
fully $4,000 worth of rare plants and
flowers are on exhibition.
Nothing more attractive and artistic, il
is declared. has ever been presented to
the view Of the Washington public than
this flower show. The hall is well deco
rated. excellent taste having been OBJ
served by the decorators, and the exhibits
are SO placed that the best possible eff
fects are produced.
In the middle Of the hall is a pavilion,
beautifully decorated with chrysanthe-
NUNS and trailing vines. the exhibit of
George Shaffer. Around the sides of the
hall the walls are banked high with rare
plants and green vines, forming a nat
ural background for the multicolored
flowers that delight the eye in every d.
rection.
At the far end of the room, in front of
the stage. is the beautiful exhibit of GUIDE
Brothers. II Is an old-style water mill.
at the foot of which is a pond full of
water flowers. On the stage, behind a
bank OF roses and evergreens. an orches-
ira plays softly during the evening exhibit
lions.
An unusually attractive exhibit Of cut
flowers Is presented by the Washington
Florist Company. 1t contains everything
from orchids to chrysanthemums. Among
the features are the beautiful pink rose.
peculiar fuzzy blossom. that excited con-
siderable admiration from yesterdays
visitors.
Loaned by Mrs. Letter.
The ten-thousand-dollar exhibit of trop-
ical plants loaned by Mrs. Levi z. Letter.
and cared for by her gardener. Samuel
Simmonds. is something that every hor-
ticultural expert should see. The begonias,
pink loraines. crotons. ferns and other
rare plants present a spectacle unusual
as well as beautiful.
The great freak exhibit of the show is
that brought together by Supt. w. r.
Smith of the Botanic Gardens The one
for which Mr.. Smith is said to have been
offered fabulous sums is known as the
'mother-in-law plant. One who nibbles
a leaf Of this plant will remain dumb for
nine days. Every married man at the
show last night made a bid for the plant.
Another Of Mr.. Smiths freaks was the
pitcher plant, which contains a sweet
liquid. on which field mice and insects get
gorgeously drunk.
AuOtQeT ATTRACTIVE exhibit Oh 1eOTSo
Shaffer Is a decorated dining table in the
small hall. On this table are shown the
most artistic effects in table decorations.
The greatest exhibit Of chrysanthemums
is that of George II. Cooke. who has on
show some unusually large varieties.
Near the entrance of the hall F. H.
Kramer. president Of the club. has an at
tractive exhibit, which includes the
Queen Beatrice rose. Near Mr.. Kramer's
display is that of w. w. Kimmel, whose
chrysanthemums attracted attention.
out-of-Town Exhibitors.
Among the out-of-town exhibitors are
Charles III. Totty Of Madison, y. J., who
has specialized on chrysanthemums: r..
Vincent. jr., & Sons Co, of Whitemarsh.
Md, whose display consists Of 100 kinds
of cut chrysanthemums in small vases;
Pennock & Meehan of Philadelphia, who
are showing Happy Thoughts" chrysan-
themums of yellow, and Henry A. Dreer
of Philadelphia, who has large assort-
ment of red roses and huge yellow
NUNS"
Edward Schmid has an exhibit Of bulbs.
water plants, lizards Brazilian mice.
snakes and tarantulas which claimed
much of the visitors time.
Every afternoon and evening during
the week Mrs. Clara Naecker and Miss
Cecilia Howard Fentress will sing So
prano solos, and PistOriO's Band will give
concerts A sacred concert Sunday after
noon will bring the show to a close.
The committee in charge of the show Is
composed of William F. GUIDE. George
Shaffer, Edward Mayberry. John Robert
son, William Marche. F. III. Kramer and
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