Evening star., 1938-06-11
Garden Club
Activities
Listed
Famous Japanese
Iris on Display
This Week End.
. BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

BY fhANCESCA MchENNE1.
DR. J. B. S. NORTON, 81 Columbia
avenue, Hyattsville, Md, men,
Der of the horticultural Department
of the University of Maryland, will
open his garden to the public this aft
ernoon and tomorrow. The garden will
also be open on the afternoons OF Sat-
urday, June Is. and Sunday, June 10.
This garden is famous for its Japanese
iris and day lilies. Among other
things there are 400 clumps of Japa-
nese iris in bloom that have been
grown by DR.. Norton from seeds that
he imported from Japan. ..
The Chevy Chase D. c. Garden Club.
will hold their last meeting of the year
at the home of Mrs. Mark Lansburgh,
Bill Idaho avenue, NV. on Monday at
/ O'Clock. A resume of the club activi-
ties will be outlined by Mrs. Lawrence
Voorhees,. also the election of officers.
The hostess will be assisted by Mrs. E
B. Woodruff, Mrs. Frederick H. Un-
tiedt and Mrs. Eugene E. Thompson.
All members are urged TO be present.
The members of the Riverdale
Heights Garden Club met on Friday,
June 8, at the home of Mrs. Harry
Mitchell, when Mrs. Clova G. Rogers
acted as hostess. 1t was the fifth an
niversary of the club. and for the
occasion Mrs. Ethel Van Vie made
and donated a birthday cake. The
blowing out of the five pink candles
was done by Mrs Embert lie Lacheur,
who has been the clubs president dur
ing its existence.
Mr.. Albert Krewatch of Maryland
University gave an interesting illustrat-
ed talk entitled How to Light Up Your
Garden" The club Is now making
preparations for its fall show, which
September. The club also is proud to
announce that again three members
competed in the Hyattsville Flower
Show. which was held recently, and
came away with several blue ribbons.
The winners were Mrs. Clova G. Rog-
ers, Mrs. Harry F. Mitchell and Mrs.
Henry Crosswhite.
The members of the Potomac Rose
Society will meet on Thursday at the
Y. w. c. A., Seventeenth and K
streets NV, at o'clock in the
evening.
The members of the Garden Club
| of Chevy Chase, Md, held their
meeting on Wednesday. June /. at
Wood-end, the home of Mrs. Ches-
ter Wells, on the Jones Mill road. A
very successful exhibit of flower ar
rangements was staged in the various
rooms. The judges were Mrs. Theo-
dore Coe, Mrs. Mortimer Stabler and
Mrs. Ikko Greger.
There weer six classes. The first
containers for low table" The
awards were won by Mrs. Theodore
Knappen. Mrs r. M. Kaufman,
Mrs. Herbert Moffitt and Mrs. Parker
Dodge. The awards for the second
class Flowers in glass or pottery
containers, space allowed, Is inches, "
were presented to Mrs. Whitman
| Gross, Mrs. Arthur Sturgis, Mrs. John
Vance and Mrs. R. M. Kaufman.
"Mantel arrangements in a pair Of
containers" for which awards were
given to Mrs. Robert Ash Mrs. w. A..
Gait. Mrs. Whitman Cross and Mrs.
F. H. Shultz. The fourth class
awards. Breakfast tray arrange
ments," were won by Mrs. v. L. Eli
colt, Mrs. Alfred Fowler, Mrs. Robert
Ash and Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin.
Mrs. Parker Dodge. Mrs. Kellogg
and Mrs. Joseph c. Green won the
awards for the fifth class. Dish gar
dens. dinner plate size" The last
class, Miniatures. not to exceed 4
inches" was exceptionally lovely and
the awards were presented to Mrs.
Robert Fleming, Mrs Conway Coe
| and Mrs. r. F. Jackson.
The chairman in charge of the
Committee on Arrangements was Mrs.
Richard Fay jackson, who was as
sisted by Mrs. Robert Fleming, Mrs.
Alfred Fowler. Mrs. F. H. Shultz,
Mrs. Arthur sturgis and Mrs. Parker
Dodge.