Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-04-04

!. embrace masses of the most perfect
specimens of roses Of all favorite varie-
ties imaginable. There are also here
scores OF tuberoses, and many fine
specimens Of the amaryllis Tonga fora.
The old Mission Church is represented,
wrought all in flowers. The roof is made
OF the large common geranium found IN
all parts OF the country in great brakes
and hedges and in bloom all the year
round. 1t Is finely double iish gera-
mum. The floor is made OF thousands
of the wild flowers Of the country.
Among them were many OF the lovely
} maraposa lily, of very delicate white
and pink hue, and shaped like tulip
somewhat, but growing on the stem
after the manner Of the gladioli 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 no.
tion Is a very pretty one, and in all its
parts San Gabriel has an exhibit second
70 none of the magnificent displays.
The Mariposa lily finds the choicest
products of cultivation merely foil to
| its loveliness. There Is the leya, not
ashamed to lift it's head with my lady
Marguerite, albeit the former is but a
peasant from the fields. There are but
tercups, wild rhubarb, a dock whose
pods closely resemble the begonia flow
ers, the dodocatheon, like cycamen
and just as pretty as the brightest shoot
ing star, the wild violet. the delicate
fern, known as maiden's hair, and many
others. With them are superb speci-
mems of the yellow jasmine, the cobea
scandens, and one Of the rarest flowers
in the show--a perfect bunch OF bou-
yardia. There is also q fine blossom of
the date palm.
To the right of this is the
i BOYLE HEIGHTS EXHIBIT,
under the charge OF Mrs. M. II. HEAVIER,
assisted by. Mrs. G. Cummings, Miss Ma.
| ry Santee and Mrs. w. IL. Workman.
These ladies decidedly have maintained
the reputation Of the charming homes in
that quarter of the city. The pillars,
which are first coveted with cypress, is
Then twined with bridal wreath, and
geraniums. The booth is decked and
heaped with exquisite roses Of a hundred
varieties, with callas Of immense size,
faultless shape and spotless purity, with
orange flowers wrought into the prettiest
designs. The bright hue Of the marigold
sets off the white of the marguerite.
There are masses Of heliotrope sw eet as
the gales of Araby the Blessed. There
are dozens OF varieties of the choisest
pelargoniums aud hundreds of verbsnas
that have twenty times the hues of the
rainbow. A big yellow jasmine growing
by the roots stands at the entrance, and
among the best of cultivated flowers
stand in undimmed splendor punches of
the native California poppy, the escholt-
zia. :
The ladies from whose beautiful
homes this wealth of flowers comes are
Mesdames Hollenbeck, Perry, Davis,
Chandler, AL. Workman, w. II. Work
man, Wirsching, Fox, A. Fl. Sanderson,
Hackaday, Tremble, Manchan, Kulmer,
Cummings, RAIDER, Biscailuz, Peterson.
Lazzarevich, Stone. Evans and Messrs.
Hobbs & Covey.
NEAR THIS Is THE PASsY BOOTH,
Mrs. B. F. Porter in charge, assisted by
Misses May Seamans, May Porter. Mary
Banning and Sadie Porter. 1t was o
most happy thought TO devote a special
exhibit to this modest flower, admired
as 1t is the world over, especially in the
cold climates OF the north, where it oft
en- blooms under the snow. The little
beauties in this collection are Of all
hues. many OF them spolless and Of the
deepest dyes. The booth is prettily
decorated, the graceful festoons Of the
smilax playing chief part in 1t.
THE VARIETY BOOTH,
In charge Of Mrs. C. A. Mcdonnell, a.
sisted BY Mrs. d. K. Wilder, Mrs. M. s.
Baker, Miss Hanna and Miss Lizzie f.
Jordan, is very pretty, All varieties of
small flowers are inttnded to be repre-
scented and the intention is most happily
carried out, The skeleton is in the
Eastlake style Of architecture. This is
trimmed with festoons Of eyergreens,
thtn it is entwined with smilax and
adorned with flowers. The collection
of small blossoms embraces so large
variety that it would be hard to men
tion anything not represented. The col
lection of pelargoniums is superb.
There are several hues of lilacs, all as
fragrant as the breath of spring. Masses
OF verbenas as white as snow are en-
countered by the eye, aud alongside
there are thousands of sprays of hello
trope which make one forget that the
4 lilac has any scent. There are many
pretty designs wrought exquisitely in
flowers of many hues-
Here is a blossom Of the rhododendron
having 20 flowers in head, perfet
hemisphere with fringe of leaves be-
meath. Next to this is
ANOTHER VARIETY BOOTH,
Where all sorts OF cut flowers are for
sale, and in charge OF Mrs. j. w. Gil
lette and Mrs. W. W. widney, assisted
by Miss Kate Marshall, OF Chicago,
Miss Helen Widney, Mrs. Winaas end
Miss Hanna. The roof is festooned with
eyergreens, and under these hangs a
pretty canopy Of colored tarlatan, looped
up at the corners in graceful folds.
From the roof hang bird cages and many
very exquisitely ornamented baskets
Of flowers. In the booth and offered
for sale are endless varieties Of flowers
of wonderful development and perfect
shape, large, feckless, beautiful There
] is world Of smilax round the posts.
There are roses Of all the most favorite
kinds, and many OF the buds so fine as to
! justify trip to see them were they the
only thing in the show. Lilacs, hello
trope, violeis, nasturtiums, daisies--the
whole Towering kingdom of pants is
represented in its Blossoms. Among
other things is huge branch of the
, fruit from the fan palm, said to be the
first specimen grown in the city.
4, AT THE CANDY BOOTH,
, Miss Victoria Wilmer, assisted by the
Misses Jettie Russell, Hattie and Kate
Morford, May Ross and B. Godfrey,
dispense sweet confections. 1t is so
trimmed that white is the predominant
} color. The pillars which support TIE
{ roof are entwined with profusion OF
smilax. Baskets of pretty flowers hang
from the roof, and the whole effect one
: OF the most appropriate and happy in
| the hall The young ladies have sold a
large quantity Of sugar pums.
THE QUAKER DAIRY
Is in charge of Mrs. w. s. Maxwell
and Mrs. W. S. Moore, assisted by Mrs.
e. M. Cook, Miss Millie Well, Embody
and Lits Maxwell 1t is an old-fashion-
! ed New England home. Inside is the
, proverbial brick chimney. Along the
'. low, ample porch q glorious wisteria
. sheds world of bloom over the dcor
and windows. In the yard are SEED
,, , and tables where the ladies' serve hun.
! dreds in an elegant manner with deli.
cious chocolate and other refreshments.
THE LEMONADE WELL,
: Is in charge Of Mrs. Grandin. Mrs. j. R.
} DePuy and Miss Sadie johnson. 1t is
' well in form, vita its curb UNCOVERED
! and the bucket beneath the roof made
of smilax and trimmed with flowers
The ladies' in charge are all kept busy
serving the attractive contradiction Of
I mixed sweet and sour to a constant
Q crowd Of visitors.
Along the west wall, next to this. is
c an exhibit by st. Paurs school, in
! charge of Rev. Mr.. Jeffries and Mr.
I McKiernan, assisted by the boys. There
t are many pretty designs in flowers and
e good many specimens of the handi
Q work Of the boys in the way Of map