Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-18

arch appeared in the following order
the words San Fernando and Pacoma,
Inglewood, Anaheim, Los Angeles,
Santa Monica, Alhambra and Long
Beach. A floral bell appeared be-
meath each title, that appearing un-
der the head of Los Angeles being a
mammoth composition of Marguerites
and daisies, Painted urns' further
ornamented the scene.
Keeping close to the wall after
passing Mrs. Widney's little office just
inside the main entrance, the side
booths were encountered as follows:
The floral display of Mr.. W. s.
Lyons, the well-known nurseryman
Of this city who enters for the prize
competition for the most original
design. His chances are GER
tainly good, for his booth is
certainly one of the most pleas
ing features Of the exhibition. 1t
consists of a wed ling canopy COM
posed of bower of ferns and roses
laid on carpet of red and white
roses. The canopy is fringed with
number of small floral bells and in
the center is large we'd
ding bell of artistic design.
The arrangement OF the flowers
could not be caviled at by the most
critical, and the handsome iron fence
that surrounds the display is another
evidence of the good taste of the de-
| signer.
The hat and cloak room occupies a
little nook at the foot of the stairs,
and is very pretty structure of fan,
fig and California palms.
Next is the Bouttoniere booth, a
large building of tropical appearance
ornamented by natural flowers, palms
and fern Ieaves. The 'button-holes
are arranged by the adroit fingers
of some of tine most beauti-
full young ladies in the
city and the temptation to adorn ones
person with one of their handsome
designs generally proves irresistible
to the masculine passer-by.
| The purple and white booth next
demands attention and the salient
feature Of this place is the charming
collection of wistavia, mignonette,
heliotrope and blue marguerites. The
festoonings and trappings harmonize
perfectly with the floral display they
surround.
At the next booth the traveller will
in all probability halt and produce
his pocket book, Tor a legend forcibly
tells him that lemonade is dispensed
therein. And very good it is, as the
scribe can attest after numerous
visits there during the course Of the
| evening. The threatened lemon fam
inc did not take place and
| the beverage concocted is of a
nature that when once tasted will be
tried again. The booth itself in addi-
| ton to the female graces that adorn it
| is handsomely decorated with orange
| and lemon leaves bearing also large
quantities Of blossoms and fruits. At
the top of the structure pyramid of
golden oranges is displayed tempting
ly to view.
Immediately in front of the lemon.
| ade booth is a beautiful floral ship
with sails set, looking charming
enough to sail in Amphitrite's train.
Lack Of space forbids any further
description of the booths, which will
be continued, however, in to-mor-
rows issue.
The amount collected at the doors
last night realized the handsome
total Of $926.05 which, added to $500
worth OF season tickets previously
sold, brought the gate receipts for the
first day up to $$445l6 O5. The various
booths did Welt adding about $500
more to the total, an auspicious in
auguration of the festival. During
the day a contribution of $25 was re-
ceived from Mrs. j. r. Steward and
| $5 from Mr.. Simon Gless.
The Pavilion will open this morning
at 8 A. M, and luncheon will be served
between IL and 3. All persons hav-
ing flowers of any description are re-
quested to kindly join in the good
work and send in contributions as
early as possible.
Yesterdays CONTRIBUTIONS.
The following list shows the flowers
contributed yesterday:
Mrs. w. w. Widney, roses and mas
turtiums; Mrs. J. G. Byram, four bas-
kets geraniums; Mr.. s. P. Wakelee.
Long Beach, 275 callas; Sannie Ha--
sen, basket beautiful roses; Mrs. G.
@. Longley, assortment of flowers;
Mrs. w. H. Potts, box of roses Mrs.
Samuel Widney, wagon load Of mar
guerites Mrs. A. NJ. Dunsmoor 1000
yards ivy and 625 roses and many
other choice flowers; Mr.. Iiukham,
fan palms and cactus; DR.. Dimmick,
Washington street, large basket roses,
twelve varieties; Mrs. Ira Condit,
200 roses Mrs. S. E. Hadley, S. Olive
street, 27O beautiful roses Mrs. A. M.
Hough, special roses; Miss Dol, lovely
roses; Mrs. Dr.. Cochran, amaryllis;
Mrs. John Cannon, great variety of
geraniums Edie Moore and Agnes
Smith, wild flowers; Fred Tucker,
large and lovely assortment of wild
| flowers; Lillian Philips, orange blos-
SONS and roses; Mrs. Callum, roses;
Mrs. Wade, roses; Misses Martha
Thompson and Jennie Grabill, variety
of flowers; Mrs. Plummer, 1856 Grand
avenue, Mariposa lilies; Mrs. N. V.
Gray, box of assorted flowers; Oracle
Hymer, great quantities of orange
blossoms; Millie Tarbett, basket OF
roses and lilies; Mrs. Langheed,
lovely COLLECTION of roses; Miss
Bacon, roses; Mrs. @. G. Mason,
Fulton Wells, 200 roses; Mrs.
Carleton, roses, nasturtiums, gera-
| NUNS and snowballs Mrs.
Mathes, roses; Mrs. Elliott, roses
Mrs. McWhorten, Boyle Heights, 108
roses; Mrs. Shaw, 355 Los. Angeles
street, assortment flowers; Mrs. w. H.
Rhodes, quantities apple blossoms;
Mrs. j. HI. Hege, cloth of gold roses
and heliotrope Mrs. Gugolz, corner
Pearl and Eighth, special roses; Mrs.
Crozier, large assortment flowers;
Mrs. Kimball, assortment of flowers
Mrs. J. w. Wilson, 200 roses and col
lection OF verbenas and geraniums;
Mrs. Waite, lovely roses; Mrs. Hol-
lenbeck, 500 roses and geraniums; /;
| Mira 6 x Runner assortment