The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-11-21
Society = Clubs ::
Lexington Garden Club To Sponsor
Flower Shows In Spring OF 1947
Mrs. A. M. Doty And
Mrs. j. B. Woiton
To Head Events

The Lexington Garden Club will
hold two flower shows in the spring
of 1947. In the. very early spring
we will have an early Blossom
and Bulb Show" with Mrs. j. b.
Walton as chairman, at the time the
daffodils and early shrubs are
Towering. The first week in April
or around the first of May, we will
hold our regular yearly flower
show" with Mrs. A. NJ. Doty as
chairman. The Junior Garden Club
will have their show in connection
with both of the above with Miss
Meta Moore as Junior Garden Club
Chairman.
1t was my privilege to attend
the Flower Judging School, which
was taught by Mrs. Maude Jacobs
of Kentucky, in Jackson in Sept
ember. We attended classes daily
from $50 to IL A. M. and from i
until $3.50 p. M. The courses taught
were Flower Show Practice" and
Horticulture" on which we stood
written examinations of twenty
questions on each course. ! also att
ended the two day school on Flow
err Arrangement" which was taught
by Mrs. Dorothy Biddle of New
York. Hours were the same for this
school and we took written examin-
ations of five questions each on
"Color" and on Line, and written
Judging comments on fifteen flow
er arrangements on display. All the
courses were most interesting but
IS. Jacobs courses on how to put
IN a flower show and her point
ers" on the cultivation of flowers
were invaluable. AS Garden Club
members we are gratified to know
that our flower show was approved
by Mrs. Jacobs and some of our
practices were taught by her. She
stressed the fact that specimen roses
etc, should be entered in groups of
two, three, or five of a variety in
stead of entering n bloom only,
and stated there is a move on,
especially among the younger mat
rons in garden club work to have
a container designed especially for
that purpose. This attractive con-
tainer, she explained, would add to
the beauty of the show by doing
away with bottles for exhibiting
specimen flowers.
The Garden Club invites every
one to enter both of our flower
shows this year. For our yearly
flower show" we will have out OF
town judges who have taken the
flower judging" courses and a hor-
ticulturist from State College. There
will be no limit as to the number OF
classes in which flowers may be en-
tered. We invite you to bring any
flowers, wild or otherwise, and we
will be glad to enter them in the
classes to which they belong. There
is only one requirement and that Is
that all flowers must be grown by
the person entering them. No mat
erial on the state conservation list
may be used in a show, except for
educational purposes, of course. Two
points will be given on a new var
iety of all flowers entered, so please
note that fact in selecting your
roses, shrubs, bulbs, seeds, and
plants. Wild flower seed may be or
dered from wild Flower Preser-
walton Society, Washington, D. CO.,
Mrs. Jacobs stated. Possibilities are
unlimited with all catologs show
ing such beautiful varities, SO, if
you have a growing hand" try
some of the new types as well as
the "tried and true" specimens. Cup
ping her o~ut-stretched hand as if
she held it full of seed Mrs. Biddle
closed her course with the following
poem: