The New York herald., 1922-03-15
Mrs. Twombly
Wins With Roses
at Flower Show
Mrs. Guthrie, Mrs. Chubb and
Mrs. Payne Whitney Other
Prize Winners.

Women carried Off most Of the honors
at the flower show yesterday in Grand
Central Palace, both as to the number
of awards and variety of entries. 1t
was day of roses, huge quantities OF
long stemmed white, pink, ruby and am
Der colored blooms filling a square on
the main floor. between some Of the i'm
portant formal gardens, where the
judges gathered in puzzled groups be-
fore they finally announced decisions.
Mrs. II. Mckay TwomIbly of Convent.
n. j., won five blue ribbons in the rose
competition for private growers, her
prize winners being Prerniers. ophelias.
varieties of yellow and for one or more
varieties shown in single vase.
Another feminine contestant belong
ing to the sweepstakes class was Mrs.
William d. Guthrie of Locust Valley
l.. r.. whose exhibit of red roses re-
ceived a first award and who also won
a second in the Columbia class. Count
ess Mildred Hohnstein of Edgefield. Pa,
had the finest exhibit OF Aaron ward
roses and Mrs. Percy Chubb of Glen
Cove l.. l., received second in two
classes.
Not all the firsts were awarded 10
women. however. though they mace
such splendid showing. When the
judges began Inspecting a display OF
huge pure white blooms they promptly
declared this a blue ribboner and then
discovered that the exhibit belonged to
Howard Cole of Madison. y. j. Mr..
Cole also carried off a second prize.
Wins Mrs. Brady's Prize.
But the feminine floral victory had
been merely interrupted hy this par
ticular break in the awards, and It's
momentum was regained when Mrs.
Payne Whitney took the prize offered
by Zanderberger Bros. of Holland. for
the finest showing Of tulips. The prize
offered by Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady 1or
six plants in variety, went to A. n.
Cooley of Pittsfield, Mass. and Mrs.
Harold i. Pratt Of Glen Cove. was a
close contestant and took second.
And even with all these awards the
feminine appetite for glory was NOT
wholly appeased, for the judges found
fit to bestow special gold medal on a
new deep pink rose called the Betty
Henderson for MRS Frank Henderson.
Miss Ada Heinze smiIlngly posed for a
picture with a bouquet of these roses
Other rose experts whose art. and
science were rewarded by the discrim-
mating judges, were +. Z. Pierson, who
won first place for Cclumbias. and
Francis Scott Keyes; the Duckham-
Pierson Company, for Ophelias. Pre-
miers and Crusaders; TTaendley &c
Schenk for Aaron Wards and Pilgrims
Guide Bros. OF Washington. D. @. Tor
American Beauties and L. B. Coddjng-
aon OF Murray Hill, n. j., for Hadleys
and white Killarneys.
There were four special gold medals
which the judges were called upon TO
dispose Of, and these were later found at
tached in conspicuous places to
quartet OF garden displays by A. ~.
Pierson. Bobbink & Atkins, julius Roehr
and Y. r. Pierson.
wedding Decorations Have Place.
The wedding decorations in the chapel,
which occupied a corner opposite the
orchid display on the main floor, are
attracting attention. Each day the dec
orations are changed 1t seems to be
an outdoor chapel upon which looks
figure filing the center of a large stained
glass window. The chapel is from the
T. & r. Lamb studios and the floral
decorations are by Wilson of Brooklyn.
Flowers preach sermons that live In
our hearts forever" Is a little motto. that
Is conspicuously displayed therein.
Another new orchid came upon the
scene yesterday, sponsored by A. n.
Cooley. He has christened 1t "Cissie'
and has classed it with the cattleyas. 1t
glstens like gold and Is larger than the
other varieties OF this unusual color.
Avenue A. usually has crowd OF
spectators viewing its freshly planted
he inc
exhibit in charge Of those who have the
children's garden on the Rockefeller In
stitute grounds. which is duplicated in
miniature at the show.
The fashion show in the tea garden
is staged twice each afternoon. Among
the debutantes playing the manikin role
were the Misses Harriet Payne, Mar
garet Hennessey. Mary Sheffield, Marie
La Marche, Marjorie Huvhes and kath-
crime Okie. Girl Scouts served tea.
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