The Carden Magazine, May, 1923 
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AT LAST THE KURUME 
AZALEA! 
L OOKING more minutely at the great mass of material that went to make up 
j the Show as a whole, record must be made of the Acacias and Olivias of Mrs. F. 
A. Constable, which carried off a well merited silver medal; the Amaryllis of Mrs. 
Guggenheim; Belgian Azaleas shown by Mrs. DeLamar and E. F. Luckenback; 
Cinerarias, Mrs. G. B. Work. 
As every year, one significant plant seems to crop out overwhelmingly, this 
season Chorizema compelled attention—that little holly-leaved Australian plant 
with flowers like miniature Pea blossoms, orange and scarlet, and of special bril¬ 
liancy—evidence that this old-time New Hollander is becoming an established 
favorite together with the Acacias and perhaps, who knows, we see here the glim¬ 
mers of a reawakened interest of the Australian plants whose attractions Mr. Wilson 
has been telling so recently in these columns. 
T HE attraction that garden design has for the multitude was well illustrated in 
the unique and very interesting competition established under the auspices of 
the Garden Club of America—a model house and garage were given to the contes¬ 
tant who, placing them on a tray of given size, was left with a free hand in choice 
of material and in selection of design and color treatment. Of the three dozen 
entries there was not one which lacked intrinsic worth, and 
the creative triumphs thus brought into being speak much 
for the ability of the individual amateur gardener in the 
control and development of his own garden problems. It 
is impossible to attempt writing an analysis or even a de¬ 
scription of these models, some of which are shown in the 
accompanying photographs. The amateur class was much 
bigger and far outranked the smaller display of similar models 
by the professional landscape architects which, however, 
“ EVERBLOOMING 
AMARYLLIS” 
A gorgeous and lumin¬ 
ous flower in pink-scarlet 
is this Hippeastrum 
which John Lewis Childs 
Co. effectively staged in 
quantity against a black 
background 
may mean little or nothing, inasmuch as, untroubled by fact, the 
non-professional mind is at liberty to wander, unhampered by 
practical considerations, into the realms of purely imaginative 
adventure. The professional approached the subject in terms 
of material and translated the material into being. Quite evi¬ 
dently the judges were impressed by the introduction of big 
tree effects as all the winning models displayed trees of noble 
proportions. Thus it is emohasized that a garden is not all 
lawn and flower borders. 
The Garden Club of America continued further with another 
practical series of contests in lunch and dining table decorations 
also featuring the “economy lunch table” where definite effect 
and minimum cost were given joint consideration. Of these 
decorations there is no room to speak in detail at this time. 
As an object lesson to managers of horticultural gatherings 
in other places it is not without significance that these non- 
cultural competitions drew not only by far the largest number 
of contestants but also attracted the greatest and continuous 
attention of the visitors. 
Of the new florists’ flowers little remains to be said, beyond the 
fact of superlative quality. There is nothing particularly strik¬ 
ing among Roses other than Hill’s America which lived up to all 
A goodly collection in a dozen 
or so varieties—among which a 
against a background of black velvet. It selection for preference is purely 
fairly fired its corner of the Show. Exhibited f matter of individual color 
,/r- ,, . . ,, . . . fancy—came from H. A. Dreer, 
as Everblooming Amaryllis, It IS SO called lnc Gracefully fragile in effect 
because of its family habit of flowering yet sturdy in cultivation 
twice a year and of making its first display 
even from a small bulb in a two-inch pot. 
The other novelty was the display of Kurume Azaleas from H. A. 
Dreer Co. in a dozen or so distinct varieties. This is the first time that 
New York has seen a representative display of this new Azalea recently 
introduced from Japan by Mr. E. H. Wilson and now becoming available 
in practical quantities. Smaller in flower than the old Belgian Azalea, 
it is perhaps more delicate in color and fragile looking. The plant blooms 
profusely in the smallest sizes, and at two years old makes a very respectable pot 
plant for Easter bloom. Unquestionably these Azaleas will be hardy outdoors ex¬ 
cept in the extreme North in any reasonably conditioned garden and will make a 
welcome addition to the yearly spring pageant. 
