New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-06
Display of Amaryllis Is
Striking Feature at the
Flower Show.
SOCIETY WOMEN
STUDY ROCK GARDENS
Mayor Mitchell Visits Tea Rooms,
Where Debutantes Sell POsies
for the Red Cross.

Why not be stylish. and star. a rock
garden in your window box? Do you
remember what ought 20 20 in a
grandmothcrs' plot? And can you tell
the time OF day by the floral clock?
These were the questions upon
everybody's lips yesterday afternoon in
the Grand Central Palace. when. fol-
lowing their annual custom, the bios
som family received the public, at the
Fourth international Flower Show.
In their new spring dresses imported,
some Of them. and worth $500 frock,
greeting TO more than 1000 guests in
the course of the afternoon. Almost
every bloom that is known to botan-
lists. stood in the receiving line. If
Mayor Mitchell had accepted every but
tonhole bouquet that was offered TO
him, when he arrived at 6 o'clock, he
would have looked Ike Rest in
Peace" design OF all the nations.
The sermons that have always hid
den themselves I'M stones have a new
text rock gardens. They arc novel
features Of the flower show this year
Just as thcy arc the latest word in ne
landscape gardening Of the country
They arc based upon tho simple idea OF
our Crandmo,hcrs back in New Eng
land. who adorned the ungainly pile o.
rocks that our grandfathers made when
they cleared the family lot oy plant
ing nasturtiums all over it. But moth
ing 20 commonplace as nasturt'ums
find their way into the highly orns-
mental assures OF the rock garden that
is the latest floral fad.
Rock Garden Is New Fad.
All the way from the Alps have come
the ting. beautiful blossoms that grow
ON The Drinks Of small. twilight pools
or graceful waterfalls. The rortunate
possessors OF rock gardens really own
mountains IN essence.
But IL was the grandmothers garden
that dew the crowds. 1t isn't called
that in the catalogue, but you will know
IT when YOU sec it by the happy con
fusion Of snapdragons and blackeyed
Susans and bleeding hearts and sweet
alyssum and mignonettes, laburnum and
lilacs or laylocks, as they ought to be
spelled in such a case Nothing was
laid out about it, and no one but Nature
had given thought TO what colors go
together" But four deep the city folks
clustered about it, forgetting their an
Gent distaste for wedding or patiently
dosing the scarlet ramblers with soap
suds, to Kill invading bugs.
81 haven't seen anything like this;
since was a girl one smsrtly go"ned
woman said.
"I'd be bear at making gardens
myself If | only had chance re
cretfully observed the stout man, VINO
had that morning refused TO put up a
window-box for his wife. And at that
the Lady Gay roses, overhearlng nlm'
all laughed.
And one must not forget a word
about the amaryllis. which has lately
broken out of poetry into high finance
Appropriately deckcd in gold, they
bloomed in a gorgeous row of twenty
five varieties that was valued at 81
600. A single potted plant was sold
earlv i'm the day for $500. The merest
ii,,1e brIb no larger than an onion,
was valued at SO. John Scheeper owns
the collection. which IS the largest ana
most beautiful in the United states.
Howard Gould's amarylhs received
blue ribbon.