Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-09-11
Show Calendar.

September l8-Harvest show
at Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School.
September "a Is National
Capital Dahlia Society show at
Botanical Gardens.
September "a - Alexandria
Flower Show.
October 1-2-Potomac Rose
Society show in New National
Museum.
October B. Silver Spring
(Md) Garden Club Flower
Mart.
October 8-Garden Club Of
Virginia Rose Show at Uni
versity of Virginia.
October 10-Woodridge Gar
den Club Fall Show in Sher-
wood Presbyterian Church hall.
Show to Aid School Foundation.
The seventh annual Bethesda.
Chevy Chase Harvest Show, pro-
ceeds of which are used to benefit
the Educational Foundation, ha:
the following classes
for the September 18 event: Gar.
den flowers and plants, dahlias
roses, artistic arrangements, vege-
tables and fruits, canned fruits
and vegetables, crafts, hobbies and
junior hobbies. There will be cash
awards for blue ribbons and show
and sweep prizes as usual.
Two permanent trophies are to
be awarded, one to the garden club
the most points on a
membership basis, and the other
to the club having the best edu
cational exhibit. There are at
least IL garden clubs cooperating
with service clubs of the area in
promoting the show.
Exhibitors will bring entries the
preceding evening from 7 to 10, or
IN the morning of the show, 8 to
IL. All amateur gardeners are in
yited to participate. Frederick w.
Lang of Kensington, Md, is show
chairman. The complete schedules
are obtainable from, Mrs. John
5idebottom, $500 Glenwood road,
Bethesda. telephone Wisconsin
1854.
Alexandria Plans Pushed.
Zone whole gallon of ice cream"
S an award among many to be
offered to winners at the Alexan-
lria Flower Show September "a.
It will be given the child under
II who shows the best arrange
nent of flowers less than 10
inches in height. The children
will bring container and flowers
% the Recreation Building Sat-
lrday morning and make the
arrangement in a room provided
Tor them. No adult help will be
permitted.
There will be classes for chill
iren II to 10. as well as an
complete set Of prizes
for a great many adult exhibitors.
DR.. John H. Selby is chairman
and Mrs. Lawrence G. Fawcett
S co-chairman.
Among other features will be a
novice class for dahlia growers
who have never exhibited before.
Other dahlia classes will include
he large Towering, also the
medium Towering. and the best
dahlia in the show will receive
added points.
Autumnal ANIMALS will be d.
,ided into five classes, Of which
and chrysanthemums
will be two. Others will be peren-
malls, ANIMALS and berried shrubs.
Society Plans for Rose Show.
The Potomac Rose Society
Thursday evening at the
New National Museum. 8 o'clock.
viii stress plans for the annual
rose show in the museum foyer
October l and 2. The show will
be dedicated to Mrs. Whitman
Cross, charter member, past
president and member for life.
Time details: Entries received to
noon first day, judging 1870 pm,
show open to public 4 to 10 pm.
first day. 10 am. to 8 pm. second
day.
In the main, this major show
IS for exhibits of any and all home
gardeners - the novice, the
to that end three
sections have been set up; cut
tings from gardens of not more
than IS plants; another, So to
100 plants, and a third class rep
resentative of gardens of more
than 100 plants. No fees Of any
kind are charged. There will be
sections for commercial growers
and professionals. Each section
will have it's own "best in the
show" award and any amateur