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

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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

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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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that this was its first public appearance. Was it not displayed in Philadelphia earlier in the season! W. Atlee Burpee Co. made a splendid showing. The display covered over 100 square feet. Of the many sweet peas, with their unusually long and stout stems, were “Mrs. Kerr”, “Fairy Loveliness”, “Milkmaid”, “Harlequin”, “Blue Bird”, “Sunburst”, “Snowstorm” and “Flamingo”. Pierson, of Tarrytown, had a display of ferns: “Adiantum cuneatum”, Cyrtomium Wrighti”, “Nephrolepis Muscosa”, “N. elegantissima compacta”, “N. Norwood”, “Abotium Scheidi” and “Pteris Wilsoni” were a few among the many. Dreer had a simple setting but it caught the eye. It consisted of a circle of the new Baby Rambler (The Chatillon Rose-single pink) surrounded by English Ivy—very effective. Mrs. Harold Pratt's exhibit of lilies was delightful and so well labeled that it was an education to study it. As a result of long experimental work in breeding and hybridization at the New York Botanical Garden, there was displayed a group ol new hardy lilies for the home garden. The square space occupied by the exhibit of Mrs. F. A. Constable was very lovely with its tall shrubs of yellow acacias, its luxuriant ferns and its low growing clumps of reddish orange Tritonas and Imantophylla. The hydrangea display boasted the rose “Marechal Foch”, the lavender “Viscountess de Vilbraye”, the mauvish pink “Trophee”, and the white, “Mme. E. Mouillere”—few among the many. As for the orchids—there was a varied display: “Cym- bedium Diana, variety Mary Pickford” attracted many. “Oncidium pulvinatum” (spray yellow) ; “Cypripedium Godsiffranum” (dirty yellow) ; “Phalaenopsis a m a b i 1 i s ” (coarse spray); “Sybil” (large plant) ; “B. C. maroniae” (fringe) ; “L. C. Goldencrest”, and countless numbers more— an excellent opportunity to fasten the types more clearly. A novelty was an exhibit by Mrs. Henry M. Tilford, of Tuxedo, a hybrid Bougainvillea of rosy-crimson blooms, with thicker broader leaves than the ordinary variety. It was brought up as a slip from Florida three years ago by Mrs. Tilford. The most popular exhibits were those of the Garden Club of America. On a long table was a series of model suburban houses with the surrounding gardens and shrubbery. Miss Phoebe Hart Smith, a former student of the School of Horticulture, was one of the exhibitors. Students from the Harvard School of Landscape Architecture won first place in their group display. In this exhibit each house and its grounds had a different treatment but the effect of spaciousness and close attention to proportion far surpassed the other competitors— it was truly a finished piece of art. The flower arrangements were somewhat disappointing. ir,