Evening star., 1941-06-05
Mrs. Charles 6. Ross
Wins Chevy Chase
Flower Show Award
Receives Honors for
Best Specimen Bloom
With Delphinium sproy

HonorS for the best specimen
! bloom in the flower show which the
Chevy Chase Md Garden Club
held yesterday in All Saints Church,
Chevy Chase, went to Mrs. Charles
G. Ross for her exhibit of one spray
of delphinium.
The delphinium was one of the
Pacific hybrids of an unnamed
variety and was grown from seed
by Mrs. Ross in her garden in
Kenwood, Md. Mrs. Ross also re-
ceived the blue ribbon given by the
Maryland Federation of Garden
| Clubs.
Mrs. c. E. Ross took first honors
for the greatest number of blue and
red ribbons in the show and second
and third honors went to Mrs. Whit
man Cross and Mrs. P. G.. Nutting
The blue ribbon for the best ex-
hibit in the miniature class went to
Mrs. Hartley H. T. jackson and the
clubs silver bowl for the best award
in the niche class was awarded to
Mrs. Parker Dodge.
Mrs. Arthur Presmont received
first honors in the arrangement
class for her showing of blush pink
roses in a turquoise color bowl
Special attention was given by
the hundreds of flower lovers who
attended the show to Mrs. William
Stephens Corby's exhibit of a Chi
neSe precious box" in which she
showed tiny bouquets in small jade
containers. The box also held sew
eral interesting Chinese ornaments.
The following awards were made:
Roses.
Teas and hybrid teas-Pink, first,
Goodman; third, F. P. Wilcox;
white, second, Mrs. Wilcox; red,
first, Mrs. Homer Hendricks; sec
ond, Mrs. Wilcox; yellow, first, Mrs.
A. K. Goodman; second, Mrs. Her
bert Moffitt; pink named, first, Mrs.
Alfred Fowler; second, Mrs. John
Dunlop; third, Mrs. Donald Deveau;
white named, Mrs. Wilcox, second;
red named, first, Mrs. Deveau; sec
ond, Mrs. Wilcox; third, Mrs. Good
man; yellow named, first, Mrs.
Goodman; second, Mrs. Stanley
Young; third, Mrs. Deveau; bicolor
named, first, Mrs. Benedicta Regen-
stein; second, Mrs. c. E. Ross;
third, Mrs. Wilcox.
Hybrid perpetuals-White, first,
Mrs. Arthur Sturgis.
Clir,o Dj,,E fret NErc Whit
man Gross; white, first, Mrs. Joseph
c. Green; second, Mrs. Regenstein;
red, first, Mrs. Lester Wilson; sec
ond, Mrs. Whitman Cross; third,
Mrs. T L. w. Bailey; yellow, first,
Mrs. Cross; second, Mrs. T. L. w.
Bailey.
Polyanthus.
Pink, first, Mrs. Cross; second,
Mrs. L. E. Vorhees; third, Mrs.
Robert Ash. Red, first, Mrs. Cross;
second, Mrs. Ross. Any color, first,
Mrs. Cross; second, Mrs. Stanley
Young; third, Mrs Wilcox.
Single Roses.
Any color, first, Mrs. Herbert Hall;
second, Mrs. James S. Boyd; third,
Mrs. Cross.
Dutch-Named. first, Mrs. Ross;
unnamed, first, Mrs. Ross.
Species.
Any color, first, Mrs. Regenstein;
second, Mrs. Ross; third, Mrs.
Hartley T. jackson.
Peonies.
White, second, Mrs. Leason
Adams; third, Mrs. Regenstein.
Pink, first, Mrs. Adams; second, Mrs.
G. w. Dunlop; third, Mrs. Ross.
Lilies.
Named variety, first, Mrs. Ross;
second, Mrs. Jackson.
Hemerocallis.
Unnamed, first, Mrs. Voorhees,;
second, Mrs. Ross; third, Mrs.
Robert Ash.
PerenniaIs.
Anchusa, first. Mrs. Ross. Cam
panula, first, Mrs. Ross; second,
Mrs. P. G. Nutting; third, Mrs.
Chester Wells. Columbine, first,
Mrs. Oswald Schreiner; second
Mrs. Cross; third, Mrs. Ross. Core
opSis, first, Mrs. Ross; second, Mrs.
Nutting; third, Mrs. Robert Ash.
Dianthus, first, Mrs. F. H. Untiedt;
second, Mrs. Nutting; third, Mrs.
Wilcox. Delphinium, first, Mrs.
Ross; second, Mrs. Cross; third
Mrs. Arthur PreSsmont. Gallardia,
first, Mrs. E. NJ Bunting. no second;
third, Mrs. E. A. Clark. Heuchera,
first, Mrs. Chester Wells; second
Mrs. Joseph G. Green; third, Mrs.