Evening star., 1916-11-05
THRONG WILL VIEW
mum" SHOW TODAY
Those in Charge Are Expecting
Crowd of ExcurSi0nists
From Baltimore.
BIG ARRAY OF RARE BLOOMS

All out for the mum" show. This Is
the last day and there are throngs COM
ing over from Baltimore on excursion
trains. washingtonians should go early
and avoid the rush.
The time is am. until 9 pm; the
place, the Department of Agriculture
greenhouses, 18th and B streets north
west.
"Ail day long" today there is ex-
pected to be line of persons waiting
to file through the greenhouse where
the blooms are displayed. In all the
sixteen years of the show Sunday has
been the biggest day as far as attend
ance is concerned. This year the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad in running ex-
cursion trains over, advertising the
chrysanthemum show as a feature OF
the trip. The officials in charge of the
exhibition fear that they will be unable
to handle the large crowd.
Attendance Record-Breaking.
This seasons chrysanthemum show
has attracted record breaking attend
ance each day during the week that
tne greenhouses nave peeH opoii'
When the blooms were locked in
shortly after O'Clock last night
grand total of 17,205 persons had
passed by the checker who has been
constantly at the door recording tne
number to enter. The Saturday hoil-
day for school children and the run
ming of several excursion trains from
Baltimore united in making the attend
ance yesterday the largest that mas
ever been at the mum show in all
the sixteen years. There were 4,lzS
who viewed the blooms yesterday.
Washington society has taken an un-
usual interest in the chrysanthemums
this year. particularly in the SO new
Seeding pompons- A numper OF these
have been named for prominent young
women
Florists and horticulturists from many
of the larger cities of the country have
visited this show to see the new va.
rieties that have been produced by the
government experts Some of these are
expected to develop and replace old
time favorites. All of the three lead
bring in standard stock from England,
France. Australia and other foreign
countries have been here and COM
mended the work OF the g%overnmeine govern ine
months have produced more than 1,700
choice specimens for this show.
Busy on japanese Variety.
The Department of Agriculture ex-
perts are already busy on growing sew
eral thousand plants of the big Japa-
nese show variety for next season. 1t is
hoped by that time that a special large
greenhouse at least four times the size
of the present house will be ready to
house the exhibition. 1t is now planned
to make the show next year about
twice the size of this seasons display.
The than 2 000 who
visited the greenhouse between $50
and 8 o'clock last night were particu-
larly pleased wi.h the the hsaSn way the e deep
up under the electric lights. The War
Bride" a seeding pompon of a vivid
incarnation hue. flashed ruddily s the
stems bearing the hundreds of blooms
swayed in the light breezes.
The Calumet" was bronze-colored
bloom. in the japanese exhibition class,
that glowed like hidden fire. The "Da-
koma" attracted much attention on ac-
count of its deep bronze hue and the
size and crispness of the tangled
bloom. "Thorp's Beauty of maroon
and gold color. placed in the front row.
was one of the most admired blooms in
the show In fact. all of the bronze
flowers showed UP particularly well in
the electric lighting.
Is a Center of Attraction.
The Thanksgiving Queen which is
usually a very late bloom, at its best on
Thanksgiving day. is one of the CEN
ters of attraction. This showing is
fresher than most of the japanese
blooms. as it was not put in until the
middle of the week. It is a very large.
creamy white bloom. with a crispness
and waxiness of petals that won much
admiration.
With the closing OF the show tonight
hundreds of persons who were not able
TO visit the greenhouses will have the
choicest of the blooms brought to them
The Mowers are to be distributed
among fnvalids and to the various hos
pitals.
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