Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-02
VARIETY IS LARGE
Many Beautiful Chrysanthe-
NUNS on Exhibition.
ALL IMAGINABLE C0L0RS
Several Kinds of the japanese Flow
ers on View.
POOR YEAR FOR THE PLANTS
Long, Hot Summer Had Bad Effect.
Display Will Continue Until
Next Wednesday.

With probably more new varieties bid
ding for recognition than have ever be-
fore been produced in any one year. the
chrysanthemum show Of 1910 Of the bu-
reau of plant industry of the Department
Of Agriculture opened this morning in the
gardens at 18th and B streets northwest.
The show will be continued until next
Wednesday. the doors being opened daily
from 10 o'clock in the morning until .
O'Clock in the evening.
The new NUNS include every con-
ceivable color and combination of color,
and as whole the long glass-covered
dollhouse is a veritable riot of rainbow
tints. with the different shades attrac-
lively blended in the nodding blooms. In
cluded in the show are several varieties
Of the real Japanese chrysanthemums,
the department having succeeded this
year for the first time in getting seeds of
the choicest OF the species that have
given the realm Of the mikado its name
6f the "Flowery Kingdom"
| But the japanese plants, though they
are beautiful and are unique in an Amer
lean chrysanthemum show, have been a
distinct disappointment to the depart
ment's flower specialists, because out of
scores of packets of seeds not one "dou-
bic" flower was secured.
Heat Had Bad Effect.
According to the workers in the hot
houses. this year has been an unusually
poor one for chrysanthemum growing,
because of the long, hot summer. The
hot weather too, induced the plants to
grow to unusual heights, and in several
instances the great "cabbage-head' flow
ers are actually brushing the topmost
point of the glass roof.
Besides the satisfaction afforded by this
show to the lovers of the beautiful in
Horticulture, it offers, also, an occasional
the unconscious actors. For example,
Mrs. Donald McLean.' well known
though her original may be, was mas
querading in the garden this morning
Of the head gardeners was quick to dis
cover the error in making his rounds, and
he bent over Mrs. Donald McLean's"
ten-foot-high head and snapped off the
Bryan name; He admitted afterward
that Mrs. Mclean" and mir. Bryan
bear a very close resemblance to each
other.
In another corner of the house "Presi-
dent Taft" new flower of last year, and
Mrs Roosevelt" a golden yellow bloom,
which was favorite of three or four
years ago, are hobnobbing most socially.
nodding their heads together and both
apparently lost in admiration OF rusty
brass water spigot at their feet.
Some New Varieties.
Among the new "mums" displayed
at this years show are: Mrs. J.
Wells and Nellie Pocket both
named for members of the families of
famous English chrysanthemum grow
ers from whom the seedlings were Sc
cured. "Calvat No. 1897 is a new
product from a seeding. from one OF
the most successful of the French
growers IN. Moir." another new
French flower, promises to be one OF
the largest In the entire collection, its
large, fiat, round head being only par
italy open now. president Truffant" is
still another new. bloom from the gar
dens Of a French grower.
The Gordon F. Dexter" is one of the
novelties of the display, because it has
an anemone center, but the real tributes
of the gardeners of the department are
still showered upon Beatrice May"
, which they characterize as one Of the
finest chrysanthemums ever produced.
Great numbers of pompons and single
varieties Of chrysanthemums. used prin-
cipally for outdoor planting, also are
included in the show.