Evening star., 1925-11-01
Quarter Of a Century
Of y. G.. Flower Shows

. 1t is customary for the wife Of the
Secretary of Agriculture to name the
new blooms, and the privilege fallS
to Mrs. Jardine for the first time this
year There are about a half dozen
new japanese varieties for her u
name and several pompons.
Features of the show this year are
two large Japanese plants, each
having at least 800 blossoms. one Is
white, the other pink
Some of the new varieties from
commercial growers which are being
introduced this year are the Mary i.
Clark, which is a light lavender pink;
the Gladys Pearson, the upper surface
of which is apricot and the lower
bronze; the Sylvan Tints. the upper
surface of the petals of which is car
dinaI and the lower tan; the Mrs.
Nellie T Ross, named for the first
woman governor of Wyoming, light
yellow; the Mrs. Felix Fuld, John s.
Bush, the Mrs. L. L. Lewis, Mrs. Rita
Mitchell, j. 3. Deal, Phyllis, Miss
Ellen Mackay, the Bronze Turner and
! others.
Last year. a critical period in the life
of the family of Secretary Jardine 5
predecessor in office. four Of the most
beautiful new varieties We're named
for the doctor and the three nurses
ing his last critical illness.
The Doctor Boone. considered one of
the best ever produced in the depart
ment, is a flower in which commercial
growers have taken.a great deal Of in
terest. 1t has a distinctive petal for
nation and is pinard yellow and jas
per pink in color. The Emelie Gun
ningham Is pale greenish yellow fad
ing to white. The outside petals OF
the Helen Lord are pale greenish vel
low and the inside bronze. and the
Mary Touhy is white with fine purple
stripes on the outer edges Of the
petals
The work which these two members
of the Byrnes family have done for
the Capital and for the Nation can
scarcely be estimated. Under the care
full eye of the elder Byrnes, and his
predecessor. William Saunders, small
trees brought TO the department from
Bahia, Brazil, in 1870 by a mission
airy, were grown, from which SeedlesS
orange trees We're produced.
Seven trees We're brought from Bra
I'll, but the records Of five of them
were lost. One was planted in River
side, Cahf., and from that tree and
the one now growing in the depart
ment greenhouses have been taken all
the buds for the SeedleSS orange trees
IN lnlS country, WnlCN, lnClQeTldIly,
produce a crop valued at about $50
600 900 annually. The tree in River
side stood in the middle of the town
and when last heard from was thought
to be dying.
The elder Byrnes also held in the
Spring of 1914, in the department
greenhouses, the first amaryllis show
ever. given in this country. In fact.
Washington is the only place in this
country, after a lapse of IL years.
where the blossoms can be seen in any
quantity.
Amaryllis week is the joy of Latin
Americans. just as chrysanthemum
| week and cherry blossom time glad
den the hearts of the japanese inhab-
itantS of the city
The amaryllis is a native of the
Amazon and the original flower was
deep red-the only shade in which
is was known.
| During the amaryllis show in March
of the present year more than ZOO
plants, with 10000 blossoms of every
shade from pure white to deep red
were shown. They are all hybrids
that have been developed from an
| original stock of % bulbs imported
from England in 1909.