The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-12
show MANY BLOOMS
AT FLOWER EXHIBIT
Thousands Of Specimens Are
on Display at World War
Memorial Building

with thousands OF individual
blooms and more than 100 bouquets
and baskets of flowers in place, Bis
marcks annual fall flower show was
opened to the public at o'clock Fri
day afternoon in the World War
Memorial building.
Entries closed at ! p. m. to allow
judging to be completed. The show
will be open this evening and all day
Saturday, according to Mrs. Florence
H. Davis, chairman of the show.
While gladioli far outnumbered all
other varieties of flowers on exhibit
large collections of ANIMALS and bas-
kets and single displays of almost
every kind of garden flower suitable
to this vicinity made vivid setting
for the special displays.
One of these which drew atten-
ton Of children and grown-ups alike
was the section devoted to children S
displays. Among these were tiny tea
tables, set for lunch, with dolls
grouped about them. A miniature
girls room, with furniture in ivory
and yellow. complete even to tiny
rag rug on the floor was the contri-
button of the Mckenzie girls All
club. This club also entered a num-
Der OF flower bouquets and collec-
lions of vegetables.
Old Fern Shown
Possibly the oldest plant exhibited
in the show was huge asparagus
tern q years old. brought by Mrs
G. F. Dullam. Other particularly
handsome ferns were exhibited BY
Miss Mary Brazerol and several un-
usual vines and plants were included
III the house plants division.
approximately 30 entries in the
flower arrangements division, a new
section of the show, had been re-
ceiyed up to noon. Chief among the
flowers in this group were zinnias.
asters, gladioli, phlox and petunias
several III modernistc advancement
and others placed in old-fashioned
containers.
While the display of perennials
this year was not so extensive as in
past seasons such hardy plants as
the rudbeckia, tiger lilies. delphinium,
phloX and gaillardia were we'll repre-
Sented.
The flower naming contest. an an
nual feature OF the show, promises a
difficult time for those competing,
with approximately 1000 varieties of
tame and wild flowers to be named
correctly.
Another section of the show was
uivnn 10 h,.oo fob
set with bright china
ware and linens and decorated Will,
garden flowers. Fifteen were entered
HOmemakers Have Exhibit
Bismarck Homemakers' clubs had a
long table all to themselves where
basket arrangements Of garden flow
erS and many varieties of vegetables
were displayed.
Adding considerably to the inter-
est of the show is the placing of en-
tries so that all similar blooms and
varieties are together, each with the
name of the plant or flower and the
name of the exhibitor attached fol-
lowing the judging.
Business firms having displays in
Guided Oscar H. Will and company
and Hoskins- Meyer. with special
showings of their prize flowers; and
Webb Brothers, who had an ar
of garden furniture
An outside living room, with gar
den furniture and a rock garden.
was another interesting feature of
the show.
Musical numbers will be given at
8 o'clock this evening by the follow
ing students of the Menus Conserva-
tory of Music: Jean Truman and
Gladys Hanson. readers; Jacob Steb-
ner and Evangeline Hochhalter, vio-
linists: and Eleanore Cook and Rob-
ert Killing, pianists. Miss Belle Me-
hus and Miss Florence Fritch will
play the accempanimeuts. There
will be vocal numbers by Miss Mar
ian Sandin, a voice pupil OF Mrs.
Hermann Scheffer.