Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-08

man Of the exhibition committee, was
in charge of the show.
The garden section of the Twentieth
Century Club met at the home of Mrs.
Whitman Cross Tuesday, May 20. Mr..
Cross conducted the group on tour of
| the rose garden. BY the way note books
we're constantly used the group must
have received valuable information as
well as inspiration. Mrs. Benjamin E.
Smith is chairman of the section.
The Potomac Palisades Garden Club
Spring flower show brought forth more
| than so exhibitors, with splendid ar
ray of iris, peonies, roses, peoples. pot
ted plants and shrubs. OF special in
terest was miniature garden, prepared
| by Mrs. Benjamin Reynolds, showing
how to arrange correctly the back yard
paintings. A pleasing feature of the
show was the enthusiastic participation
| of the younger folk, the children cap
win C. Powell, president of the Takoma
| Horticultural Club, off1ciated as judge of
! the show.
The Potomac Palisades Club is al
ready at work ION its Autumn flower
show, making arrangements by which
| its members may purchase gladiolus
bulbs at very reasonable prices. Three
Foch and Opalescent, have been Sc
lected because of their beauty and in
| eXpenSiveneSS to form the nucleus of a
friendly competitive exhibit. The lawn
| and grounds contest sponsored by the
club is rapidly shaping up. Already a
| fine first prize in the shape of beau
tiful stone lawn bench is in view.
The Takoma Horticultural Club rose
show, held May 81 and % at the local
branch library, was in every way sue
! cess The flowers were unusually good
| despite gloomy predictions. The basket
| display was a feature and proved the
central attraction. The climbing roses
we're much in evidence, notably DR.. w.
Van Fleet, Mary Wallace and Paurs
Scarlet, flesh pink, rose pink and deep
| scarlet, respectively. Yellow roses were
| less numerous than usual, a fact ex-
planned in part by the somewhat lesser
degree OF hardness of most of the yell
low varieties and an unfavorable Win
| ter. B. Y. Morrison of the Department
Of Agriculture was judge of the show.
The Somerset School was the scene
| OF brilliant floral display on SATURDAY.
and Sunday, May 81 and June l, when
the Montgomery Suburban Garden Club
staged its second Spring show Every
| conceivable outdoor flower was present.
from the humble panSy to the gorgeous
SHOW peony. One could not help being
/ carried away with the peonies, present
in great number and variety, due to the
! fact that the American Peony Society
| had selected this exhibition as its re-
gional show. An apparently perfect
| bloom of Therese, soft pink in color,
| gained the distinction of being the
| finest peony in the show, but that it
VIII have competition in the future was
1 Indicated in q cood1inn
f1ne substance and attractive pink color
exhibited by Dr. H. r. Watkins of Som
erset One Japanese peony, Nippon
Beauty, had the unique distinction of
being the highest-priced ariStocrat in
the show, with roots selling at $1OO
apiece. Fortunately, there are many
beautiful varieties at reasonable prices.
| Various peony fanciers declared this to
be the finest display of peonieS ever
staged in this locality.
! Although the peonies could not helm
but be the center of attraction, there
we're many other beautiful features, in
Guiding miniature rock garden, to be
described later in this column, which
| contained more than SO species OF
plants. Two climbing roSes-Bloomfield
elimination, pink, and Emily Gray
pure yellow-were extremely attractive
and the many different species of peren-
| AiioiS, SuClI dS lOIlS -SpuTT6Q COIunDlneS
and Alpine asters, we're charming, ali
uniting to make the show very inter-
esting and worth while.
| The Montgomery Suburban Garden
Club met Friday evening in regular
! session, with F. l.. milford Landscape
gardener of the Department of Agricul-
ture, as guest speaker on the subject OF
handspring the Home Place"
The Rockville Garden Club met Fri
Gay, May %, at the home of Mrs
George Ninas of Gaithersburg, with
Mrs. John P. Engle as assisting hostess
Mrs. George Hane presided at the bust
ness meeting, which included a round
table discussion of the control of gar
den pests and diseases, followed by an
interesting account by Mrs. Leonard
Nicholson of the tour of the Virginia
gardens. According to the usual Gus
tom. many of the members brought
flowers for display.