Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-31
FLoRA's GRAND FETE.
The Greatest Flower Ex-
hibit on Record.
MOST TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS.
Flowers of Every Hue-l50,000
Roses-1O00 Dozen Pansies.
1000 People Present.

Il know bank wherein the Wild thyme
@wheTe oz-lips and the modelling violet
@Quiis ovsfcanopied with lu ;cious wood
"wl,h musk roses and with eglsntine;
"rhere sleeps Titana some time OF the
"Lullsd u these flowers with dances and
"And there the snake throws her snamelld
skin.
weed wide enough to wrap fairy in"
80 sang the immortal bard in mid
Summer Nights Dream" In Greece
alone III shakespeare time could that
merry scene be laid. But were Ayon's
poet Of our day II would be Los Angeles
in early spring, with her wealth Of
flowers, he would have selected to be
the place where such fairy frolics would
be likely TO be played. Instead Of
Helena or Hernia, some name familiar
to ourselves would have stood for the
flowers of loneliness foreshadowed in the
ladies of the play. Certainly the land
OF Helen herself who caused the siege Of
Troy, never saw collection of
more radieut beauty as graced many
Of the booths al the Flower
Festival last night. This Is PROPOSE
ton not to be disputed. after the San
Gabriel booth, the Panay booth, that in
which the candy is sold. the New Eng
land Quaker Dairy, the Variety booths
Of Mrs Mcdonnell, of Mrs. Gillette, the
| Floral Temple Of the town Of Orange,
tne booth for dubious flowers, Mrs. Laza-
rus booth, the Button hole Bouquet
booth, and the very contrary OF least,
the booth representing Santa Ana. In
prace of form, in radient bushes, in
| fragrant sweetness, In loveliness of tint,
Ia purity Of soul, the queenliest rose. the
sweetest mignonette, or violet, the
most spotless lily, in comparison to the
| fair and faultless occupants Of these
bowers of beauty ''paled their ineffect-
uni fires" They were but as foils to
show the peerless beauty of the angelic
creatures who seemed like heavenly be-
ings guarding by their purity and lowell
ness the primeval Eden before it had
been invaded by the footsteps Of sorrow
and sin.
THE BOOTHS AND THEIR COMMITTEES.
At the Main street entrance is the
sffice Of the President, Mrs. X. NJ. Wild
ney, and the Entry Clerk, Mrs. DIR. Ha-
gan. This issimpiy but very tastefully
| lieved with lovely flowers.
At the Fourth street entrance is the
office Of the Committee on Supplies and
Printing, Mrs. ID. G. Stephens and Miss
NJ. E. Mcclellan. This is also very
nicely trimmed with newspapers, ever
green's and flowers.
In front Of this is the San Gabriel and
ALEXANDRIA booth, under the mauage-
ment Of Mrs. ]. G. Newton. Mrs.
James Foord, Miss NJ. Fette, Mrs.
cCormick, Miss Kate Stevens, Miss
X. o. Sessions, Mr.. F. @. Storey and
Mr.. A. G. Weeks. The ground work
is made of evergreeDs and ferns, the
latter including beautiful specimens of
this plant. The flowers embrace masses
of the most perfect specimens oil roses
of all favoriie varieties imaginable.
There are also here scores Of tuberoses,
m" many my NJ, ~ ss.s'.- Tr.'-'r u. !.
Tonga nora. Inc gu miss'9n onu'o ~ =
represented, wrouSns ~ ~ iiowels. ING
TIE rooi y maze OF sne .a'ss i, oo',''.,o'
geranium ioun9 ~ al pa',s " 'no ov"n-
iry IN great brakes anu hsusss anu s'. -
double fish geranium. The floor is made
OF thousands Of the wild flowers Of the
country. Among them were many OF
~. M III md mink hue and sbapad
| like a tuIip somewhat, but growing on
the stem after the manner Of the gladi-
oil family. The sides OF the building
are made almost entirely Of Marguerites.
THE walks are made Of pebbles, the
door Of ferns and its knobs Of roses.
The notion IA a very pretty one, and in
ali IT, parfs San Gabriel has an exhibit
second 10 none Of the magnificent dis
plava.
10 the right of this is the Boyle
HeIobts exhibit. under The charge Of
Mrs. M. IL. HEAVIER. assisted by Mrs. G..
Cumninps. Miss Mary Santee and Mrs.
w. n. Workman. These ladies decid-
edIv have maintained the reputation Of
the charming homes in that quarter Of
| the CITY. The pillars. which are first
covered with CYPRESS. Is then twined
with bridal wreath, and eeraniums. The
booth Is dccked and heaped with exquis-
lie roses of n hundred varieties, with
calIas Of immense size, faultless shape
and spotless purity, with orange flowers
wrought INTO the prettiest designs. The
briqht hue OF the marigold sets of the
white Of the marguerite. There are
masses If heliotrope sweet as the GALES
az Arabv the Blessed. There are dozens
of varieties Of the choisest pelargonims
md hundreds Of verbenas that have
twenty times the hues OF the rainbow.
A biz yellow jasmine growing by the
roots stands at the entrance, and
among the best OF cultivated
flowers stand In undimmed splen-
dor punches Of the native Califor-
| MIA uoppv. the escholtzia.