Evening star., 1945-05-20
Local Group
Activities

"Iris-Culture and Most De-
sirable Varieties" will be the
subject DR.. Howard r. Watkins
will discuss at the meeting OF the
Bethesda Community Garden
Club at 10:30 o'clock on Wednes-
day morning at the Battery Park
Clubhouse. DR.. Watkins lives at
800 Cumberland avenue, Somer-
set, and his iris gardens contain
over 1000 plants. He will bring
some Of the blooms to the meet
ing to use in connection with his
talk.
DR.. Watkins is chemist by
profession, but is a nationally
known iris fancier and hybridizer.
At present he is secretary of the
American Iris Society.
Bethesda, Chevy Chase and
Somerset are fortunate in having
SO many nationally known au-
thorities on flower growing, and
the speakers for the Bethesda
Garden Club during this season
have been from this area. Mem
bers of the club have been in
vited to visit DR.. Whitman Cross
gardens and those of DR.. Wat
kins.
Mrs. A. r. Cole is chairman
Of the luncheon committee. She
will be assisted by Mrs. Frank
Bennett, Mrs. Nathan Blum,
Mrs. John Fox and Mrs. Robert
H. Menzel.
The All Rose Show to be held
at the Bethesda Elementary
School on Sunday, May 27, from
3 to 9 pm. Is attracting exhib-
itors from all sections of Wash
ington. The committee chairmen
have been working hard to make
this show the finest thing of it's
kind to be held this year. What
to wear in the garden" will be
featured by Jelleff's. Stocks
Nursery is planning a display OF
landscaping, including growing
shrubbery and blooming plants
arranged down the center aisle.
Other commercial exhibits and
fine educational displays will add
to the show.
Mrs. Robert Ash Is in charge
OF the staging. Other commit
tee chairmen include Mrs. Ar.
mold Burr, general chairman;
Mr.. j. Preston Swecker, CO.
chairman; Mrs. Edward Mat
teossian, secretary; Mrs. Alfred
r. Golze, artistic arrangements;
Mr.. j. Preston Swecker, awards
and judging; Mr.. Niels j. Han
sen, classification; Mrs. Ralph T.
Brengle and Mr.. Irwin N. Hoff-
man, commercial exhibits; Mrs.
Custis G. Mead. entry, assisted
by Miss Ruth Hitchcock; Maj.
Ray K. Windham, finance; Mrs.
Robert E. Kline, jr., hospitality
and information; Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph MARITIME and Mrs. Donald
E. McHenry, property; Mrs.
George D. Mock, publicity; Mrs.
George Smith, scoring and tabu-
lation; Mrs. Charles F. Kunkel,
Red Gross; Mrs. James Robinson,
USO; Mrs. Clark K. Hilles, cover
design for program.
In addition to the clubs which
are sponsoring the show Potomac
Rose Society, Bethesda Com
munity, Glenwood, Brookmont
and Chevy Chase, Md.) Woodbridge
Garden Club, under DR.. Freeman
Weiss, and Takoma Garden Club,
with Frank S. Pohanka, will
enter displays as individuals and
as club members. Silver Spring
and Rockville residents also will
be well represented.
Judges for the specimen classes
will be Col. William H. England,
Mr.. j: Morton Franklin, Mr.. w.
T. Simmons, Mrs. Lomax Tayloe
and Mrs. Lillian Smith. For ar
tistic arrangements: Mrs. Dion
s. Birney, Mrs. Arthur Sturgis,
Mrs. Perley Nutting.
Entries are open to all anna
teur gardeners-you do not have
to be affiliated with a garden
club to enter-and rules of the
American Rose Society will be
followed in ilIdciror