New-York tribune., 1922-03-16
Pussy Willow Puts
Rose on Defensive
As Show Attraction
Rural Stranger Makes Sue
cessful Bow. Even When
Naughty Red Blooms Are
Pitrcd for Rich Prizes

A modest stranger from the coun-
try attracted more attention Mt the
Flower Show yesterday than the So
phssticated city products. The crowds,
which exhausted their adjectives long
before they reached the end Of the be-
wildering lanes Of roses. lilies and or
chids, stopped and found new enthu-
sasm when they spied the slender,
| silver tipped stalks which awaited them
in a quiet corner Of the Grand Cen
tral palace
Look. mother, pussy wilows,' cried
an elderly visitor. who had fral and
wrinkled companion on his arm.
Pussy willows, declare | haven't
seen any since was boy,'
The delight or the old people. who
recognized the favorites Of their child
, hood, was equalled by that of the
children who claim pussy willows as
their own. Dozens Of Youngsters
pleaded with their mothers to pur-
chase Il stalk of the silvery cstkins.
and though the flowers in the exhibit
were not on sale, the kindly proprietor
managed always to find few stalks
under the counter which he could give
to good children
These puss es. called the Hunt New
Silver Pussy Willow, are being raised
for cultivation on country estates,
where they are especially desirable Tor
hedges. They have never before been
a part of the Flower Show.
Refreshed by their glimpse of the
ldfashioned favorites, the visitors
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prize exhibits of the day Yesterday
featured another rose contest, with the
| honors going to dark horse" Ira
endly G. Schenck This firm carried
off the $500 prize. which in other years
always has gone to one Of the rival
Piersors. The prize winning exhibit
included one thousand blossoms. de-
clared by the judges to be the finest
display Of roses the Flower Show ever
had seen. There we're eleven varieties,
covering 500 square feet.
The other class FOR which prizes
were awarded WAS the dinner table
Twomblv, of Covent Garden, won the
first prize; Thomas Aitchison. Of Mama
roneck, second, and Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney. third. Countess Mildred
Hohenst tein, Of Edge Hill. Pennsyl-
vania, won special silver medal.
The Tea Garden entertained a large
number Of visitors, who witnessed a
fashion parade OF debutante manikins.
Mrs. Vincent Astor. Mrs. Henry
W. de Forest Mrs. Charles Dana Glib
son, Miss f. Mabel Clark. Mrs. Hugh
D. Auchincloss, Mrs. Arthur Osgood
Choate, Mrs. Henry du Pont. Mrs. vii
liam Andrews Clark, Mrs. John Henry
Hammond, Mrs S. Van r. Crosby. Mrs.
Otto H. Kahn. Mrs. Clarence Blair
Mitchell, Mrs. j. Willis Martin. Mrs.
Theodore A. Havemeyer. Mrs. Walter
Jennings, Mrs. Frank Browne Keech,
Mrs. D. Hunter McAlpin jr., Mrs. c.
Hartman, Mrs. V. Everit Macy, Mrs.
Charles ". McAlpin. Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, Miss Edith Newbold, Miss
Georgiana w. Sargent, Mrs. Charles
Steele Mrs. Oakleiph Thornc. Mrs.
Lewis Rutherfurd Morris, Mrs. John a.
Stewart jr, Mrs. Henry Fairfield Os-
born. Mrs. Richard /. Morris, Mrs II.
Hobart Porter, Mrs. Philip Ashton
Rollins, Mrs. Samuel Sloan. Mrs.
Faneuil Suvdam Wesse, Mrs. Frederick
W. Allen, Mrs. Charles Lawrence Riker,
Mrs. Samuel Sloan Colt, Mrs. B. Tappen
Fairchild, Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, Mrs.
Harold Irving Pratt, Mrs. Colin Mac
Rae Ingersoll, Miss Marjorie Cleveland,
and Mrs. Louis Gue1ineau Myers were
among the visitors.
To-day will be Carnation Day. The
! show will continue all the week, in
! Guiding Sunday. The fashion show
will not he seen on Sunday, but ice
cream and cake will be served.