Evening star., 1931-05-18
IRIS SHOW OPENS
HERE TOMORROW
Competition for Evening Star
Cup to Be at Local
Hotel.


classes will be on exhibit at the Spring
Iris Exhibition and Flower Show of the
National Capital Dahlia and Iris Society
at the Carlton Hotel when the doors
are opened at 2 o'clock tomorrow aft
ernoon. Of1cials of the society an
nounced that keen interest was being
shown by dozens Of garden clubs within
80 miles of Washington in preparing
exhibits to compete for the silver low
ing cup offered by The Evening Star
! through the American Horticultural
Society, and which will be awarded to
the organization whose members win
the greatest number of points at the
Forthcoming exhibition.
The special exhibit for the garden
clubs competing for The Evening Star
grand prize will be a large vase oI
basket of hardy flowers arranged fol
effect. This class offers an award oi
80 points to the club adjudged first
prize winner. Second and third places
in this class will be awarded Is and
points, respectively. In addition, q
garden club whose member wins first
prize in any of the other SO classes in
the show will be credited with an ad-
ditional 5 points; 3 points for a second
prize and ! point for a third prize
The organization whose total points en-
titles it to The Star Cup will have its
name engraved on the trophy and will
be entitled to its possession until May
/. 1882. The first organization to win
the trophy three times will be awarded
permanent ownership.
Competitors Must Be Members.
Members Of organizations eligible to
enter this competition must indicate at
the time of registering their entry the
organization to which they desire the
points they win to be credited, and
competitors must be bona fide members
for 1881 of their organization.
The cup was won for the first time
in 1929 by the HyattSville Horticultural
Society and in 1880 by the Montgomery
Suburban Garden Club of Montgomery
County.
Individual exhibitors will compete
for prizes in % iris classes, IL peony
classes, classes for artistically ar
ranged exhibits of perennials and IL
classes of roses. The competition viii
be open to any amateur flower grower
in Washington and the suburban Sec
tions of Virginia and Maryland. AL
exhibits must be entered between &
| and 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning al
the Carlton Hotel, judging to begin
thereafter, with the public admitted
free from to 10 pm. on the opening
day and from 9 am. to 10 pm. May 20
Prizes to be awarded to individual
exhibitors, In addition to The Evening
Star grand prize to garden clubs, viii
include the American Iris Society's
silver medal to the individual winning
the most first-prize points in the iris
classes; a bronze medal to the exhibi-
tor winning the most first and second
prize points other than the silver medal
winner; the H. p. Simpson Arlington
Iris" prize to 10 first-prize winners IN
the iris classes; the E. w. Sheets iits
prize to each exhibitor winning a first
prize in the iris classes; a crystal vase
offered by Mrs. NJ. L. Payne, president
Of the Iris Society, to the winner of
the sweepstakes prize in the peony
classes, with prizes offered by Mrs. J.
e. Willett and Mrs. Edna M. Reinohl
TO winners In the rose and hardy flower
classes.
Clubs That Have Entered.
Mrs. Z. M. Reinohl, chairman OF the
exhibition, announced today that the
following garden clubs had been in
vited TO enter the competition for The
Star grand prize and enter exhibits Of
their members in the individual classes
woodbridge Garden Club, Takoma Hor-
ticultural Club, Community Garden
Club OF Rockville, Potomac Palisades
Landscape and Garden Club, Piney
Branch Rose and Garden Club, Hyatts-
vile Horticultural Society, the Garden
Club OF the Forest of Glendale, Md. /:
Georgetown Garden Club Chevy Chase,
Md, Garden Club; Burleith Garden
Club, Chevy Chase, D. c., Garden Club:
Bethesda Community Garden Club. Ar
lington County Garden Club, Fairfax
Garden Club, Bancroft Garden Club
and the Montgomery Suburban Gar
den Club Of Montgomery County.
The following committees have been
named to stage the exhibition, under the
direction OF Mrs. Edna NJ. Reinohl. GEN
eral chairman of the Exhibition Com
mittee: Staging Committee. G. Lund
chairman; A. H. Engelbrecht, L. M
Clark, H. g. Goddard, P. Kostelney. G,
w. Rose. J. J. Schaaf, H. @. Seebold
w. e. Clever, DR.. Earl B. White. F. w
Dyer. N. B. Walters and e. H. Roberts
Placement OF Exhibits-Mrs. j. E. Will
lett, chairman: Mrs r. M. Palmer and
Mrs. F. w. Dyer. Entries-Mrs. George
Rutley and Mrs. r. w. Smith Nomen-
clature-H. p. Simpson, e. w. Sheets
and DR.. Earl B. White. Schedule-Mrs
M. l.. Payne. J. NJ. r. Adams, II. p.
~AAPoNh' obhNAbJ- -7ubG6y D. CaTVSE.
Awards to Be Presented.
The formal opening of the exhibition
at o'clock tomorrow afternoon will be
featured by the presentation to last
years medal winners of the American
Iris Society awards. Dr. Earl B. White
OF Kensington will receive the society
silver medal and Howard r. Watkins OF
Somerset, Md. the bronze medal Prom
inent out-of-town members and officers
OF the national organization will attend
the opening. including Mrs. Edgar w
Hires c. Ardmore. Pa, who is chairman
Of the Exhibition Committee of the
American Iris Society; Mrs. L. w. Kel-
logg OF West Hartford. Conn. one OF
the large iris specialists of the East, and
r. M. Cooley of Silverton, Wash, the
largest grower Of irises on the Pacific
Coast
The awards will be made by the fol-
lowing judges: Charles G. Gersdorf of
Washington. j. Marion Shull Of Chevy
Chase and Prof. w. r. Ballard of the
University of Maryland