Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women - Wise Acres Yearbook (Ambler, PA)

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prune, but by their zeal for beauty do their part to maintain the high standards of American horticulture.” Such was truly the case — the early-comer avoided the vast crowds and was able to view the exhibits in their minuter aspects. But the swarming crowd—what did it see?—a riotous mass of color—from gay yellow daffodils to darkly glowing tulips and perhaps it saw “The Cymbedium Diana, variety Mary Pickford” presented to the fair lady. “The Garden of Vistas” of John Scheepers, was one of the six lovely gardens of this year’s show. A notable feature of this garden, with the little Dutch boy among the crimson tulips and masses of purple hyacinths bordering a pool, with Courtesy of “Horticulture a stone pathway leading to a marble niche with seats and bluish lights shining from above, reflected on marble and water, was the outer border of especially imported tulips. There was “The Lady Tulip—Tulipa Clusiana”— a delightful miniature; the reds of “Pride of Haarlem”, “Mrs. F. Sanders”, and “Eclipse”; the white-edged pink “Centennaire”; the yellow and bronze tones of “Yellow Perfection”, “Moonlight”, “Gesneriana lutea” and “Bronze Queen”, and many more striking shades. This garden of bulbs was awarded the Holland Challenge Cup, of solid gold, tulip-shaped, embossed around the chalice with crocuses, tulips, daffodils, and hyacinths—the most valuable trophy ever offered for competition among horticulturists. The gold cup, valued at $3000.00, is 14

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edge and application of botanical facts and principles. Plant pathology—the study of plant diseases in relation, more especially, to economically important crops—is another specialized phase of botany, the importance of which is widely recognized. So also is plant breeding—the systematic attempt to develop new and better varieties of plants. And so on. “In short, knowledge concerning plants is quite as essential to a broad scientific understanding of the world around us as is knowledge of animals or of rocks; and, in any well-rounded scheme of education, botany, the study of plants, well merits a position alongside zoology and geology. In its relation to human life and activity it is only less important, among the natural sciences than physiology.” Miss Carter received this delightful letter, dictated by one of the old colored milkers on the Water Oak Plantation. We should feel much gratified that she could bear to leave such devoted friends, to come back and take charge of the school for us. Tallahassee Florida April 7, 1924 Rout A, Box 52. c|o Mr. R. J. Mathuus Miss Louis Carter My dear i woulder dun rote you Before now But i Bin so worrid About you untill i dident have no mine to rite you Miss Carter i shore study About you all the time untill i dont have no mine to rite you Miss i dident not no that i love you that well i am so worrid About you i dont wont to here your name call i thraught that i like you But then i found out i love you Miss louis use send me some thing if it ant nothing But one of your potergraf if you ant got no one taking please take one and send it to me so i can look after you all the time Becous i wont to put it in my pocket i dun put a pocket in my dress to toat the picture in it Every day to look after you So nothing more to day so by by from Carrie Jeffersson. THE NEW YORK FLOWER SHOW “New York, the blase, the jazz-hunting, has sent its grateful throngs to enjoy the week of flowers—the gai'den exiles, hungry for a sniff of white lilacs and the crocuses of a country dooryard, commuters armed with seed catalogues, and the patrons of the florist world, who weed not, neither do they 13

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to remain with John Scheepers a year and will be offered again until won three times by the same exhibitor of bulbs, when it becomes his own permanent possession. The Japanese garden, arranged by Kottmiller, was a garden miniature. It had the bridges, the little temples and stone lanterns, so characteristic of little old Japan and all embellished with azaleas, dogwoods, Japanese maples, etc. A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., was awarded a Gold Medal for his Rose Garden—a simple design and most practicable. The garden was surrounded by a wThite fence, over which twined pink ramblers. In the rear were tall cedars, under which were two white wooden seats with red Baby Ramblers on either side. In the center bed were double white “Killarneys”, flanked with “Butterfly” and ‘‘Premier” and in the front bed bloomed a mass of baby ramblers, “Triomphe Orleans”. Bobbink and Atkins displayed a formal garden of Azaleas. These were most noteworthy due to the fact that the number of Japanese Kurume Azaleas is limited in this country, since it is not possible to import from the Mountain of Kurume as formerly. “Bridesmaid”, glowing salmon; “Cherry Blossom”, dainty light pink; “Christmas Cheer”, a real Christmas red, were only a few of the striking types. In contrast to their formal garden was the Rock Garden of Bobbink and Atkins. There was the mill wheel beneath the rustic summer house, with its rough path leading up the hill and skirted by a rustic cedar fence over which trailed pink ramblers. Daphne cueorum, Azaleas, Ericas, Sedums, Violas, Primulas, Trilliums, Alyssum saxatile and Anemones and many, many more gave a variety made doubly interesting by having all plants numbered and a key accompanying. It was truly realistic, naturalistic. F. R. Pierson, of Tarrytown, was awarded a gold medal for the simplicity of his garden, featuring spring flowers. The . sanded walks were bordered with yellow primroses (Primula Rhine Gold) ; in the center was a circular bed of trailing Daphne (Daphne cneorum) and Pachysandra terminalis. The garden was backed by tall shrubs, flowering lilacs, cedars and pines, at the feet of which were daffodils and lilies of the valley. Pinus cembra, Pinus Mughus and Pinus Sciadopitys verticillata were well represented. A first prize of $500.00 was awarded to Traendly and Schenck, of Rowayton, Conn., for a display of cut roses covering 300 square feet and containing at least five hundred and not more than 1000 flowers. It was their seventh winning in seven years in this special competition. “America”, “Butterfly”, “White Killarney”, “Mrs. Aaron Ward”, “Frances Scott Key”, “Premier”, “Columbia”, and “Crusader” were in the exhibit. F. R. Pierson featured the small yellow rose “Mrs. Calvin Coolidge”, and it was boasted in the New York papers 15