Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-07

busily engaged in selecting the win
ming blooms. Hundreds of other
beautiful blooms are on exhibition.
The judges are: Miss Bess Trump
and H. Riebe. of the Berryhill nur-
series; Charles Uttley, florist; Mrs.
Margaret Cumbler. of Highspire, and
Mrs. S. F. Dunkle.
| Awards are being made for the
following exhibits: Best general dis
play of roses, best individual speci-
men blooms, tea, hybrid tea, or hy-
! brid perpetual roses, best roses of
climbing variety, three red roses,
| three white roses and three pink
roses.
| Blue, red and yellow ribbons will
| be awarded as first, second and third
! prizes in the different classes. Two
memberships in the American Rose
Society will be given-one of the
best general display and the other
! for the best specimen bloom. These
memberships are the gifts of ]. Hor-
ace Mcfarland and the Berryhill
nursery.
Entries for the exhibit closed
promptly at 1 o'clock with some two
hundred roses in their vases. These
exhibits, together with the flowers,
roses and others, exhibited by pro-
fessional nurserymen of Harrisburg.
in their white, pink, deep scarlet and
blue splendor, scattered throughout
the lobby, presented a gorgeous ap-
pearance. Just enough green-l -leafed
plants were displayed to sufficiently
diversity the exhibits.
With many rose bushes past the
blooming stage as a result of the
early spring weather and in view of
the fact that this is the first rose
exhibition ever held in Harrisburg,
the committees in charge of the two
day show feel that the first annual
Harrisburg Rose Show will be
recorded as a success.
Gardens of many rose growers
throughout the city and surround
ing territory contributed their share
to make the event a success. While
some rose lover with but few bushes
contributed probably only a single
specimen, other growers with larger
space for the cultivation of the
queen of flowers" contributed doz-
ems of blooms. All of the exhibits
that are being judged for prizes were
those produced by amateurs for this
event is for amateur blooms alone.
y
their employees were accepted for
prizes.
II More than a score of varieties of
roses contributed their share in maxi
ing the lobby of the Y. NJ. c. A. a
literal bower of fragrance.
But professional nurserymen and
florists of Harrisburg, while their en-
tries were barred from entry for
prizes, made exhibits and lent every
effort to make the amateur show a
success. Their exhibits were es-
pecially valuable in producing such
pleasing appearance. The exhibit
of the Berryhill nursery, especially
the handsome floral mantle decora-
ton, was quite pleasing.
The especially rare varieties of
plants were among the exhibits of
the professional nurseries. The
Berryhill concern showed a flower
ing mullen, technically n member of
the Verbascum family. This particu-
lar variety, the Ellen Willmotl
named after the daughter of an En-
glish nurseryman, was grown in Har-
risburg, or in fact in Central Penn
sylvania. for the first time this year.
Only few other nurseries in the
United States produce this flower,
The plants are especially hard and
The Incarvillia Delawayi, with no
common name as yet. is another
plant grown in Harrisburg for the
first time this year. It's seed was i'm
ported from Germany. The leaves of
the plant are of the fern type with
the flowers resem mbling the rich pink
Gloxinia. The New Philadelphia, a
mock orange imported from China,
and the Corinella. are two other
varieties of plants being produced
for the first time here this year
This show, which Is being held
under the auspices of the womans
Advisory Board of the Y. M. C. A.,
is being held for the benefit of the
war work OF the Y. NJ. C. A. A
nominal admission fee is being
charged each visitor. All of the
blooms that are in satisfactory
condition at the conclusion of the
show will be sent to the several Har-
risburg hospitals to cheer the pa
tients of the institutions.
The show will close tonight at 5
o'clock. Tomorrow ii will pe open
from 10 a. m. to 9 D. m.