Evening star., 1948-05-23
.Winn Simmons Takes
Highest Honors at
Takoma Rose Show

Wlnn T. Simmons, 5l8 Aspen
street, Takoma Park, took top
honors yesterday in the 32d annual
rose show of the Takoma Horti-
cultural Club. He scored so points
and won the silver medal of the
American Rose Society.
Runnerup, with SIS points, was j.
Mark Albertson, 606 Aspen street
NV. He received the society S
bronze medal.
AS for individual flower displays,
the best rose in the show-a yellow
one-Tas exhibited by John M
Davidson, 1926 Allison street NV.
The best rose display was by Miss
Isabelle Smith, 612 ,Oglethorpe
street NV, and the winning peony
was shown by Mrs. BERTHE Davis,
434 Quackenbos street NV.
Take Best in Show Awards.
Mr.. Albertson and Mr.. Simmons
took second and third place, respec-
lively, in the best rose in show
class.
The winners in the various classes
were as follows:
Collection of Is varieties: George
U. Graft, Mr. Simmons, Mr.. Albert
son; II varieties: A. E. West; 6 va
rieties: Ellsworth Phelps.
Specimens, tea and hybrid tea
roses, light pink: Mrs H. H. LETTER,
J. Preston Swecker, Mr.. West; deep
pink: Mr.. Graft, Mr.. Phelps, Mr.
Albertson; pink radiance: Mr.. Graft
Mr.. Albertson, Mr.. West; red radi-
ance: Mr.. Simmons, Joseph E
Dentz: Estoile de Hollande: Mrs.
Irene Haggerty, Mrs. Edna Jackson
crimson glory: Mr.. Simmons, Mrs
J. H. Mullendore, Mr.. Albertson;
other reds of crimson: Mr.. West, Mr.
Albertson, Mr. Graft; K. A. Ciktoria
Mr.. Albertson; other whites: Mr.
Albertson. Mr.. Graft; light yellow:
Mr.. Davidson, Mr.. Phelps, Mr.
Swecker; deep yellow: Mr.. Albert
son, 1st, End and Sd; eclipse: Mr.
Albertson, Mr.. Simmons, Mr. West;
salmon to orange: Mr.. Albertson
Mr.. Graft, Mr.. Albertson; other
colors: Mr.. Simmons, MIR. Graft
Mr.. Simmons; single roses: Mr.,
Simmons, 1st and I'd.
Simmons Gets Polyanthas Prize.
Hybrid perpetuals, pink: Mr.
Graft, Mr.. Simmons; red: Mr.. Sim
mons, Mr.. Albertson; white: Mr.
Simmons.
Other bus roses, moss roses: Mr..
West; other roses: Mr. Albertson.
Polyanthas, red: Mr.. Simmons, Mr.
West, Mr.. Simmons; pink; Mr.. Sim
mons, Mr.. Graft. Mr.. West; yellow
to orange: Mr.. Albertson.
Climbing or pillar roses, pink: Mr.
Swecker, Mr.. Simmons, Mr.. West;
Paul's scarlet and blaze: Mr.. SWeck-
er, Mrs. Hannah Brown, Mr.. Sim
mons; other reds: Miss Isabelle
Smith, Mr.. Swecker; white: Mr..
Phelps.
Recent introductions, since 1888
inclusive, pink: Mrs. Mullendore
Mrs. Letter, Mr.. Graft; red: Mr.
Albertson, Mrs. Le,er; yellow: Mr.
Mr.. Davidson, Fred U. Brown, MI
West.
Miniature roses, any color: Mrs.
Haggerty, Mr.. Davidson.
Arrangements, roses with own
foliage, any container: Miss Smith,
Miss Barbara Surest, Mrs. j. H,
Boydsn; roses in glass container for
dinner table: Mrs. Haggerty, Miss
Surest; limited to five flowers: Mrs.
Boden. Miss Smith; small arrange
ments not over six inches; Mrs.
Clarence Casey.
Peony Show Held Jointly.
Miniatures, not over three inches
in any dimension: Mrs. Casey, Mrs
Haggerty, Mrs. Mullendore; not over
seven nor less than three inches in
diameter: Mrs. Brown, Miss Mary
Boyden, Mrs. Haggerty.
In the Goth annual peony show
held jointly with the rose show, Mrs
Davis was judged best in the show