The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-04
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Garden Clubs Flower Show
Voted Outstanding Success
(By THEONE LLOYD

key west GdTQen C1IlO lIleIll'
bers brought their most successful
Flower Show to a close last night
at the public library after nearly
1900 visitors and residents had
seen the colorful exhibit. The
show opened Saturday afternoon
Club officers expressed graft
tude to Col. G.. d. Hatfield for the
Marine corps guard which took
part in the program and to Capt.
w +. Jacobs, navy commandant,
for his cooperation. Musicians
from WPA and negro spiritual
singers also helped in making the
program a success.
There were no dollhouse varie-
ties, no greenhouse specimens,
but were taken from yards, vacant
lots, parks and along the beaches.
The library itself looked like a
garden from Arabian Nights with
palm fronds from floor to ceiling
and profusion of color and ar
engagements that was breath
taking.
The tropical blossom display
which was handled by Mrs j. j.
Trevor, Mrs. William r. Warren
and Mrs. Ella Cash, was lavish
with colorS ranging from pastels
to brilliants. Mrs. Trevor'S ginger
plant which grows no place else
in the u. S. won the blue ribbon.
The Thumbergia Grandiflora,
pale blue old fashioned variety,
was admired as much as was the
exotic African Tulip. The Lenten
Tree which blooms only during
Lent was the inspiration of a
poem written by one of the ViSi-
tors
The tropical fruit table pre-
pared by Mrs. Stephen w. Doug
lass and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl John
son included ties (egg fruit,
prickly pear, sugar apple yucca,
malanga "a water lilly, the roots
of which are used as food, mon
sierra delicioca, mastics, sapodilla,
kolamondin, papaya, sour sop,
tamarind coco plums, bread fruit
and which in spite Of
their names and appearance. sur
prisingly all are edible.
The seeds and seed pods gath
cred by Wallace Kirke were of
particular interest to seed grow
ers, and contained over fifty diff
ferent specimens. A couple of
years ago, an owner of northern
seed company was so interested in
the collection that he took the
whole exhibit with him at the
close of the Flower Show.
Two huge banks of ferns ar
ranged by Mrs. Mercedes Taylor
embellished one end of the hall,
between which the roses We're
shown by Mrs. G.. D. Hatfield.
Some beautiful Radiants ranging
in color from a full rose shade to
deep red arranged by Mrs. Lee
Pierce won the blue ribbon.
Table arrangements drew COM
ments of acclamation-especially
from the ladies, for the wealth of
ideas given them-using figurines,
sea fans. and there was one using
an old brass Monaghan hand
warmer with flowers of red, or
ange and yellow and a pair of red
Chinese shears as an interesting
accent Mrs, Joseph B Swain
won blue ribbon with her use 0t
a bursting cocoanut bud, a hand
carved wooden Balinesian wo-
mans head. a scarf of rust color
and a Koa wood tray in shape of
a tropical leaf.
In Miss Eta Pattcrson's display
of garden flowers, there was a
beautiful mass of nasturtiums
from Mrs. Anthony Rubino's
garden. a combination of blood
red carnations and Queen Anue's
lace that was Strikingly attrac-
tive, and many compliments were
paid Mrs. Peter Schutt of TIC
Casa Marina for the patio cat
filled with garden flowers Of
every color with a predominancc
of yellow
a great amount of praise was
given Mrs. u. A Printz and Fred
Johnston for the table set for dcS-
sert course in Old English Manor
style, with the artistic arrange
ment Of fruit in and around the
epergnc. the use Of the candelahca
and Old English silver, the Old
English glass finger bowls each
with its little bouquet, and the
Waterford glassware.
Mrs. Calvin Bentley provided
an engroSSIng table of arrange
mentS using Balinesian influences.
One Of ner groupings emphasized
the BalncStan girl with fruit bas-
ket on her head going 30 market,
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