Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-29
SWEET PEA DISPLAY
DRAWS GREAT CROWD
! TO BIG FLOWER SHOW
Fragrant Bloom Reigns STU
preme at National Exhibit
in Convention Hall
= Today
MANY FINE PRIZES

"Everybody's Flower"--the sweet pea
is reigning supreme today at the fourth
national flower show of the Society OF
American Florists and Ornamental Hor-
ticulturists in Convention Hail. None Of
those visiting the exhibition today has
ventured to estimate the number of dam
ty blooms which are the features some
say the number should be figured in hun
dreds Of thousands other claim that there
are millions Of the blossoms,
Every hue Of the rainbow. every va
riety from the common garden blooms 10
the rare orchid sweet peas, are represented
among those on exhibition today There
are whites cream pinkS and salmon-col-
pred beauties: others of red. crimson,
orange, blue. purple, dark-lavender ana
rose color. The variation in the shading
of some of the varieties Is in many IN
stances so delicate as to defy analysis.
Prizes aggregating S5I' in cash anu
more than 500 in silver cups as wen ~
n number of valuable gold, silver ana
bronze medals, will be awarded to the
winners i'm the 33 classes which are beihE
staged today The most noteworthy 81
the classes is that calling for sWeet-pea
displays, covering 100 square ieet Oh io"I
space The first prize in this competition
IS 500 and the American sweet Pea So
Ciety's gold medal, while the second prize
IS $50 and the American sweet Iea 80
ciety's Silver medal. Anton c. ZVolanek'
Of Lompoc. Cal. has offered prizes agGl,'
eating $50 for the best and largest col
lection Of wlnter.flowering grandiilora and
orchid sweet peas The Henry f. Michel
Company has offered six medals in three
classes Of special varieties, while w. Atlee
Burpee q Co has offered cups valued at
Sl15 in other classes.
The schedule covering the sweet pea eN-
hibiton is prepared by the American
Sweet Pea Society. and all exhibits are
staged under it's direction and super
vision In awarding the prizes today, the
length of stem and size of the flowers
will figure as 25 per cent. each. substance
and the number of blossoms on stem
as Is per cent. each and 20 per cent. for
color.
Scores Of children from various insti-
tutions have visited the flower show IRON
time to time, and have enjoyed few
happy hours among the blooms Today
the children OF the Foster Home. gath and
Poplar streets. will be the guests of Nal
colin Franklin at Convention Hall.
The Horticultural Society of Pennsyl.
vania is to be in charge Of the tea gar
den of the show this afternoon, with
Mrs John W, Pepper supervising. In the
evening the Philomusian Club, of which
Mrs. Walter c. Hancock is chairman, will
be in charge of this attractive feature of
the exhibition.
The lectures OF the Flower Show are
proving more popular every day, and II Is
expected that when Frank n, Meyer. Of
the Department OF Agriculture, Washing
ton. d. c., delivers an address on "Agri-
cultural Explorations in China" this eve-
ming, hundreds of flower lovers will be
turned away from the doors of the lecture
room, which has only a limited seating
capacity.
Out-of-town delegations continue to be
prominent among the thousands of per-
sons who are visiting the Flower Show
daily, and 1t is believed that when the
exhibition is brought to conclusion. more
that 10000 persons living outside Phila-
delphia will have participated in the
Flower Show.