Evening star., 1940-09-14
Shows and
Scheduled
Clubs and Societies
List. Many Events
AS Season Closes
By BETSY CASWELL.

BY BETSY CASNELL.
Saturday, September 81, will wit
ness the opening of the fifth an
nual dahlia show of the National
Capital Dahlia Society, to be held
this year in the west ballroom OF
the Shoreham Hotel. Each year the
show has increased in beauty and
size and the 1910 show promises to
be one of Washington leading floral
events of the autumn season.
The dahlia is a flower which is
bound to please every one with its
variety of color, size and form. Pure
colorS and beautiful combinations
and blends of nearly all colors of
the rainbow are found in this beau
tiful flower which ranges in size
from the tiny poms of about one
inch across to the great giants of
II to Is inches. The form varies
from the almost perfect balls through
the stately formalS and shaggy in
formals to the tightly quilted cactus
type. Surely ones taste can be sat-
isfied with such a variety to select
from.
In all dahlia shows the large
flowered variety are predominant
and when gathered together by the
hundreds and displayed in well
arranged showroom they present
truly magnificent spectacle.
Being a regional affair exhibitors
within a radius of several hundred
miles are attracted to the show,
bringing with them flowers grown
both in the open and under the
protection of cloth houses.
The show will open for entries at
7 am. on Saturday, September 81.
and the closing time will be at l
pm, sharp, at which time judging
will begin The show will be open
to the public from pm. until 10
pm. Saturday and from 1890 am.
until 10 pm. on Sunday
Included in the schedule are 370
classes for dahlias and, III addition
33 classes for arrangements and
other flowers. The other flowers
classes include five classes for speci-
men roses. A unique feature of the
show is the practice of establishing
sections of classes according to the
number of plants grown by eXhibi-
tors. In this way the small grower
competeS against the small grower
and the large grower against the
large grower. In addition, a Sec
ton has been included for novice
growers of less than 100 plants who
have never won a dahlia award at
any dahlia show. There is also a
class in which garden clubs may
enter arrangements not to exceed
"a inches in the name of the club.
The society has been particularly
fortunate in obtaining Dorothy Bid
die, the author of numerous books
and articles on flower arrangements,
as judge of the flower arrangement
classes.
AS reward for their efforts win
nerS of sweepstakes awards and of
particular class awards will be
presented with suitable trophies,
about As of which have been pre-
sented to the society for such dis
tribution.
The garden section of the Takoma
Park Women's Club will hold it's
monthly meeting at $50 Monday
morning, September 16, at the home
of Mrs, George E. Davis, 905 Noyes
drive, Silver Spring. Md. The sub
ject of rock gardening will be dis
cussed and the speaker for the
meeting will be PATSY" of West
minister, Md.
Many local gardeners will be in
terested in attending the annual
meetings of the turf section of
the United States Golf Association
scheduled for Monday and Tuesday,
September 16 and II, at Arlington
Experimental Farm. Gardeners in
terested in better lawns are invited
to attend the meetings, at which
the results of experimental work will
be discussed. Monday afternoon,
from $3.50 to O'Clock, visits will
be made to various points in the
National Capital parks to see the
experimental work under way there.
In case of rain, the meetings will
be held at the Hamilton Hotel, 14th
and K streets NV.
Do you know that a rose now
showing traces of color should be
just about right for the fall rose
show? Fourteen days from the first
showing of color to fully opened
flower seems like long time This
fact. which was recently called to
the attention of w. H. Youngman,
president OF the Potomac Rose
Society, has been supstantiated by
local rosarians.
Of course, the weather between
now and September %, the date
when entries are to be made for
the show, will have much to do with
the actual opening of the flowers.
Cool, rainy weather retards bloom,
while hot, dry weather accelerates
their opening.
A rose now showing color should,
with normal weather, be about one
half open at the time of the show.
This is the desirable stage for ex-
hibition roses.
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