Evening star., 1916-06-07
ROSE SHOW
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Citizens Association Exhibit Is Be-
ing Held in Wallace Memorial
Presbyterian Church.
Display Is Purely Amateur and
Blooms Will Be Open to In
spection Again Tonight.

The first annual rose show OF the
Petworth Citizens Association was held
last night in the basement of Wallace
Memorial Presbyterian Church, New
HAMPSHIRE avenue and Randolph street
northwest, with more than nifty COM
petitive and non-competitive entries.
Prizes were awarded yesterday evening,
but the exhibit will be open again to-
night. from until $50 o'clock. The
exhibit is open to the public and no
admission is charged.
Red white, pink and yellow roses.
ramblers, American beauties and just
plain roses by the hundreds made the
hall look like a real garden. The
climbing bushes were tastefully ar
ranged upon frames. and formed big
part of the general attractiveness of
the exhibit. ..-.
The exhibit was purely amatuer. the
flowers and bushes submitted being
taken from gardens of persons who cul-
tivated them during their spare time.
List Of the Prize Winners.
The prize winners Were:
For the best individual collective ex-
L.,
Mrs George H. Russell; third, Mrs
Carlton NJ Clark.
For the best display Of red roses
First. Mrs. George II. Russell; second.
Mrs. Hartley; third, John F. Daily.
For the best display Of pink roses
First, Mrs Carlton NJ. Clark: second.
Mrs. Hartley; third. Mrs. George w.
Stose.
For the best display of white roses
IIar Law. nd ri
Gilbert I. Jackson.
For the best display OF yellow roses
First, Mrs. J. r. Williams: second, John
F. Daily; third. Gilbert l. Jackson.
For the best vase Of red roses-Ffrst,
william A. Kemper: second. Mrs.
George w. Stose; third. Mrs. v. H.
Whitman.
For the best vase of white roses
First and second, Mrs. George H. Rus
sell; third. John F. DAILY.
For the best vase of yellow roses
First, Mrs. J. r. Williams; second. John
F. Daily: third. Gilbert I. Jackson.
For the best vase of pink roses
First, Mrs w T Spence; second, Mrs.
A. Grupe: third, Gilbert I. Jackson.
For the best display of miscellaneous
roses-First, Harry H. Glasco; second,
Mrs. N. G. Hill; third. John B. Mitchell.
Best Individual Entry.
For the best individual rose. John F.
DAILY.
For the best Individual collection of
red roses-First, Harry II. Glasco: sec
ond. William A. Kemper; third. Mrs. v.
II. Whitman.
For the best collection of white roses
First and second. John F. DAILY; third.
Mrs. A. Grupe.
For the best collection of pink roses
First, Mrs. w. T. Spence; second. MIRA
N G. Hill: third. John F. DAILY.
For the best collection of yellow roses
First. Mrs. ]. r. Williams: second. r.
E Adams; third, John F. DAILY.
For the best display of climbing roses
First, Jesse c. Suter: second. Mrs. v.
H. whitman: third. Mrs. H. V: Bisbee-
The judges were George w. Hess.
superintendent of the National Botanic
Gardens; DR.. William Van Fleet. bureau
of plant industry. and A. A. Ormsby. as
sistant chief clerk of the Department of
Agriculture.
The committee in charge was COM
posed of j. r. Williams. L. H. Russell.
H. J. Phelps. A. G. Graeves. r. E.
Adams. Jesse c. Suter. Isaac c. Ellis. J.
B. Mitchell. E. w. Oyster. c. H. Han
non and Claude Graeves.