Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11
GARDEN CLUB PRIZE
ATTRACTING MANY
Dozens Are Preparing to
Enter Exhibits Here
May 20-21.

Dozens of garden clubs within 80
miles Of Washington are making prepa-
rations to compete for the loving cup
offered by The Evening Star, through
the American Horticultural Society, to
the organization winning the most
points at the forthcoming exhibition of
the National Capital Dahlia and Iris
Society, to be held at the Botanic Gar
dens on May 20 and 81.
Joseph A. Herbert, jr., of 1913 Fiji
tenth street northwest, president of
the Iris Society, at a meeting of the
exhibition committee Friday night an
nounced that plans were approaching
completion for staging the AZ classes
Of iris, peonies, roses and hardy peren-
NAL flowers and that printed schedules
would be ready for distribution the COM
ing week to hundreds of amateur flower
growers, giving details about the exhi-
bition.
1t was stated that the exhibition this
year should surpass any ever before held
because OF the increasing interest i'll
iris and flower culture and the oppor-
tunity offered in the Botanic Gardens
for displaying the various floral ex-
hibits in natural setting without the
aid of artificial lighting
The special exhibit for the garden
clubs competing for The Evening Star
grand prize will be large vase or bas-
ket of hardy flowers arranged for effect.
This class offers an award of 40 points
to the club adjudged winner Second
and third places in this special class will
be awarded Is and 5 points, respectively.
In addition, a garden club whose men,
Der wins first prize in any of the Al
other classes in the show will be cred
tied with an additional S points. 3
points for second prize and l point
for third prize. The organization whose
total points won entities it to The Star
Cup will have its name engraved on
the trophy and will be entitled to its
possession until May /, 1881. The first
organization to win the trophy three
times will be awarded permanent own
ership. Competition for the prize must
be bona fide members of garden or
CARNATIONS for 1890.
Advisory Committee Named.
The National Capital Dahlia and Iris
Society announced the following adj
visory committee on garden club ex-
hibits to represent their organizations
in arranging exhibits to compete for
The Evening Star grand prize:
o. j. Schuster, president, Arlington
County Garden Club; Mrs. Leon M.
Grant, president, Bethesda Community
Garden Club: Miss w. F. Rhode, pres
ident, Burleith Garden Club: Mrs. F.
Baker Weaver. Chevy Chase, D. c.,
Garden Club; Mrs. G. T. Dunlop. Chevy
Chase, Md, Garden Club; Mrs. E. c.
Carlson, president, the Garden Club
of the Forest: Mrs. Lloyd B. White,
president, Georgetown Garden Club;
Prof. w. r. Ballard, Hyattsville Horti-
cultural Club: P. F. Brandstedt, presi-
dent, Piney Branch Rose and Garden
Club; B. F. Reynolds president, Poto-
mac Palisades Landscape and Garden
Club; Mrs George Hane, president
Rockville Garden Club; E. c. Powell,
president, Takoma Horticultural Club;
L. M. Clarke, president, Woodbridge Gar
den Club; Mrs. Truman Able, president,
National Capital Federation of Garden
Clubs: Aubrey B. Carter. president.
Montgomery Suburban Garden Club.
Oficials Of the Iris Society stated
that it was anticipated that other gar
den clubs would enter the competition
for The Evening Star trophy, including
the Alexandria Va, Garden Club and
the Fairfax Garden Club. and that Au-
brey B. Carter, 46ll Davidson drive,
Chevy Chase, Nd chairman of the
committee, was working out details for
exhibits in this class.