Evening star., 1937-04-16
In the Hunt
Country
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

Y vORSES are relegated to the
background today In the hunt
country as the ladies Of Vir-
l. i ginia gather in Alexandria for
the sixth annual narcissus show of the
Garden Club of Virginia. The armory
on South Royal street is a bower OF
beauty. At the door hedges Of green
pine and stone jars and tubs of apple
and cherry bloom and forsythia meet
the eye. The pines are arranged high
on the walls above a black covering,
making a spectacular background for
tables and stands of yellow and white
are long tables and tiers covered with
blue, on which are displayed yellow
and white flowers in black and white
vases.
The collection of several hundred va
rieties includes everything from small
blooms suitable for rock gardens to
great trumpets measuring from to S
inches across. One of the most fa-
nous, which always attracts an audi
ence, is the Mrs. Backhus, the only
pink variety.
The ladies from the horse country
can think of nothing but flowers to-
day. They have picked their finest
pete with flowers from all over Vir-
ginia and an exhibit flown from the
Oregon Bulb Garden that is arousing
a great deal of interest among Eastern
growers.
Alexandria's narcissus show is recog-
nized by the Royal Horticultural So
ciety of England as one of the most
important of all narcissus exhibits.
The American Horticultural Society
meeting in Washington voted to
change dates Of annual meetings to CO.
incide with those Of the narcissus
show, so that its members, numbering
some of the most enthusiastic garden
ers Of the country can be present.
Mrs. Floyd Harris of Aldie, Va,
director of the American Horticul-
ture Society, has been in Alexandria
for several days, staying with Mrs.
Gardner Boothe. The judges arrived
in town last night and were enter
tanned by Mrs. Boothe at luncheon
today. Among the judges are Miss
Rose Greeley of Washington, daugh-
ter of the late Horace Greeley; Mrs.
McCook Knox of Washington, Mrs.
John Ihlder of Georgetown, Mrs.
Edwin Powell of Rockville, Md, Mrs.
Crowninshield of Wilmington, Del;
Mrs. Peckham of New York and form
er president of Federated Clubs, Mrs.
Love of Michigan and Mrs. Sharpe of
Chambersburg, Pa.
Other ladies in Alexandria for the
show are Mrs, Lewis Larus of Rich
mond, Mrs. Joseph Walker of Orange,
Va, Miss Martha Harris, Mrs. Fairfax
Harrison, Mrs. William Massey and
Mrs. Daniel C. Sands, president of the
Garden Clubs of Virginia.
VIRGINIA women have worked hard
to make this the most beautiful
of the narcissus shows. All of the ex-
hibitS are lovely. Mrs. John Reid of
Chatham, Va, who received the sweep
stakes cup last year, stand an excel
lent chance of winning it again. Her
John Evalyn blooms with white per-
anth and crown of lemon yellow are
magnificent.
Among others seen arranging
flowers at the armory last night were
Mrs. Tom Cochran, Mrs John Scott,
Mrs. Frank billiard, Miss Evelyn, Dill
lard, Mrs. Gardner Boothe, Mrs. Will
kam c. Seipp, Mrs. William Rust, Mrs
Tm1~Ss Fandle and many Others
Mrs snitz Gauze of Wilmington gave
a luncheon today at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Douglas in Alexandria
for nembers of the Valley Garden
Club ~ Chestery County, Pa, and
friends nom Middleburg and Upper
vile.
The Fairfax Hunt Annual Horse
Show will be held tomorrow at the
Fairfax Horse Show Grounds, Fair
fax Court House, Va, on the Lee
highway, starting at 10 am.