Evening star., 1914-05-29
BEAUTY Of BLOOM
VARIETY IN COLOR
Rare Collection of Beautiful
Flowers at the Masonic
Temple, BrookIand.
GROWERS OF THE PLANTS
UNITE IN THE DISPLAY
Award of Medals and Other Pre-
mium-Show Continues Today
and This Evening.

Thousands of roses of every variety,
color and scent are on exhibition today
at the third annual rose show being held
under the auspices of the Brookland
Citizens Association. the University
Heights and Vicinity Citizens Associa-
ton, the Rhode Island Avenue Suburban
Citizens Association and the Brookland
Rose Society in the Masonic Temple, 18th
and Monroe streets. Brookland- The
show opened last night and continues
today and this evening.
1t was not only the rose cultivatorS who
expressed admiration of the masnihcent
exhibition last night. Folks from WASH
ington who perhaps never grew rose
of their own in their lives were Iouo III
their praises of the dark red Baron dc
Bonstettins and the Baby Ramblers and
the White killarneys and countless oth-
ers. AS for the citizens of Brookland'
from Charles F. Tansil, who has lo'oo
roses in his back yard. to the tlniest iaa
on the streets, they are all rose en-
thusiasts
The tulip fanciers of old Holland were
never half so much in love Win tnelI
tulips as the Brooklanders are with tnelr
roses out in the suburban town today
there isn't man or woman VINO Wouiu
trade the great pink Caroline Testout rose,
owned by DR.. William Turner. when
won the gold medal for the best indi-
yidI,aI flower for all the black tulips
that ever were Brookland is a riot OF
roses.
Sweet Brier Roses Shown.
one of the interesting exhibits are the
hedge or Sweet Brier roses, exhibited by
DR.. Turner. They were clipped from
the hedge around his house, said to be
of he
Penzance sweet briers known i'll this coun-
try. They are from the nursery of the
Vanderbilt estate, Bltmore, Ashville
y. c.
The most beautiful climbing roses on
exhibition are the Silver Moon and the
Dr. Van Fleet. both the creation OF Dr.
Walter Van Fleet, rosarian OF the De-
partment OF Agriculture
The only white moss roses in the SHOW
are those exhibited by Mrs. Franklin L.
Howe
Many people prominent in the official
and social life OF Washington visited the
show last night, including Senator and
Mrs. Ashhurst OF New Mexico, the as
sistant secretary of the interior and Mrs
Jones. the Misses Burleson daughters of
the Postmaster General; Mrs Carter
widow of former Senator Thomas H.
Carter, and Mrs. Stoneroad of Monterey,
Cal.
Award of Medals.
Special mention should be made of the
medal awards, which were awarded yes
terday for the first time by the Brook
land Rose Society. The gold medal for
the best individual collective exhibit.
considering quantity. quality and variety.
was given to Charles F. Tansill: the sec
ond grand premium or silver medal, to
DIR. William Turner. and the bronze medal
TO C. H. Etz. DIR. Turner also won the
gold medal for the best individual rose.
regardless of kind or color. with the
beautiful Madame Caroline Testout. 1t
seems that stickers grow on a roses stem
in proportion to the beauty of the bios
som, for the Madame Caroline has the
largest and stickiest collection of stick
ers of any rose in the show.
The awards were made before the ex-
hibition was opened to the public last
night at oclock by the following judges:
DR.. Walter Van Fleet. George w. Hess,
superintendent of the United States Bo-
tanic Garden. and Mrs. Edwin F. Sweet.
Additional Prizes.
In addition to the special medals al