New-York tribune., 1922-03-14
Flower Show
Opens in Blaze
OF Blossoms
Mrs. Warren G. Harding and
Princess Mary New Va
rietics of Orchid. Arc
Awarded Gold Medals
Thompson Garden Wins
Society Girls as Models
Lend Attraction TO En-
position of Fashions

The Flower Show, which serves an
,uslIy as~thc dress rehearsal for spring.
.rened Yesterday at the Grand Central
paIsce. All the blossoms which will
olsy their part in the pageants Of
,nri,. May and June were there from
.be opening chorus os crucusos. tu-
ms snd hyacjnths and the Easter
number o lilios and azaIeas. down 20
he heavy leads. played by the time
sorored fsvoritcs, the roses. carnations
ard orchids.
Two. now blossoms attracted much
.,.cntion among the early spring Aow-
AZ. display Of white dogwood. which
janccd against q background oF cedar
tYtcs, ard q group of pale pink lady
.I;ppef in a rock garden. Neither Of
iese flowers has ever been seen in the
.soS before. as they are dificlilt to
rsise artihcially.
The most popular numbers in the
Flower Show are always the formal
rsrdens. covering q large floor space.
William Royce Thompson carried off
frs. nr2e this year, with spring
garden Of old-fashioned flowers sur
rounding i nool and white marble
dancing boy. Poppics. harebeIls and
.qlips nodded beside the water. wnile
apple blossoms, acacias and hlacs BOY
red above them. Mrs. Payne Whitney
won second prize for a similar display
landscape and Rock Gardens
The landscape garden this year is by
Mayer F. t. Pierson of Tarrytown, and
sne rock garden with orchids is bv
julius Roehr. A. n Pierson designed
the rose garden. and Bobbnk & At
sins magnificent wilderness OF huge
rhododendrons. ilacs. azaleas and other
covering shrubs.
The "Mrs, Warren G. Harding" or
child grown by James b. Duke. and the
Princess Mary, white orchid. both
we're awarded gold medals A new or
chic. named in honor OF Mrs Herbert
Hoover the Lou Henry Hoover" also
vas awarded 9 gold medal. The flower
vas cnristened in the presence OF a
number of Girl Scouts. for whom Mrs.
Hoover has Just become honorary pres
dent. and Mrs. Arthur Osgood Choate
yice-president of the organization. was
It's sponsor.
The Tea Garden this year is in
charge of the Girl Scouts. who viii
share the proceeds for one day with
,se Virginia Day Nursery. Mrs. Nar-
old Irving Pratt is chairman of The
managing committee, and the Girl
scouts serve As waitreS ses, aftcr school
R oYcr.
Fashion Show Feature
An additional attraction this wear is
he Fashion Show run in connection
nth the tearoom. in which society
,rls are to act as models. Space is
ilso provided for dancing.
On th executive committee of the
"a garden were Mrs. Samuel Sloan.
Is B. Tsppen Fairchild. Miss Majorie
leveland. Mrs. Faneuil Suydam
Neissc. Mrs. Charles Lawrence Riker,
Ms, Nicholas +. Brady, Mrs Samuel
SOan Colt. Mrs. Louis Guerineau
uefs, Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt, Mrs.
Frederick W Allen and Mrs. Colin
1acRae lngersoli Junior League
members on the dance committee in-
cluded Misses lucille Baldwin, Janet
Bower, Dorothy Clemens, Gwendolyn
Coombe, Anita Damrosch. Clarsse de
Rham. Marguerite Doubleday. Jean
fletcher, Betty Jackson, Constance
Jennings, Katherine Kent, Ethel King.
katherine Knapp, Marie La Marche,
Helen Lee. Edith Marshall, Katherine
Norris. Gertrude Ogden, Peggy Paris,
Helen Rice Adele Ryan Virginia Ryan,
katharine Spcycrs. Clara Workum,
ISABELLA Wood and Melissa Yuille.
The first prize for a garden cover
ing 1000 feet was won by Julius
Roehrs. W B. Thompson won the $500
prize for 800 feet display. and Mrs.
Payne Whitney. second The Garden
Tub Of America. Of which Mrs. Samuel
Sloan is PRESIDENT offered four prizes
this year for Iaoanese gardens, minia
ture garden, dinner table decorations
and luncheon tables. Prizes in the first
,wo classes were won by Mrs. Frank
=. Littieton, Of Aide. Va, and Charles
Wiling Of Crcstnut Hill, Pa.