The Washington times., 1935-10-25
NOW
What's In Name
Of FLOUer?
MUCH, MAYBE!
BY HELEN ESSARY

Q precarlOuS cOmpllHleuI'
Suppose you should grow
more beautiful than the flower.
Or-this is only a vague posi-
bility-suppose the flower should
grow more beautiful than you.
Then the horticulturiSt would
be put to the embarrassment
and trouble of changing the
flower to suit your new person
atty and appearance.
For instance-at the marvel.
Gus chrysanthemum show ar
ranged by the Department OF
Agriculture where Mrs. Henry
Wallace, looking as pretty as
any of the departmental ex-
hibitS, received some friends
yesterday at a preview-there
was q big white chrysanthemum
bearing the label:
"William H. Waite, Improved"
Whether the chrysanthemum
had improved" after Mr.. Will
liam H. Waite had progressed
In reputation and pulchritude,
or whether Mr.. Waite had been
trying to keep UP with the
OhrySanthemum I wouldn't pre-
tend to know. But there the
card was. Saying wistfully:
civilian H. Waite, Improved"
admiral Beatty" a full POM
pom, was rosy and self-satisfied.
AS If improvement were quite
out of his line. And, as behooves
an admiral in the British fleet
unnecessary.
The tailest and most vigor.
Gus clGySanthemum in the dis
play was Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt.
Mrs. Roosevelt was stunning
yellow pompom. Poised and
pleasant. And altogether up
and coming and housekeeping.
I rather thought I saw a
twinkling in the eye of Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt" (I've
often noticed a light in the eye
of the real Mrs. RoosevelD.
Yesterday the CLINT was prob
ably a reflection of the sun.
shine.
"Grace Coolidge" regret to
say, looked rather pale. She
wasn't really white, nor was she
yellow.
She wasn't glowing and she
looked past tense. And not half
as pretty as the MRS. Coolidge
who used to live at 1900 Penn
sylvania Ave.
Mrs. wallace, when I asked
If a flower had been named for
her, said she and the Secretary
had decided that the Wallace
family should keep out Of the
chrysanthenaurn garden.
However, ! noticed an ex-
uuisite new lavender pompom
labeled "Ilo." Ilo is the first
name Of the wife of the Secre-
tary of. Agriculture.
A gardener with an artists
eye probably couldn't bear not
to name a flower after as charm
ing a person as Mrs. Wallace.
The "Rexford G. Tugwell''
was q handsome, buoyant fellow
gold tinged with red. (The
touch Of red must have been ac-
cidentaD. And very fringy and
opulent looking.
The single stalk, III. E. Kid.
der" grew one correct gold
blossom. But the H. E. Kidder
family plant bore 800 care-tree
blossoms.
The great naughty chrysan-
themums, grown one to a plant
at the expense Of unborn.
nipped-in-the-bud sisters and
brothers, stood in the center
aisle of the green house.
Elegant Diplomatic and Cabl-
net ladies in their new fall
morning suits admired the big
blossoms extravagantly.
The small chrysanthemums in
the side aisles, blossoming in
happy family groups, received
almost no attention. Happy
family groups are frightfully
bourgeois.
MARY Pickford" was rather
small and unimportant looking.
Not half as grand as a rose.
''Eve LIE Gallienne." And Ger"
tainly not comparable with
'tsmith's Sensation; a strident
snowy thing whose head was big
enough to support a brown
derby.
"The Duchess Of Westmins'
ter" in regal violet, had long,
thin neck. Junior" a big rose
chrysanthemum, must have out
grown his father. Private
James Gresham" was grand
enough in red and gold to be a
Major General. I thought at
first that the yellow Detroit
News was a gardeners protest
against sensational journalism,
until 7 saw the yellow William
Turner"
"Miss Millicent Rogers had
a wellcared-for golden look.
"Miss Sally Pickett" seemed
rather demure and pink. But
7 observed that her head was