Evening star., 1948-10-10
Garden Club Activities

chairman was hostess at the tea that
followed. Mrs. Klinge presided at
the punch bowl.
A floral tribute sent to the tea
by Guide Bros. was won in a draw
ing by Mrs. George Spangler OF the
Brookmont Club.
Mrs. Margaret D. Reading of the
Bethesda Community Garden Club
is secretary of the Garden Club Sec
ton and w. H. Youngman, garden
editor of The Star, is publicity
chairman.
Mr.. Jenkins, in a short address,
urged that flowers be shared with
underprivileged persons, especially
children. Others who made talks
included Mrs. Perry, Mr.. Bender,
DR.. Link, Mr.. Witt, Mr.. Youngman
and Mr.. Franklin.
Last years activities included:
Maintaining floral displays in lobbies
OF theaters, banks, post Offices, ETC.;
talks of an educational nature be-
fore civic groups; the distribution
of boutonnieres at meetings of serv-
ice clubs, and the holding of COM
petitive shows.
The regular monthly meeting of
the National Capital Dahlia Society
will be held Thursday in room 49,
National Museum, Tenth street and
Constitution avenue NV, at 8 PM
Reports on the dahlia show will be
discussed. The public is invited.
NeighbOrhOod Garden Club of
Gaithersburg will have model
garden exhibit at the Parent Teacher
Association fair at the Gaithersburg
School Saturday and the club will
participate in area activities in
national flower week November 7
TO IA. Next club meeting will be
October 20 at the home of Mrs.
Lawson King and Mrs. c. o. Bour-
deaux will lead discussion Members
will bring fall arrangements of flow
ers, fruit or vegetables.
The Arlington Rose Garden Foun.
dation has an ambitious project of
memorial nature on the grounds of
Arlington Hospital, Sixteenth and
Edison streets North, which includes
paintings of 1900 roses, one bush for
each serviceman and two beds of
golden roses for those who sacrificed
| life for country. Landscaping plans
include lake and ornamental
paintings. Long in process of de-
velopment, the gardens are being
opened this month formally to the
public. A tea was held October 3
at which leaflets descriptive Of the
project were distributed.
Potomac Rose Society reports
1888 persons visited the fall rose
show at the New National Museum.
Tabulators found 100 varieties
among the $50 specimen blooms dis
played-not counting roses in the
commercial section. There were
100 arrangements and corsages ex-
hibited by amateurs The CONNER
cial section had IS entries with
masses of roses. Fffty-two persons
received awards and prizes, in addi-
tion to 81 blue ribbons, 56 red
ribbons. SO white ribbons and Is
yellow ribbons for honorable men
ton.
Bestroses in the show were rated
thus: First, Nine Chang Kai-
shek,' by H. J. Holt of Baltimore;
second, Crimson Glory" by Mrs.
Hannah Brown; third, Mrs. Sam
McGredy,' by DR.. H. c. Albin of
Arlington, Va. Best horticulturally
grown. Eclipse" by Mrs. E. c.
Powell.
1t. Col. r. K. Windham pre-
sented the gold medal of the society
to Niels j. Hansen, to whom the
show was dedicated.
The Forest Hills Garden Club will
meet tomorrow at 2 pm. at the
home of Mrs. R. w. Champion, 1927
Chesapeake street NV. w. r.
Beattie will discus bulbs.
A color film, "Maytime in Sher-
wood Gardens" will be presented
Friday at the National Memorial
Universalist Church, Sixteenth and
S streets NV. at 8 pm. under aus
pices of the Universalist Choir. Tulip
bulbs as well as daffodils and mar
cissus will be on sale.
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