Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-04
ROSE AND PE0Ny
AWARDS LISTED
500 Persons Attend Exhibit
Held in Takoma Park
Library.

Five hundred persons attended the
opening of the rose and peony show
last night at the Takoma Library I'M
ticultural Club. The blooms COM
bined in colorfuI array to present one
O.. the most beautiful flower shows
of the season and. following the award
of prizes last night, the show will con-
tinue through tonight.
The jury, composed of F. l.. Null
ford and J. Byrnes. both Of the De-
partment of Agriculture. gave the fol-
lowing awards:
Rose Show Awards.
Glass /, Teas and hybrid teas. (A),
pink; first, Mrs. f. c. Shade; second,
Mrs. H. +. Ewing; third, Mrs. j. A.
Fahrenbuch. (B), red; first, j. w.
wellington; second, Mrs. +. G. Shade;
third, c. C. Thomas. (C). white; first,
w. r. Simmons; second, Mrs. II. f.
Ewing; third, Mrs. +. &. Powell. cd,
yellow; first, J. w. Wellington; second,
Miss Annie Renner; third, II. C..
Skeels.
Glass II, Hybrid Perpetual. (al
Pink-First, c. G.. Thomas: second, II.
c. SkeeIs; Cb) Red-F:rst, w. T. Sim
mons; second. Miss r. Grant; third,
J. w. Wellington. tc) White-First,
j. w. Wellington; second, w. T. Sim
mons; third. Fl. G. Skells. Class III,
miscellaneous bush roses-First. II. C
Skeels; second, Mrs. f. c. Shade
Glass ", spray Of climbing roses
First, c. C. Thomas; second, J. w.
Wellington; third. Mrs. H. f. Ewing.
Glass V. vase of IL or more roses. any
one variety-(a) Pink, first, c. G..
Thomas; second. u. Lapelle; (b) Red
First, w. r. Simmons; second. Mrs.
II. T.. Ewing: (c) White-First, Mrs.
f. T. Powell: If Mixed-Fist, Miss
Esther Holmes. Glass vi, most
artistic vase of roses with other
flowers or foliage-First, Mrs. H. E.
Ewing; second, Miss M. c. Lancaster:
third, w. T. Simmons. Glass VII,
basket of IL or more roses. any one
variety-(a) Pink, first, Mrs. E. z.
Powell; second, Miss M c. Lancaster;
(b) Red-First, w. T. Simmons; (d)
Yellow-First, Mrs. E. f.. Powell.
Glass VIII, most artistic basket of
roses with other flowers or foliage
First. Mrs E. E. Shade; second. Mrs.
E. J.. Powell; third, r. G. Pierce.
Glass TX, best rose in show, exhibited
by w. T. Simmons, with j. b.
Clarke" Class x, best collection of
roses-First, G. G.. Carroll: second, j..
M. Patterson. Class XI. climbing
roses, single stem-First, G. G..
Thomas: second, J. w. Wellington;
third, Miss A. Renner. The commit
tee included DR.. f. W. Sheets. chair
man; c. c. Carroll, DIR. G. White, Mrs.
II. E. Ewing, r. S. Krout.
Pe0ny Show Awards. :
six named varieties. double-First. DR..
Earl White; second, J. NJ. r. Adams.
Class II, collection of to II varieties.
named or unnamed, dOuble-First, DIR.
Earl White; second, J. NJ. r. Adams.
Class III, three blooms. double. white
or cream--First, DR.. H. r. Watkins:
second, DIR. Earl White. Glass ", three
blooms. double, light pink-First. DIR.
H. r. Watkins; second, DIR. Earl White;
third, L. E. Powell. Glass V, three
blooms, double, dark pink-First, DR..
Earl White; second, l.. B. Olmsted;
third, Mrs. Harry Houston. Glass
vi, three blooms, double, red
First, w. T. Simmons; second, DR..
Earl White; third, +. L. Harries.
Class VII, one specimen bloom, double
or single, representing best flower in
show-First, DR.. HI. r. Watkins; sec
ond, L. B. Olmsted.
Glass VIII, collection of japanese
varieties-First. DR.. H. r. Watkins;
second, J. NJ. r. Adams. Glass TX,
collection of single peonies-First. J.
M. r. Adams. Glass x, vase, bowl or
basket of peonies alone-First, Mrs.
G. M. Wolfe; second, Miss NJ. G.. Ian
caster; third, Miss M. c. Lancaster.
Glass XII, vase, bowl or basket of Pc
onies with other flowers or foliage
First, w. T. Simmons; second Miss
M. c. Lancaster; third, E. c. Powell.
Glass XII, commercial exhibit-First
DR.. Earl White, with lis varieties:
second, DR.. H. r. Watkins, with so
varieties.
The Peony Show committee In
cluded DR.. H. r. Watkins, chairman;
Mrs. H. /. Houston, DR.. w. S. Bene-
dict, j. M. r. Adams, l.. W. Kephart.
E. G. Powell is president of Takoma
Horticultural Club and c. c. Thomas
is general chairman of shows.
The exhibitions will be open to the
public until 10 o'clock tonight.