Evening star., 1916-10-04
|BROOKLAND OPENS
FLOWER SHOW
D. H. 0ertIy Wins Brotherhood
Sweepstakes Loving
Cup.
EXHIBITION WILL CLOSE
WITH SESSION TONIGHT
Fruits and Vegetables on Display
Attract Much Attention From
Lovers of Good Things.

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annual fruit. flower and vegetable
show, open to all residents of Brook
land, which opened last night in the
Lord Memorial Hall of the Baptist
Church, 18th and Newton streets north
east.
Mr.. Oertly won through being a con-
spicuous ribbontaker in all the classes
! of the exhibition. He totaled 215
points against so scored by Fred
Barnes. his nearest competitor. This
Is the second year that Mr.. Oertly has
won the cup. and by taking it once
more he is entitled to permanent pos
| session. The cup will formally be
presented tonight, the show remaining
open through this afternoon and to-
night Mr.. Oertly took the second
grand prize in vegetables, second grand
in cut flowers, first grand in potted
plants and third grand for fruits. In all
he took twenty-seven first, eighteen
second and nine third ribbons for his
various exhibits.
The fruits of the garden show.
| which is an important event each fall
in Brookland, brought out thousands
of visitors last night, including some
Of the most prominent persons in
Washington. Among the special guests
| was Postmaster Merritt o. Chance.
Fine Exhibit Of Dahlias.
The flower show attracted particular
| attention, the display of dahlias by
Harry c. Hospital being a special at
traction. Mr.. Hospital was almost out
| of competition In this class. as his
showing represents the harvest from
| 1900 plants. He took seven frsts,
| four seconds and two thirds. He was
| awarded the first grand premium for
cut flowers. This display was made
| especially attractive. as the blooms
| were shown in some wicker basket
| vases of original design. made by Mrs.
| Hospital.
A feature of Mr.. Hospitals exhibit
| were seven new dahlias. shown for the
Baron" of the decorative variety. a
medium to large size of beautiful
| shade of magenta. of graceful form
and good stiff stems; the Jack Pol
lock-" an immense single variety meas
| uring six inches in diameter, a very
bright salmon in color, shaded to yell
| low, very attractive and distinctive;
j 1.-The Hess" named after the superin-
| tendent of the Botanic Garden, a cross
between the most magnificent Of all
dahlias. the John A. Massey and the
Delice. This Hess is of beautiful
| shade of Delice pink with the same
| shape bloom as the Massey. Experts
at the show predicted that this will be
| one of the finest dahlias in the Hos
pital collection.
Another new bloom shown by Mr..
Hospital that attracted much atten-
| tion was "A New One" This was
| artistically arranged in a fat basket
It is yellow rose of the peony variety,
| Of soft yellow shade For basket
i of Sa<pf k0y fCJy1t 1t,y@ @,fc 10
| excelled.
Wins Three Blue Ribbons.
Three Of Mr.. Hospitals old stock
varieties that won blue ribbons were
the Marjorie Craig. a basket of vivid
yellow blooms, named after his daugh-
ter. which took blue ribbon in the
show variety; the Pi Phi, first in the
| decorative variety, and the Pope Plus.
The Pi Phi is rich red decorative.
| called by flower growers one of the
very best dark dahlias in existence
The Pope Plus Is pure white cactus
1t was one of the hits" at last years
show.
C.. F. Tansil. known as "the father
of the rose show" In Brookland, had
an attractive exhibit of roses, despite
the TACT that 1t is SO late in the sea-
son. He won a blue ribbon for the
seventh consecutive year on his white
killarneys These were displayed in
magnificent giIded basket Mr..
Tansil won two firsts. three seconds
and one third. He showed a new
dahlia named after himself. the
President Tansil, and produced by Mr.
Hospital. Some of the judges said
that for delicacy Of coIoring it was
the most attractive bloom in the hall
A big vase of vivid crimson dahlias
the Red Hussah. of vivid crimson AT.
tracted marked attention. He aIso
showed the largest dahlia grown. the
Souvenir de Gustave Douzon. a sal
mon color shaded to red, very sturdy
His baskets of pink Kfllarneys and
cochet roses were. as always. much
admired.
For begonias and ferns D. II. Oertlv
mad all other competitors outcla ssed
and took the ribbons one two tbree
IN each class. His ferns which At
tracted particular comment from ex-
pert Judges, were a lace fern. Young
and luxuriant, and Fluffy Ruffles 3
which Is cross between a Whit
maneye and Boston. In cut dahlias
ne had the distinction of having his
lazy Edith pointed out by the
Judges as the best coIoring of any in
the hall. This Is an iridescent pink.
An hibiscus with which he won a blue
rlDnon was given special mention by
WiiIiam r. GUIDE. chairman of the
Judges. as the finest bloom he had
seen Tor many day
The distinction of having the best
single bloom In the entire show was
given to c. e. Watt, a new exhibitor.
Tor MS cactus dahlia. "Geisha"