Evening star., 1941-05-18
Col. Bush Awarded
Iris Society Medal
Al Takoma Show
|. H. Richmond Wins
Second Honors;; Exhibit
Ends at 6 PM. Today

1t. Col. George P. Bush, U. S
A., of Alta Vista, Md, was awarded
the silver medal of the American
Iris Society for winning the high
est number of points in the iris
classes in the twenty-f1fth annual
iris show of the Takoma Horticul-
tural Club which opened yesterday
afternoon and closes at pm. today
In the auditorium of the Takoma
Cd. c. School. Piney Branch road
and Dahlia street NV. Col. Bush
scored 81 points.
Runnerup was Ivan H. Rich
mond of Silver Spring, Md, with
49 points, who won the society s
bronze medal
A silver cup was awarded to L.
F. Schott of Rockville, Md, for
scoring the highest number of
points, 27. in the specimen classes.
Mr.. Richmond also took first hon.
ors for exhibiting the best iris in
the show, with his San Francisco, y
of the plicata type; Oliver E. Sweet
won second place with a yellow self
California Gold" and Harold j.
Clay, third with Shah Jehan," a
bi-color iris.
Winners Are Listed.
Malcolm Ross won the clubs pos
ter contest. Doris Temple was
second and Robert Burk, third. All
are pupils of the Takoma Public
School.
The judges of the show were: Iris,
Howard r. Watkins, Somerset, Nd,
secretary of the society, and J. Ma
rion Shull of Chevy Chase, Md;
arrangements, Mrs. Lomax Taylor,
Vienna, Va, and Harold ]. Clay,
Woodbridge, D. c.; other flowers, DR..
L. j. Norton, Hyattsville, Md; pos
ters, Mrs. Arthur P. Harrison and
Wilbur H. Youngman.
The winners in the various classes
were as follows:
Collection of 100 or more named
varieties, Col. Bush; collection of Is
named varieties, Mr.. Richmond: COL
lection of II varieties, Mrs. William
H. Parsons.
Specimen classes, white, Oliver E.
Sweet, Col. Bush; pink, Mr. Schott,
Mr.. Richmond, Col. Bush; lavender,
Wilbur H. Youngman, Mr.. Schott,
Francis Scofleld; dark blue. red
purple or blue-purple, Mr.. Schott.
Mr.. Sweet. Raymond j. Crowley;
red, Mr.. Richmond, Mr.. Schott and
Col. Bush; yellow, Mr.. Sweet, Mr..
Clay and Mr.. Richmond.
Blends, standards and falls alike,
Mr.. Youngman; standards and falls
different, Mr.. Schott, Mr.. Young
man and Mr.. Scof1eld.
Plicatas, Mr.. Richmond, Mr..
Sweet.
Bi-colors, white, light blue or law
ender, Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Schott and Col.
Bush; dark blue or purple, Mr..
Sweet, Mr.. Schott and Mr.. Crow
ley; yellow or bronze, Mr.. Sweet,
Col. Bush and Mrs. Howard L.
Knight.
Irises, other than bearded, sibirica,
Mrs. May P. Cole, Elaine Clark;
other irises, Mr.. Scof1eld.
Special Arrangements.
Arrangements, not more than 10
stalks of bearded irises with foliage,
In vase 18 inches or over in height,
Col. Bush, Mrs. r. H. Fielder; not
more than 10 stalks in vase under
18 inches, Col Bush; not more than
10 stalks of bearded irises with other
flowers or foliage in container IL
inches or over in height, Col. Bush,
Mrs. Fielder and Mrs. M. K. Mack
net; not more than 10 stalks in con-
tainer under IS inches in height, Col.
Bush: beardless irises, Is stalks or
less, with or without other flowers
or foliage, in basket or vase II inches
or under in height, Mr.. Richmond.
Arrangements, other than in iris
classes, spring flowers, suitable for
informal luncheon table, Mrs. Par
sons. Col. Bush and Mrs. Fielder;
white flowers or white Towering
shrubs in black bowl, Mrs. Parsons;
miniature container, 3 inches or
less in height, Col. Bush, Dorothy
Cole and Mrs. Fielder; miniature
container, 3 to 5 inches in height,
Mrs. Fielder, Col Bush and Mrs.
Parsons.
Specimens, Towering shrubs, Mrs.
Parsons, Mrs. Fielder and Mrs.
Knight: columbine, Mrs. Scofeld,
Col. Bush; pansies, Mr.. Crowley,
Mrs. Macknet; other flowers, Col.
Bush, Mrs. Scofield and Mrs, Mack
net.
Non-competitive iris breeders,
Winn T. Simmons.
Arrangements by children not over
IL years old, vase, Dale Macknet,
Lavenne Macknet; basket, Elaine
Clark; miniatures, not over inches
nor less than inches, Ann Sullivan,
Lavenne Macknet and Dale Mack
net; miniatures, not over inches,
Jane Richmond.
The members of the Show Com
mittee included Mr.. Youngman,
chairman: c. M. Purves, vice chair
man; Clarence G. Carr, Douglas P.
Clark, James P. Cope, James P. Fled
Ter, Mrs. Arthur P. Harrison, Lewis
A. Hurst, Gilbert I. jackson, Mrs.
Roy c. Jones, Miss Margaret Lam
caster, DR.. F. L. Lewton, H. A.
Mariner, Mrs. Clarence w. Moore,
Stephen A. Moore. Mrs. w. H. Par
sons, Mrs. I. H. Richmond, John G..
Steinle, Earl A. Stoup, Ray T. Wat
kinS.