Evening star., 1938-09-12
.LEESBURG SHOW
TO AID HOSPITAL
Flowers to Be Exhibited at
Library and Nearby
Colonial Estate.
Bv JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

DIV JLSSlL AN Al>S.
The women of the Leesburg (Va)
Garden Club will hold their annual
flower show in that historic town next
Saturday to raise funds for main
tenance of the Loudoun County Hos
pital grounds and vegetable gardens.
The floral displays will be exhibited
1T the Balch Memorial Library in
Leesburg and at nearby Selma,
Colonial estate Of Mrs. E. B. White
from 2:3o pm. to $50 pm. Price
of admission will be so cents for
adults and Is cents for children.
Refreshments will be on sale at the
library.
The Leesburg Garden Club, in re-
atty, Is glcrif1ed social register
Of descendants Of virginia's historic
families, supplemented by several
newcomers Its president is Mrs
Frank Osburn of Leesburg. Miss
Florence G. Manning Of Paenonian
Springs is chairman Of sthe flower
show and Mrs. Robert H. Fletcher,
Leesburg is co-chairman.
Among the active members Of the
club who own summer homes near
Leesburg and spend their winters in
Washington are Mrs. Patrick ]. Hur-
ley, Mrs. Charles Stanley White and
Mrs. Pere A. Wilmer.
Mrs. Hurley's estate. Belmont, was a
part of the holdings Of Thomas Lud-
well Lee and his son, Francis Light
foot Lee, for whom Leesburg was
named.
All the flower classes listed in the
garden show except two are open to
any amateur flower grower. Only one
entry by single exhibitor is allowed
in each class, however. Ribbons and
prizes will be awarded for best en-
tries in each class and a sweepstakes
prize for the highest number OF points
scored.
One Of the two classes excepted is
for interclub competition. open to az
Virginia clubs. 1t provides for an
arrangement of still life against any
background. but container, flowers and
accessories must be white. The prize
Is a silver bowl, the gift Of Pere Will
mer
The other class closed to outside
amateur growers is restricted to Lees
burg Garden Club members. Its de-
tail calls for flower design for a
Dresden china plate worked out in
real flowers, inserted in slits in a
paper plate.
Judges for all classes in the show
include Mrs. Theodore Coe and Mrs.
Daniel Bruce Moffett of Washington,
Mrs. John Small of Laytonsville, Md;
Mrs. D. c. Sands of Mddleburg, Va;
Mrs. Henry Fairfax and Miss Martha
Harris Of Aldie, Va; Mrs. Philip Boyd
and Mrs. James Reardon of Winches-
ter, Va, and Mrs. Gardiner L. Boothe
and Mrs. Frank M. billiard of Alex
andria.
Some Of the clubs already entered in
the interclub class are Fauquier and
Loudoun, Alexandria, Winchester and
Clarke, Fairfax, Old Frederick Town
OF Winchester, Warrenton, Manassas,
Purcellville and Leesburg.
Interesting competitive displays to
be shown include those featuring
flower arrangement for a luncheon
DAA6O cdOAe cct, O1lc All III antique
pitcher, another in an old stone jar
and another for = forma, dinner
centerpiece.
Many Of Leesburg's and Loudoun
County's commercial firms are donat-
ing handsome and interesting prizes,
In addition to furnishing lumber for
the exhibition tables and labor The
hrm Of Small & Son of Washington
Is sending display of garden fur
niture, containers, stakes and garden
gadgets.
Mrs. Florence Manning is present.
Ing silver cup in the rose collec-
ton class in memory of her father
the late George Manning, who was
long identified with business inter.
ests in Washington.
Among those serving as committee
ehairmen for the event are Miss
Eleanor M. Chamberlain Of Clifton,