The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-26

ING E1lAlducA fOFf[Ia 0uOHH SkJO4l-
sored by the Key West Garden
Club opened yesterday afternoon,
first to the judges who awarded
blue, red and white ribbons to va
rious exhibits, and later to the
public. There was an unusually
large attendance, including a
great number of winter visitors to
the city.
There are several changes to be
made in the list of judges publish
ed yesterday. There follows a
corrected and complete list of the
ladies who served as judges for
the affair: Mrs. William A. Har-
shaw, Gates Mills, Ohio: Mrs. Will
liam Bogart, Charleston, S. c.;
Mrs. Edgar NJ. Funkhouser, Roa-
noke, Va: Mrs. Frank B. Rut-
ledge, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs.
Howard NJ. Wade, Charlotte, n.
C.; Mrs. Edith Rhodes Foster,
Beverly, Mass; Mrs. Louis de
Roehemont. Portsmouth. N. H;
Mrs. c. r. Strater, Rye, NeY
York; Mrs. c. Blackburn Miller,
Yonkers, N. Y; and Mrs Anton
Otto Fischer, Shandaken, New
York.
The entire show was a splendid
and brilliant array Of beautiful
things exquisitely arranged
and delightful to see. It would
be almost impossible to select any
particular display as the best of
the Flower Show. It occurs to the
writer that different exhibits ap-
pealed to winter visitors than to
Key Westers Visitors, for ex-
ample, seemed extraordinarily in
terested in the tropical flowers,
the tropical fruits and vegetables
and the seed and seed pods
groups. Key Westers, on the 9TH
or hand. found the cut garden
spring flowers of great interest
This is natural reaction, consid-
ering that tropical plants, etc,
have always grown here and the
people of the city have always ae-
copied them as matter of course.
Garden flowers, however, are
something in the nature of rari-
ty. Naturally. too. visitors would
be interested in the things they
never see elsewhere.
In awarding ribbons, the judges
worked on points. these determin-
ed by the arrangement Of the
flowers, the condition of the
blooms and the originality of the
display. It must have been diff
cult. with so much beauty from
which to choose, TO award these
ribbons.
The building was eharmingly
decorated as 10 background with
long palm fronds hanging from
rafters and forming a ceiling of
green tropical beauty. Shadow
boxes lined the side walls. These
shadow boxes. incidentally, show
ed a great deal of originality in
their preparation, but it must be
said in all fairness that most OF
them were a little too crowded as
to contents for them to show at
their best advantage. This is
borne out when il is known that
the box with a single hibiscus
was awarded the blue ribbon for
that competitive display.
A great deal of credit belongs
10 the ladies who acted as chair
men for the various exhibits.
which were uniformly splendid of
their kind A vote of thanks is
deserved by every one of them.
The tropical flower display was
exquisite. one bloom In particular
attracting much attention because
OF its breathtaking loneliness.
This was the Languas speciosa.
or ginger flower. which was so
perfect in color and form that il
seemed waxen. The cacti table
was unique. beautifully arranged
and even bore the scientific name
of every specimen. This arrang-
ing Of hundreds Of varieties OF
cacti represented an untold
amount Of work. and the display
was indeed well worth the blue
ribbon awarded il.
There We're tables Of specimen
plants with outstanding ex-
amples: a table Of hibiscus beauti-
ftil alike in color and arrange
ment. oleanders IN gorgeous pro-
fusion: bougainvillaea IN a blank
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