Evening star., 1928-06-06
RARE PLANTSSEEN
AT FLOWER SHOW
Annual Exhibit Valued Above
MiI'ion---Ou Pont Orchids
on Display.

The hall az nations Of tho Washing
. ton Hotel WAS transformed into a Gar-
/ den cf beauty and color today. with the
opening Of the titth annual Spring ex-
| hibihon Of the American horticultural
/ Socieiy
Etehty-Six classes are entered. with
five States ana the District Of Colum-
/ b.s represented. Eight local garden
clubs have displays The value of the
/ exhibition is unofiiciallv placed Wei
| above the million dollar mark. The
! display Of orch'6s alone is declared 10
! be worth many thousands Of dollars.
/ In the collection OF tropical orchids,
! displayed by Mrs w. X du Pont Of Will
| min2ton Del. there Is one plant valued
| at $4,000 and l. said To be the only
! plant Of its kind in the world The
6u Pont orchid collsction'Sv alue is
| pla a~cd st $4,000.
! In the rose exhibits ere 10 be found
/ the Mrs Calvin Coolidge" a beautiful
| yellow rose; the Henry Ford" also a
| PierSon." The Walter Reed Hospital
veterans have entered q large group
/ of roses and other perennials.
Offers Trophy.
A special garden club trophy do
mated by Mrs E. B. Mclean. will be
! awarded 10 the garden club with the
I greatest number OF points secured in
! the show
! One of the attractive exhibits is that
| OF the Community Garden Club OF
/ Rockville, Nd. which displays a two
story red-roofed house. Handicapped with
evererecns. with real vegetables grow
I ing in the miniature garden and With
: laNse s,. 1NC %c 10
I Takoma horticultural Club has an ar
tiStic arrangements Of fiSes. roses and
! peonies. while the Hvattsville Horticul-
tural Club displays garden spot. This
Wocdridge Garden Club has its name
/ soelled out in pink roses. while the
Chevy Chase Club has an arbor of
I roses.
/ Mrs. Frank B. Noyes and Mrs. Nc
Lean are exhibiting in table decora-
i tiors.
| paonv collections have been put on
| display by Dr. E. B. White OF Kenslng-
! ton. Md; Dr.. Howard r. watkins OF
!, Somerset. Md. and George w. Peyton
of Rapidan, Va. The White collection
was unofficially valued al $4,000. while
! the Peyton collections value was pat Al
! 81 900
Fifty varieties of roses are in the coll
1 ,
/ Chase. Md There sre IS varieties OF
irises In the display OF DR.. E. W. Sheets
/ OF Washington,
! Open Tonight.
This morning was spent In arrsng-
ing the displays and judging the vari-
uus entries ana at . O'Clock this after
noon the doors were thrown open to
] the public until 10 O'Clock tonight. The
! exhibition will be In progress tomorrow
| from am. to 10 pm and the public
/ will likewise be admitted tomorrow
! The garden clubs entered for the
trophy are: Tasoma Horticultural Club.
/ Georgetown Garden Club. Community
Garden Club of Rockville HyattSviiie
Horticultural Club, Burleith Garden
Club. Chevy Chase Garden Club. Chevy
/ Chase Terrace Community Association
/ and the Woodbridge Garden Club The
| American Horticultural Society will
award medals and certificates to all
| prize winners and the American Rose
Society has offered silver and bronze
| medals. Many noted growers and
/. narserymen have offered other awards.
Private and professional horticultuv-
/ lists from Washington. Maryland. Vir-
ginia. New York. New Jersey and Penn
| slyvania are participating The Amer
lean Horticultural Society, which Is
/ sponsoring the exhibition. in a national
! organization with permanent headquar-
{. tefs here and is devoted TO the interests
/ OF horticulture
Groups In the exhibition follow: Peo-
nies. roses. iris, heTbaceous plants. an
nual and perennial: orchids. water
/ lilies. wild flowers. woody plants and
other ornamntals. flower arrangements
and dining table decorations.
The list Of guarantors for the show
follows: Miss Mary Med. Beirne. Mrs.
Charles j. Bell. Mrs. 7. Janney Brown,
/ Louis Burke. Whitman Cross. Mrs. p. s.
du Pont. Edward Earle, Miss Allie M
Fechtig. Mrs Louis A. rockingham
| Samuel H. Gowans, Edward r. Grot-
| lisch. v. E. Grotlisch. H. e Howe. c.
| Keur Il Sons. William H. Luton Co
/ Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Mulford, Thomas 4
/ McBeth. Mrs. Frank B Eoyes. National
/ Federation OF Garden Clubs George
! Peyton, Mrs. Herbert L. Satterlee, j
+ Marion Shuil Mrs. Charles d. Walcott.
/ Capt. Chester Wells and Miss Catherine
/ Weaver
The patronesses with committee
/ members were:
Patronesses--Mrs Robert Woods Eiks.
/ Mrs. Avery Coonley Mrs. Louis A.
rockingham. Mrs Francis King. Mrs.
| FREDERICK A. Parkhurst, Mrs. H. L, Sat
/ terlec. Mrs Charles n. Stout. Miss
Grace Sturtevant. Mrs. Mary v. WAL
colt. MRS. William L. Weaver. Miss Mary
McD. Beirne, Mrs. Floyd Harris. Mrs
/ @. E. Wood.
Reception committee-Mrs. Chester
! Wells. chairman: Mrs. Charles J. Bel.
MRS. 7. Jsnney Brown, Mrs Louis Hertle
Mrs. L. Helen Fowler. Mrs. John Ihlder
Miss Margaret Caldwell Lancaster. Mrs
w. p. ReinohI. Mrs. Frank B. Moves
f. Exhibition committee-Dayid Lums-
den. chairman; @. r. Anderson. Axel
Sommer. J. Marion shuiI. Otto Bauer
7. l.. Mulforc. v. E. Grotlisch. Mrs p
Reinohi. DR. II. J. Haskell, Mrs. John
Ihlder, Miss M. C. Lancaster. DR.. e.
w Sheets, Miss Laura Ann Wadsworth
/ Omcers AND directors OF the Ameri-
ran horticultural Society are: Frederiek
/ y. Atkins. president. Rutherford. ". j.,
/ +. l. MuIforo. vice president. Washing
ton Mrs Frances King. vice presIden,
/ alma. Mich; Otto Bau2r, treasurer
Washington. National HORTICULTURE
F., Magazine B. y. Morrison. editor. ia.
koma Park, Md; Miss M c. Lancaster
advertising manager. Takoma Park
! Mo Dlrsctors--G. r. Anderson
Washington: Miss Mary Med. Beirne.
hsnisnd. Va; Mrs l.. II. Fow.
! lef, Warrington Mrs Mortimer Fox
New York City. v. r. Grotlisch siive,
Spring, Md. Harrison r. Howe. Wash.
/ ington. Joseph j. Lane. Rev York City
/ a. r aaundefs Clinton. n. Y: o. n
schroeoer. Fsribault, MINI, J. c. Wis.
Ter. Philadelphia. Pa.