Evening star., 1939-05-20
BY FRANCESCA MCKINNEY.

The annual rose and peony show
Of the Woodbridge Garden Club will
be held on Monday in the Sherwood
Presbyterian Sunday School Build
ing, Twenty-second street and
Rhode Island avenue NE. The
building will be open to receive ex-
hibits from until $50 o'clock
and judging will start promptly at
7 o'clock. Visitors are invited to
see the display between and 1C
o'clock that evening. The public
Is invited to exhibit, and any pros
pective exhibitors may secure sched-
ules in advance.
Chairman of the show is A. P
Holman. 1716 Evarts street NE
and the vice chairman is A. G.
Davis, 1905 Twenty-fourth street
NE.
Among the number of awards is
the Michel Silver Medal to the ex-
hibitor having the highest number
of points. A silver certificate from
the American Rose Society will be
awarded to the winner of the best
rose in the show. American Rose
Society's bronze certificate will be
given to the exhibitor having second
highest number of points.
A one-year membership to the
Potomac Rose Society will be award
ed to exhibitor having best ar
rangement in the show. A vase will
be awarded to the high point Win
ner in the peony classes and a
flower holder to the exhibitor hav-
ing the best peony in the show.
The judges will be Niels J. Hansen,
roses: Mrs. LomaX Tayloe, arrange
ments, and H. r. Watkins, peonies.
The Hyattsville Horticultural So
ciety will hold its annual spring
flower show in the Pinkney Me-
mortal Hall on Monday and Tues
day. Exhibitors are requested to
have their entries in place by
o'clock Monday evening. The pub
lie is invited to exhibit as we'll as
view the show. Iris and roses are
the featured flowers.
L. L. Powers will present a garden
travelogue in colors at the Nav
meeting Of the society, which will
be held in the Riverdale School,
house, Riverdale, Md, on Thursday
evening.
On Monday evening at 8 O'Clock
the members of the Takoma Horti-
cultural Club will hold their May
meeting in the Takoma Branch of
the Public Library, when DR.. S. L.
Emsweller will give a lecture on
Culture, Varieties and Diseases of
Lilies"
On Wednesday and Thursday the
clubs peony show will be held in the
Takoma Branch of the Public Lii
brary, Fifth and Cedar streets. All
entries should be in place by 7
o'clock Wednesday evening. The
building will also house the rose
show on Thursday and Friday. The
rose entries should be in place by 7
o'clock Thursday evening. Exhibits
are invited
Annual plant exchange sale held
by the Takoma Horticultural Club
will be held at the home of Mrs,
Henry E. Ewing, 228 Willow ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md, chairman of
the sale, on Saturday, May 81, from
8 in the morning until 8 o'clock in
the evening.
Members Of the Exchange Com
mittee include Mrs. Albert F. Lingle,
vice chairman; Mrs. Ivan H. Rich
mond, Mrs. Joseph Sazama, Miss
Mae Simpson and Miss Agnes Carle-
ton.
Bethesda Community Garden
Club members will hold their Nav
meeting on Wednesday at lo:3O
o'clock in the morning at the Bat
terry Park Clubhouse. A plant ex-
change and display OF garden CAD
gets will be followed by a talk on
Modern Garden Roses" by James
A. Gamble of the Potomac Rose
Society. Hostesses for the day will
include Mrs. L. E. Luce, chairman
Mrs. John Ball, Mrs. M. A, Martin
Mrs. Thomas G. Hill, Mrs. Herbert
Lincoln and Mrs. Bailey.
Second annual flower show OF
the garden section of the Belle
Haven Women's Club, 2 Edgehill
drive. will be held on Wednesday
from 2 until 8 o'clock. Admission
viii be freA