Evening star., 1952-03-08
Best Garden Award
To Be Presented al
Flower Show Today
By jones R. BirehfieId

by jones K. biFchfIeId
In contrast to the cold March
winds, a garden paradise awaits
week end visitors to the second
National Capital Flower and Gar
den Show in the National Guard
Armory.
Holding the spotlight In the
professional section today will be
presentation of The Star award
for the most meritoriouS garden
In the show. The award will be
presented by Granville Guide, show
chairman.
In the garden club section,
where daily flower arrangements
are judged. guest exhibitors for
the day will be Mrs. Robert Ash
of Bethesda and Mrs. Thomas H.
Claggett Of Bluefeld, w. Va.
Mrs. Charles Bittinger will pre-
sent an award from an anonymous
giver for the best artistic flower
arrangement in the show.
Large Crowds Expected.
AS the show entered its week.
end stand, officials were expecting
large crowds of visitors from
Washington and nearby areas.
Many of the flowers, just begin
ming to bloom when the show
opened, are opening to full bloom
and are expected to reach their
peak Of splendor by tomorrow.
Outstanding among the exhibits.
planned especially for the work
ing" gardener, is one by DR.. Con-
rad c. Link and his Horticulture
students at the University Of
Maryland.
One of the smaller exhibits. the
university display has attracted
wide praise by show visitors. It
shows, clearly and specifically, all
methods Of plant propagation.
With a potting shed as back
ground, the display contains cold
frames and hot beds. There are
sections showing how plant ma
terial may be stored, how it may
be rooted and forced.
Grating Shown.
One of the more interesting sec
tions shows methods Of budding
and grating plants. In another
section, a transparent bag, filed
with moss and tied around the
limb of a shrub, shows the art
of "air layering." or reeting a
shrub that may not be bent to
the ground and buried.
This is a working exhibit" and
offers valuable information to the
home gardener who may be inter-
eSted in the various arts Of plant
propagation.
The George AsmuS Cup, offered
In the intercollegiate flower judg-
ing contests yesterday, was won
by a team representing Michigan
State College. Teams from IL col
leges, including the University of
Maryland, took part in the con-
test.
Alexandria Club Wins.
In the garden club section events
yesterday, a silver bowl donated
by The Star was awarded Mrs. Asa
Smith Of the Yates Garden Club
Of Alexandria, for her arrangement
suggestive of the Supreme Court.
Judged the most outstanding ar
rangement of the show, Mrs. Smith
used scales resting on two volumes
Of Blackstone, and holding a vase
Of white carnations and gladioluses.
Balancing the scales were an ink
stand and quill, while on the wall
In the background hung q framed
letter signed by Washington.
The award was presented by
Mrs. Francis Scof1eld, one Of the
show judges, and was received for
Mrs. Smith by Mrs. Herbert II.
Greger, show chairman.
Another outstanding arrange
ment was one in white by Mrs.
William G. Hill Of the Kenwood
Garden Club, representing a room
in the White House. It was a blue
ribbon winner in its class.
Other Awards.
Other awards in the garden club
section are:
Table settings, Bal Boheme-Mrs. R. B.
Maloy, Kensington Garden Club. first;
Mrs. David d. Gearhart. National Capital
Garden Club League. second. and Mrs.
Arthur J, Hilland; Bethesda Community
wall brackets Of weeping willow and
narcissus-Mrs. Joe K. Bailey, Arlington
Neighborhood Garden Club. first: Mrs. H.
B.. Temple. second. and Mrs. E C. Merritt.
tulip Arrangement for chest or desk
second. and Mrs. Lillian r. Page. Rock
csSa s@all A5HsS pteRef l y spTIns ha; aovsrs-Mrs
Garden Club, dEst; MIS-: Guy Y: Lead
dred Clark. Bradbury Heights Garden Club.
Mantel arrangement using house plant
toliaes-Mrs; Hugh W Cary. Arlington
H. Cunningham. Piedmont Garden CLUB,
second. and Miss Isabelle Smith. Takoma
horticultural Club: third. .,,-
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