Evening star., 1924-10-29
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
PLACED FOR SHOW
1000 Varieties to Be Seen
at Exhibition Opening
Tomorrow.

Forced hv the uuscaSonahlN warm
weather tn. more than 1000 varieties
of ChrySant hcmumS cultiNiLtei by inc
United states Department OF ASrl-
culture are a rot Of colorinE and OF
unusual attractiveness for the open
ing Of the shove tomorrow morning
in the department greenhouses, four-
tccuth and Il streets.
The show was to have been opened
or Monday. but was delayed on ac-
count OF the death of Secretary Wal
lace who since he had been in the
cabinet had taken great Interest
in the annual flower shows and done
much TO make them attractive and
popular
For this reason also there Will be
no private showing of chrySant the
NUNS 10 leaders in official and so
ciai life previous to opening the
show to the public. as has been Gus
tomary in former years. The wlfe
Of the Secretary of Agriculture. as
sisted 10y the wife Of the President
and the other cabinet women, usu-
ally at these private showings name
the new seedlings produced in the
department greenhouses. and the
wives Of cabinet members have been
allowed to select the names for their
favorites among the new blooms.
Show Better Than Usual.
The show this year is much better
than usual because an effort has been
start cd to produce an extraordinary
number and variety of new seedlings,
so that the exhibition next year,
marking the silver jubilee of the
chrysanthemum show, will be not
only the greatest of it's Kind ever
held anyw here in the world, but Will
be Il revelation to florists of the DoSSi-
hilitieS in chrySdnthemum culture
Some of the new varieties being de-
veloped for the silver jubilee show
are ON view this year and are TO be
named during this week
J. Wise ByrneS. the superintendent
of the show. was congratulated today
by DR.. William \ Taylor. chief of
the Bureau Of Plant Industry, and
other officials Of the department.
upon the way he has groomed the
chry santhcmumS for public inspec
tion.
PotteJ Plants shown.
The department show differs from
other ChrySa Santhemum shows and is
unique in the fact that potted plants
are used to make up the display
rather than cut flowers The time Of
the show, although usually during
the latter part of October and upon
one occasion as late as November >
is necessarily set for a week when tho
plants will be uniformly in bloom.
Every bloom seen in the display Will
have been started from Il cutting
potted nine months ago
Flower enthusiasts and visitors to
the show will find many old friends
among the gorgeous blossoms on dis
play Wen as a number OF new
seedlings and introduced standard
varieties The show completely ttils
one of the wings of the departments
numerous glass covered propa eating
houses.
An innovation in tho manner Of
display this year is in the arrange
ment of tn" long center bed of large
japanese blooms. Instead OF the
placing of the plants of this bed ia
the usual way, making tn. whole
display a mass of variegated color
blooms of the same color arc maSScd
in bocks-thr reds in one block. the
whites in another. tn" yeiIoWS IN
another and 50 on. Toward either
end of tn" bed the graduation of color
into the mixed and variegated blooms
proceeds with charming and pleasing
effect. The top line of this bed of
blooms presents Wavy or serpen-
tine effect very difficult to produce
with potted plants.
Leo Japanese Plants.
The Jaran"S" rhrFSau5nemI'nS are
represented 10y 200 plants, of which
there ar" ZOE varieties. OF tins mum
ber - are new standard varieties de-
veloped by CONNIE ercial florists during
the year and - are new seedlings
developed by the department. Sew
eraI of theS" new seedlings present
new and unusual coiOrs and color