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man Of the show, assisted by the fol-
lowing:
Mrs. William +. Rust, selecting
Judges.
Judges luncheon.
Miss Christine Wildman, exhib-
itors' luncheon, to be held at the
home Of Mrs. Robert s. Pickens.
Mrs. David N. Rust, prizes.
Mrs. Talbot Pierce and Miss Flea
nor Chamberlain, specimen exhibits.
Mrs. T. M. Fendall, staging east
wing.
Miss Mary Metzgar, staging west
wing.
Mrs. Grace Brooks Popkins, pub
ncity.
Mrs. Edwin G. Rust, entries.
Mrs. Peyton Craighill and Mrs.
w. o. Bailey, refreshments.
Onicers Of the Leesburg Garden
Club are Miss Mary Metzgar, presi-
dent; Mrs. T. M. Fendall, first vice
president; Mrs. E. B. White, second
vice president; Mrs. Frank Saunders,
recording secretary; Miss Christine
Wildman, corresponding secretary,
and Mrs. Francis Patton, treasurer.
Flower arrangements in the show
will be done with careful consid-
Grafton of the gracious rooms in
Belmont in which they will be ex-
hibited. and every attempt will be
made to render them entirely ap-
propriate as well as beautiful.
The Maryland Gladiolus Society
and the Blue Ridge Gladiolus Society
will cooperate in holding the
Maryland State Gladiolus Exposi-
ton at Hagerstown, Md, on August
10-11, 1940 Plans are being made
to make this the greatest gladiolus
show ever held in this territory,
and, as there are at least 10 gladiolus
societies located within $50 miles of
Hagerstown, the attendance should
be very large.
The show will be held in the
Hagerstown Armory, where special
provisions are being made for
displays by commercial growers.
Glasses will be provided for all types
of exhibitors, including novices, ad-
vanced amateurs and even children.
The seeding division will stress
many new varieties undergoing tests
in the Maryland Gladiolus Society
trial garden. In addition to the
usual ribbons, prizes, special
trophies and medals will be pre-
sented to winners In the various
classes.
Further information about the
show may be obtained from Will
liam G. Herridge. Route No. 8,
Hagerstown. or H. v. Wright. Edge
wood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md.
An unusual rose festival Is being
planned by the Trowel Club in be-
half Of the American Horticultural
Society on Saturday, June l, from 3
to 9 pm. Other garden clubs. affil-
lated with the national society will
assist in the festival, which is to
be held in the grounds of Mrs. Bene-
dicta Regenstein's residence at 1850
Tunlaw road. Chief among the dis
plays will be the superb rose gar
dens, and the grounds will be illumi-
mated after dusk.
The Trowel Club will offer many
other interesting displays, including
exhibits Of flower arrangements,
specimen blooms, gardening man
uals and tools. There will be re-
freshment booths for visitors at the
festival, which may be reached by
following New Mexico avenue,
which becomes Tunlaw road at Gar
field street, west of Mount Alto
Hospital. The grounds may also be
approached by turning west from
Wisconsin avenue et Calvert street.
On June S the Bethesda Com
munity Garden Club will hold its
annual flower show In Battery Park
Clubhouse, from 3 to S in the after
noon, and from Z to . in the evening.
Members of the community are
cordially invited to attend.
An iris show will be held by the
Takoma Horticultural Club under
the auspices Of the American Iris
Society at the Takoma School Audi
torium, Dahlia street and Piney
Branch road. The show will be
open to the public without charge,
from pm, May IS, through May
26, until 10 pm. Silver. and bronze
medals will be given the winners
OF the most points and any one,
whether q member of . garden club
or not. may enter an exhibit. Flow
ers other than iris will also be on
display.
Miss Margaret Lancaster is chair
man Of the show, and other MEM
bers Of the committee include Josiah
Bridge, G. g. Carr, Miss Maud
Gunther,s Mrs. Arthur p. Harrison,
Miss g. Hendricks, Mrs. Lewis A..
Hurst, Mrs. Roy Jones, Mrs. H. A.
Mariner, Clarence Moore, Guy A..
Peterson, Mrs. Ivan Richmond, A.
Somerville, DR.. William Stuart,
q. g. Sward, and w. T. Simmons,
Judges for the show will include
DR.. Howard Watkins, and J. Marion
Shul for the Iris, and Mrs. Guy
Whitman Ieadbetter for other
flowers.
/ The clubs annual exchange sale
will be held Saturday May Is. from
8 am. to Z pm, at the home Of the
chairman, Mrs. H. +. Ewing, 22S
Willow Avenue, Takoma. The ex-
change Il open to every one, and
many exceptional plant and bulb
bargains may be secured.
All Saints Church. 1T Chevy Chase