Evening star., 1936-06-06
WYNN AND PUTKI
GARDENS TOP LIST
Several Years Domination
in Wesley Heights Con.
test Is Maintained.

The domination of two especially
well executed gardens, which for the
last several years have been out
standing in the annual Wesley
Heights, Spring Valley, Westerle1gh
Garden Contest, remained in force
last week as the twelfth yearly COM
petition ended.
Leading the list of nearly 500
gardens which annually are judged
in this contest, sponsored by w. c. &
A. N. Miller, developers of the three
communities, were those of Mrs. F..
S. Wynn at 2818 Forty-fourth street,
with a point score of 81 and DR.. and
Mrs. Paul S. PutZki, at 4524 Garfield
street, with &C. Both gardens are in
Wesley Heights. These two gardens
captured first and second prizes, re-
spectively, in the professional class.
as well as the highest point scores
awarded any garden in the three
classes judged
The three judges, chosen for the
occasion by Granville Guide, florist.
were Henry Holman, landscape and
nursery expert of Kingsville Nurseries,
Kingsville, Md; Julian j. Chisholm,
well-known garden and landscape
expert of Garrett Park, Md, and
David Cox Fahey of Hyattsville. Md,
landscape expert employed by the Fed
eral Government.
Standard Ratings Used
All gardens were judged under Ma
tional Flower Association regulations
and scored according to these standard
ratings. Points were awarded on the
basis of 100 possible points. The
gardens were divided into profess
sional, amateur and small garden
classes, with three rankings named
in each class.
Both the Wynn and PutZki gardens
were developed by professionals, John
Small. Sd, designing the Wynn spot
and Rose Greeley doing the work on
the PutZki layout. These two gardens
won first and second last year, and
have placed we'll at the top through
out the competitions since their in
stallation.
Third place in the professional
class went to the garden of Dr. Howard
F. Kane at 4941 Glenbrook road
Spring Valley, scoring 1913 points,
This garden, designed by Joseph c.
Gardner, won especial praise from the
judges for the simple and dignifed
planting, which has given beautiful
effect in a comparatively new garden
Incidently the Kane garden was the
only place-winner in the entire COM
petition from outside the older sec
ton of Wesley Heights.
Amateur Ratings.
First place in the amateur class
went to the garden of Dr. and Mrs
G. w. Leadbetter. at 4437 Cathedral
avenue, Wesley Heights, with 81
points.
Second amateur ranking went tC
the garden of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
A. Gawler at 4344 Hawthorne street
Wesley Heights, with go points, while
the garden developed by Mrs. Her.
bert A. Howell at BIB Forty-fiftt
street, Wesley Heights won third place
with 81 points. Mrs. Howell wor
first prize in this class last year.
In the small garden class, a new
addition to the contest, installed ir
fairness to the many owners of small
plots, which cannot in fairness COM
pete with the large Handicapped de-
velopments, the garden of l.. r. Col
burn, at 4441 Klingle street, Wesley
Heights, was first with 8212 points;
that of Mrs. Percy E. Sackett at BOIL
Foxhan road, was second with 81 a
points, while the garden of MIR. and
Mrs. John E. Bentley at 4529 Lowell
street was third with 1929 points.