Evening star., 1932-05-19
SKEELS Wins MOST
IRIS SHOW HONORS
Display of 158 Varieties
Most Outstanding in Ia
k0ma Park Exhibit.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TAKOMA PARK, Nd, May 19.-
Homer c. Skeels carried of the honor'
Of the sixteenth annual iris show oi
the Takoma Park Horticultural Clut
when his display of 15s varieties Of
bearded iris was judged the outstand-
ing exhibit of the show. The show
closed last night. Judges were Mrs
Amos Chilcott of Fairfax. Va, and j
Marion Shull of Chevy Chase, Md.
The awards in the various classes
were as follows:
Beaded Iris.
Glass /, collection Of so or more
named varieties-First, Homer c.
Skeels: second, C. w. Ayars; class 2
collection of "a named varieties, Mrs
E. c. Crandall; class 8, collection OF
I8 named varieties, C. G. Carr; class 4
collection of six named varieties, first
c. C. Thomas; second. Winn T. Sim
mons; third, c. H Popenoe; class 5
collection of iris introductions since
1925 Homer C. Skeels.
Self -colored varieties: Class 6-White
three varieties, first, c. w. Ayars; Sec
ond, John Kurz. Glass white, one
variety, first, C. w. Ayars; second, Mrs
F.. j. De Moll; third, Miss Marjorie
Hansen. Glass 8-Pink, three varieties,
first, c. w. Ayars; second, Mrs. Roy Y,
Ferner; third, c. G. Carr. Glass g
Pink. one variety, first. c. H. Popenoe;
second, C. w. Ayars: third, C. c.
Thomas Glass 10-Lavender, three va
rieties, first, c. G. Carr; second, c. w
Ayars; third, Mrs. Roy Y. Ferner.
Glass 11-Lavender, one variety, first
c. G. Carr; second, F. D. Hobbs; third
Mrs. w. T. Sabine. Class 12-Yellow
three varieties, C. w. Ayars. Class 13-
Yellow, one variety. first, F. D. Hobbs;
G. G. Carr; third, Mrs. H. E.
Ewing.
Plicates: Glass 14-Three varieties,
first, G. w. Ayars; second, c. G. Carr;
third, Mrs H. E. Ewing. Glass Is
One variety, first, C. c. Thomas; Sec
ond, C. w. Ayars; third. +. B. Hobbs.
Bicolors-ClaSs 16, white or pale law
ender and purple, three varieties, c. w.
Ayars; class II, white or pale lavender
and purple, one variety, first, c. G.
Carr; second, Mrs. Roy Y. Ferner; third,
MRS. w. T. Sabine; class 18, lavender
and purple, three varieties, first, G. w.
Ayars; second, e. c. Powell, Silver
Spring, Md; third, Mrs. H. E. Ewing
class 10, lavender and purple, one va
riety, first, c. G. Thomas; second, F.
D. Hobbs; third, w. H. England; class
20, yellow or bronze and brown or pur-
pie, three varieties, C. w. Ayars; class
81, yellow or bronze and brown or
purple, one variety. first, C. w. Ayers;
second, Jason R. Swallen; third, Mrs,
Roy Y Ferner
Blends-Class %, standards and falls
alike, three varieties, c. w. Ayars;
class %, standards and falls alike, one
variety, first, c. w. Ayars; second, Mrs.
Roy Y. Ferner; third, c. G. Carr; class
Is, standards and falls different. one
variety. first, Mrs. Arthur Harrison;
C. G. Carr; third. Mrs. E. H.
Fairless; class 26, best seeding bearded
iris, not in commerce, Homer G. Skeels,
Jennie Skeels";; class 27, miscellane-
Gus species and varieties other than
bearded, first, Mrs. E. c. Crandall;
second, John Kurz; class %, bearded
iris with other flowers or foliage, first,
Mrs. Roy Y. Ferner; second, Mrs. E. F.
Lyons; third, Mrs. w. T. Sabine; class
81, artistic arrangement Of flowers 9TH
er than irises, first, Mrs. A. L. Rey-
nolds; second, Mrs. E. H. Fairless:
bI1uO, h1I. e. ~. SAdllAdA, NAaoS %,
miniatures, first, Mrs E. r. Lyons; sec
ond, c. C Thomas; third, Mrs. E. c.
Crandall; class SO. columbine, IL
stalks, first, Mrs. H. e. Ewing; second
John Kurz; third, Mrs. Arthur Har-
rison; class "a, other flowers, first, c.
G. Carr: second. w. H. England; class
35, vase Of irises with or without other
flowers, first, Mrs. w. T. Sabine: sec
ond, Mrs. Caroline Max; third, Mrs. E.
C. Crandall, and class SO, basket Of
rises with or without other flowers,
1rst, John Kurz; second, E. c. Gran
iall; third, Mrs. Arthur Harrison.
Poster prizes were awarded TO the
following: First, Anna Proctor; sec
ond, Hooper Mcqueen, and third, Ralph
Harrison.
The Iris Show Committee was COM
posed Of Miss Margaret G. Lancaster,
chairman; F. D. Hobbs, w. L. Holt,
Mrs. Roy Y. Ferner, Mrs. r. c. Jorfes,
Mrs. Caroline Max. J. w. wellington
is president of the club, c. G. Carr sec
retary and w. H. England chairman of
tho oeneral Exhibition Committee.