The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-30
EXHIBIT Of FLORISTS
ABRILLIANT DISPLAY
Opening at Convention Hall
Marked by Sacred
Is Concert.

Three times larger and costing ten
times more than any previous exhibit
ton, the fourth annual show of the
Washington Florists Club opened in
Convention Hail at o'clock this aft
ernOon.
The opening was marked by a sacred
musical program, and the attendance
exceeded the number anticipated.
In every sense a floral eXtrava-
ganza, the show this year Is unlike
anything the Washington public has
ever seen William F. Guide chairman
of the general committee, declared IT
to be the most elaborate exhibition
ever given in any American city out
side Of international shows.
The portraying of wonderful
mountain scene, extending the full
width of Convention Hall, is at once
the most striking feature Of the show
At its base is a Greek temple on
either side is an old windmill and a
Japanese pagOda. Mountain streams
ripple over It's surface. and gold fish
play in a lake at its feet. Rustic
briggs span its depressions, and a
tortuous path winds over it.
Display Is Spectacular.
While one studies the mountain he
6nds himself in a maze of the most
wonderful creations the best florist
houses OF the country have been able
10 produce. Outside firms have sent
their roses, chrysanthemums, violets.
orchids, and what not, TO compete
with those locally grown, and the col
LECTION is literally draped, banked
and piled in every available foot of
space The canopy is made up of tons
OF cedar and southern smilaX.
From the bulb TO the stage Of full
blooms one may see the development
Of "a
ture of the show has not been neg
lected. GUIDE Bros roses, which won
the international prize, are displayed.
L. J. SchultZs exhibit of hyacinthr
tulip, CrOCus. narcissus, and peOny
bulbs is an interesting display in the
educational section The quaint little
NUNS, which every one may grow, at
tract attention in the Theodore @
Diedrich exhibition.
Among the local exhibitors are John
Robertson, Guide Bros, George Field.
Theodore o. Diedrich. W W. kim
ball, George g Shaffer. George G
Cooke, Ley & Bickings, +. J. Schultz,
and James Carberry-
The outside firms represented in
clude W ". Evans, of Hamilton. Va
Henry A Dreer, Of Riverton. n j:
William Moon, OF MOrriSVille. "a. y
:. PennOck- Meehan Co. of Philadel-
phia and New York, J. r. Vincent, X,
of Whitemarsh. Md. and w \. Bolin-
ger, OF Bethesda, Md
Field Exhibit a Feature.
George Field is generally regarded
as the orchid specialist of the show.
and his exhibit today gave evidence OF
being one Of its principal attractions.
In addition to the mountain scene,
the large painting Of Fushina noun
tain. or sacred mountain, Of Japan,
which was exhibited at the banquet
given President Taft by the Philippine
Commission on tlie night before his
Inauguration, is displayed.
The columns Of the Greek temple
are topped by Boston ferns, while the
windmill turns constantly. The noun
tain side will be lighted at night
II is said that from 5000 to 5000
tickets are out for Monday, Tuesday,
and Wednesday nights, and IL Is eX-
pected that all attendance records will
be broken.
Masonic and Eastern Star lodges
Will be patrons of honor tomorrow
night; Tuesday will be veterans
night. under the auspices Of Lincoln
Camp, No. Z, Sons of Veterans, while
"Wednesday will be German Irish
night Addresses will be made by
prominent German and Irish residents
Of Washington.