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classes is: "it isn’t what you have that counts; it’s how you use it.” Arrangement class 2 was an outstanding feature of the recent show. The theme of this class was “Fun Rappahannocl^’^ftnd was woft by Mrs. R. M. Menefee’s fox-** hunting exhibit, which went on to win the coveted tricolor award. This award is a definite boost to the Garden Club. The subtly blended dried materials used were-golden rod, sumac, yarrow, and a white weed with a small spray of hemlock arranged within a wea-> ther-gnarled tree and stump on one side and fox-hunting figurines on the other.
Second in this class was won by - Mrs. J. G. Revercomb’s striking exhibit depicting squirrel hunting,' attractively displayed on a white oak burl base. A very realistic snake, whose coloring blended per-* feetly into the arrangement of yellow celosia, cattails, wayside grasses, and hibiscus pods, together with the utilization of mellein weed as a center of interest added greatly to the appeal of this number. In fact, the first two awards in this class would seem to belie Whittier’s verse: ,; ‘‘Art’s perfect forms no moral
need, And beauty is its own excuse; But for the dull and flowerless
weed Some healing virtue still must
plead.” _ The third ribbon went to Mrs. Field Benton’s charming arrangement which colorfully represented fishing by the clever use of foliage and berries of mountain ash, bit-' tersweet, and elderberry within a creel container.
Honorable mention was given two exhibits in this class: Mrs. George Davis’ portrayal of dancing, featuring a nosegay of abelia and ageratum, centered with a pink dahlia, arranged behind a fan with the same coloration and
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