Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
THE GARDEN CLUBS.

The annual tulip show of the Wood
ridge Garden Club will be held Mon
day evening in the Sherwood Presby-
terrain Sunday School Building on
Twenty-second street, near Rhode Is
land avenue. Mrs. A H. Engelbrecht,
chairman, and her as@sting committee,
Mrs. s. G. Boernstein, Mrs. G. j.
Bovine, Milton Fowler and S. q.
Boernstein. have planned an exhibition
In the form of an informal garden
scene, to illustrate the beauty and use
fulness of tulips in garden and for
home decoration. Five major classes
are provided, with many suoclasseS.
Two classes are open to garden club
members and other amateurs in the
District and environs. These open
classes are for the most artistic vase,
basket. bowl and wall pocket OF tulips
with other flowers and for table deco
ration tulips with other flowers inc
latter class is subdivided into several
units: breakfast table. informal lunch
con table. formal luncheon table, tea
table, informal dinner. console table
and breakfast tray. The judges are 10
be DIR. D. N. Shoemaker and Otto
Schoeps. Exhibits will be received be-
tween 2 and $50 pm. on the day OF
the show.
The Garden Clubs.
The Takoma Horticultural Club,
meeting in regular session April n, was
entertained by an illustrated lecture on
the iris presented by James M. II.
Adams, a member Of the club. The
talk was presented in the form OF
trayelogue, in which gardens in Virginia,
Illinois, Indiana and other States were
described. Mr.. Adams showed not only
views of the garden iris, but also OF
many rare or little known species.
Edwin H. Powell, chairman OF the
recent narcisSuS show, reported that
over 100 varieties, totaling more than
2 600 blooms, were exhibited. OF these,
over 80 per cent were correctly named
by the exhibitors. The lateness OF the
show, according to Mr.. Powell, resulted
in a better balanced exhibit; that Is,
the largest trumpets did not dominate,
but left space for the Poet, Poeticus,
Leedsii and Barri types.
Mrs. l.. c. Probert, Olney, Md, was
hostess to the Community Garden Club
of Rockville at the regular meeting held
| April "a. Mrs. George Hane. president,
conducted the meeting. The guest
| land Park and Planning Commission,
who spoke on THE Garden and Better
Plant Materials" Flowers brought by
the members presented an attractive
exhibit, which was judged under the
! direction of Miss Laura Ann WadS-
worth. The next meeting of the Rock
Vile club will be the annual picnic May
at the home of Miss Elizabeth Nc
Culloch in Colesville.
The Montgomery Suburban Garden
Club was addressed Friday evening BY
Earle B. White Of Kensington on pc,
onies and their culture. Last Spring
men peony at the joint exhibition Of
the American Peony Society and the
Montgomery Club. Aubrey B. Carter
first president and prime figure in the
| organization of the club, briefly re-
viewed its history. Plans are progress
| ing for a Spring flower show featuring
roses, to be held at the Somerset School
The secretary of the Montgomery
Suburban Garden Club is Mrs. Lulu C.
Richardson, Drummond avenue, Chevy
Chase, Md.
The National Capital Dahlia and Iris
! Society is planning an iris show to be
staged at the Botanical Garden in late
May, probably the two days beginning
May 81. Mrs. Edna Reinohl of River
dale, Nd Is chairman. The Evening
Star silver trophy, now held tempo
rarity by the Montgomery Suburban
Garden Club, will be awarded that club
whose members win the greatest number
OF points The cup goes permanently
to the club winning three successive
years and, needless to say, competition
will be keen and will result in another
beautiful display.
Prof. David Lumsden, former super
intendent of grounds at the Walter
Reed HOSPITAL and now connected with
the Department OF Agriculture, will be