Evening star., 1952-03-02

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Held under the sponsorship Of
the Society of American Florists
and the Allied Florists Associa-
ton of Greater Washington, the
show is intended to promote an in
terest in and appreciation Of
gardening as applied to everyday
life.
officials indicate that the splen-
dor of this years show will surpass
any previous efforts. The entire
floor of the Armory building will
be converted, almost overnight,
into an Arcadia of blooming spring
flowers. The show design was
planned by Boris v. Timchenko,
prominent landscape architect.
Floral displays will be grouped
around a 25-foot fountain in the
center of the area. Flanking the
fountain will be masses of pale,
pink azaleas. and beyond these
will be smaller gardens, all abloom
with delicate spring flowers, CEN
tered by two italian fountains.
AS an "nonor guard" around
the entire garden, giant cedafs-
have been brought from North
Carolina. There will be a 60-foot
rock ledge covered with Alpine
flowers, and an old mill, complete
with waterfall will add a pic
turesque note to the displays.
$4,000 in Prizes.
Complementing the gardens will
be displays of cut flowers-roses,
carnations, snapdragons, glad
ioluses and many varieties of or
chids of both jungle and culti-
waited specimens. A total of $25.-
900 in prizes are being offered in
the professional classes. Large
commercial firms will carry these
displays.
OF particular interest will be the
displays of members of garden
clubs from the Washington area.
Twelve gardens will be created by
local clubs, and garden club mem
bers will take part in daily COM
petitions for room and table ar
IrangementS and large, medium
and small flower arrangements in
wall inches. There will be some
miniature gardens and some VIM
dow boxes.
While the gardens will remain
throughout the show. the arrange
ments will change daily. with
awards in the various classes.
Club members have been at work
now for weeks readying plant ma
terials for the classes. Gardens
will be 10 by IA feet in dimension
and will include an evergreen gar
den, camellia garden, garden
terraces and others.
Large glass terrariums, to be
part of the garden club exhibits.
will be given to service hospitals
after the show.
For the amateur gardener, the
show will bring ideas on home
planning and planting, while the
more experienced horticulturist
will be given the opportunity Of
seeing, in bloom, many of the
newer varieties of Towering plants.
Garden design and plant back
ground will form an important
part of the educational value of
the show. One display will show
orchid cultivation.
For the gadget-minded, COM
mercial exhibits will bring the
latest in mechanical equipment
and garden aids from suppliers all
over the country.
Many Exhibitors.
Show officials announced that
Exhibitors have entered from New
York, Michigan, Boston, Philadel-
Iphia, Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia. Two years
ago the show attracted $4,000 vis-
itors and officials predict a larger
attendance this year.
The balcony of the Armory will
afford a vantage viewpoint from
which the entire layout may be
seen in perspective from seats. A
restaurant and snack bar will oc-
cupy one corner of the main floor.
Around the four sides of the hall
will be more than SO commercial
booths.