Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-03
THE LAND OF FLOWERS
Third Day of FlOra's Great
Fete.
THE ENTHUSIASM UNABATED.
The Ladies' Carrying All Before
Them, and No End to the
Floral Offerings.

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Floral Offerings.
The generalship shown in preparing,
opening and continuing the great Flower
Festival is very remarkable thing. So
perfect was the management and
execution that after nearly weeks ex-
perience running the exhibition,
added to the week of preparation, there
has been no hitch for a moment in any
part of the execution and no miscarriage
in any part of the plan. Few believed
the fair would open on time, and yet SO
thorough was the organization that
promptly at the hour all was in perfect
order and the doors were thrown open
on perfect exhibition.
The Eastern people are of course, by
far, the most enthusiastic about the
sffair. In conversation with HERALD
reporter yesterday gentleman from an
Eastern city Of 100000 population
said: "We think we have pretty
nice city. We have certain
public garden which is famous all over
the east for its magnificenoe and beauty.
IL it were defiowered of every bloom it
bears In midsummer, and If in addition
all the private gardens of the city were
robbed Of all their treasures, we could
not make such display as this for sim
gle day"
Another visitor from the other side Of
the great Continental Divide yesterday
approached an Angeleno and said:
"Judge, can't there be something done
to stir up the press of the city to some
little enterprise so that the papers will
give some properly adequate description
OF this show 7"
The citizen of the Queen City Of the
Angels asked the reporter how he felt
at this criticism OF his efforts. There is
only one thing TO say, either the visitor
has not read the HERALD or else he has
a good opinion Of his own powers Of de-
scription. There is this to say-ihe ex-
hibit cannot be adequately described in
language. I he languages of men fail in
their poverty of terms to tell what the
flowers are and what they look like.
Taking up the booths again in order
and noting the events of yesterday,
THE BULBoUs BOOTH,
Under Mrs. K. Il. Hough. was resplend-
ent yesterday with many new flowers.
Among these are a magnificent collec-
ton oil ranunculi, tulips and anemones
from the garden Of s. G.. Hubbeli, Esq
One Of these is tuIipa gesneriana meas.
uring three inches from stem to point
along each leaf and five inches around
the cup. The stems on which these
fine flowers grow are two feet high.
There is in the same booth a red ANA
ryllis tthe granda floral which measures
seven inches in diameter across the
mouth Of the cup.
SANTA ANA
Has her lovely booth daily renewed
with fresh flowers In great abundance
and OF most perfect ana magnificent de-
velopment. From one yard in that
charming and prosperous town came a
bunch OF callas containing by actual
count two hundred and fifty flowers.
Of great beauty In sizs, shape aud pur-
ity. There are more cailas, plenty Of
them, where these came from. 1t is TO be
understood by all lovers OF truth and
fairness that Santa Ana has no help from
Los Angeles in getting flowers for her
booth. She needs no borrowed beauty
to help her out. Los Angeles Is repre-
sented there.and in a very striking radi-
, anee, but the pink borrowed from this
city is not 10 the rose leaves nor the fair
ness in the lily. Santa Anais to be con-
gratulated on this acquisition, which is
BY no means lost even in that lovely
booth, but it was not poverty in this re-
spect at home, which suggested the in
PRODUCTION Of our bellies in the booth.
TusrIs ALSO WAS REsfLESDENT
Yesterday IN new dress Of colors the
rainbow paes before. Mrs. Bundy is
indcfatigable in her work for the benefit
Of her beautiful home in the Santa Ana
Valley. There are some lovely yellow
lilies and a cactus flower of great SPLEEN
dor. So lovely are the roses that the
ladies' in charge of the special exhibit
found 1t an excellent place to rcpenish
their stock.
The children Of the public schools
hereafter have booth and each school
takes care OF il for day in turn.
The City Ice Company yesterday set
upon block of fine granite from Hes
peria colony their block Of ice four
square, three feet high and a square foot
area at the ends, with bouquet OF rare
flowers frozen in its center.
I MEsDAMEs GILLETTE AND wIDNEy
Never flag for moment in their labors.
The booth yesterday was very pretty.
There is spray of the acacia Tonga fora
fragrsns from Mrs. w. w. Widney' 3
garden on Boyle Heights; also couple
Of buds of the Msrechal Mel rose and
two of the La France which are besuti-
full. Miss Marshall, young lady from
Chicago, a cousin Of Mrs. Gillette, and a
guest of that lady, made a cushion Of
some hundreds of rosebuds for this
booth yesterday, the effect Of which was
very lovely. There were many varie-
sties among the buds and all perfect.
Some poetic bystander remarked, "It is
40 lovely 1t looks like pillow an angel
might wish to lie on. The young lady
thinks Los Angeles remarkable place
for lovely flowers. Some young Angel
efos. who have been so fortunate as to
meet Miss Marshall, think Chicago has
some rare flowers herself to boast Of q
bit.
THE VARIETY BOOTH
OF Mesdames A. G. McDonell and ID.
r. Wilder was all refreshed yesterday.
The rhododendron with twenty flowers
on one head, each the most perfect In
form and color, and all combined in sc
wonderfully shapely hemisphere, with
a lovely fringe of leaves underneath, Is
''The observed Of all observers"
There are also very handsome sprays ol
.beeonia, coral hoDeysuckle and severa
fuchsias. One OF these is: calix scarlet
petals purple and pistils scarlet. An
other is: cslix and pistils white ant
petals pink. A third is: white cali'
aad stamens and the petals the mos
delicate shade Of purple. They are
very large and perfectly developed
Then there Is a rare taxonia exoniensis,
or passion flower, several flowers of tn,
dahIia tree, purple. mauve. with yellow
center. and large double geraniums.
THE VENTURA BOOTH.
The following is the list of varieties o
flowers, ETC., In the Ventura booth, a
furnished by Mrs. Shepherd: Smilax
hibiscus, streptosolen iamesi from Soutl
America, campsidum felicifolium, theo
dosia mignonette, begonias, bouvardias
four varieties OF coronilla blanca, gladio
II, centauria candadissma, chrysanthe
nuns, one hundred varieties Of roses
psnsiss. painted daisies, stocks, VERDE
mas (many varieties), carnations, violets
nasturtiums, marguerites, mignonettes
fuchsias, twenty-five varieties of gera
NUNS, Lady Washingtons, ten varietie
Of gsraniums, diosma, ranuneuli, an
emones, large petunias, fiowerin
sedum, oacti, marigolds, blue daisies
solanum, gold fuehsias, hyaeinths, ixias
a new and large Towering Gamma ehema
na. oxalis, forget-me -nots, straw flower
Of evsrIastings, ivy geraniums, Eugen
myrtifola, ferns, Australian peas, cam
phor tree, far6gum, acalphia marginata
trsdescantia (large and fiowering), Gle
mats, callas, several varieties of abutil
oDs, bridal wreath, fern lcaved gera
.ninm, knotted majorum, lopesia, alba
iopesia rosia, florists pink, acacia, Of
an,e hloaao,na. sparaxia, salviAS, habrC