Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-18

Miss Anna Morton, Miss Isabella Shack
elford, Miss Ida M. White, Miss Bernic'
Taylor, Miss Carrie Adams.
The roof of the booth and the base are
all covered with wild oats. 1t is ther
exquisitely trimmed with the beautiful
wild flowers of the section. There are
long branches of the purplish bloom o
the chapperal bush, which look little
like the DEVILS smoke tree, or the Burn
ing Bush, as it is called by the more
pious. Then there is no end of the In
dian paint-brush, or Queen of the
Meadow, with its thick head OF pink
flowers, six to ten inches long. These
make hundreds of acres OF the land
scape here all aglow at this season
The lupin with its beautiful racemes
of blue flowers ceruleon as the skies are
in great profusion. Poppies are there by
the thousand, both the delicate pinkish
white of the so-called Mariposa lily and
the bright yellow variety, known as the
Eschscholtzia. There are wild snap
dragon, wild SALIVA, Canterbury bells oi
native growth, snow drops, satin flowers,
and even rushes and the chillicode,
which looks like vegetable edition of a
hedgehog, are here. So is the most
lovely of the California wild flowers, the
grass flower as it is usually called. But it
is bulb, and grows a tender stalk foot
or more in height, on the top of which is
small, compact head of flowers
of a blue that is almost ultra
marine in it's intensity. The
mountains, the cafions and the mesas
ought to be ransacked for other trophies
wrested from the fair domains of Flora.
They abound in all secluded hooks, and
they faunt their banners in the most
conspicuous places. There are yuccas
and other flowers of large growth which
are not yet displayed in this booth.
THE MOORISH BOOTH.
This is also called the "Boutonieres
booth" as buttonhole bouquets are here
sold to the gentlemen. The canopy is
all lined with white tarlton, and in the
arches are pretty white doves. Silver
stars glisten on the supports of the booth,
and long pendant branches Of the pepper
tree hang along the edges. There is a
profusion of the most beautiful roses in
the booth, and also of sweet peas.
Mignonette perfumes all the air, and the
graceful smilax entwines everything
about the booth. The ladies in charge
are Mrs. Will Carskaddon, Mrs. w. D.
Smith, Mrs. E. L. Stanton, Mrs. Charles
Rutan, Mrs. w. G. Morrison, Miss Martha
Dodsworth and Miss Clark.
THE SIERRA MADRE BOOTH.
At the extreme end of the hall, on the
right side, is one of the most artistic
booths in the fair. 1t is an original de-
sign, finely executed. 1t is called the
Sierra Madre booth, and is in charge of:
Mrs. Eta Ferry, Mrs. M. w. Copps,
Mrs. P. T. Reed, Mrs. Hart. Mrs.
Gresham, Miss Laura Hawks and Mr..
M. W. Copps. The design is that part of
the Sierra Madre range 80 well known as
Wilson's Peak. A huge mass of mater
ial has been piled to the very top of the
building in the semblance of the peak,
Along the base are wild lowers of many
varieties, and all exquisite. A deep raw
inc, or caflon, set with fern, chapperal,
CROSSWORD and wild flowers indents the
side of the mountain. Along this winds
the old trail, done in marguerites, all the
way to the summit in its tortuous course.
A donkey, ridden by boy,
is descending this with careful step. All
the side of the mass is covered with
moses and ferns, with the manzanita
trees and even pines growing from the
crags. At the top is the observatory,
with it's dome revolving by means of
some nicely adjusted clock-work. 1t is
mass OF bright flowers. From its apex
moves Old Glory, all made of flowers so
artistically put together that they de-
ceive the eye into the impression that it
is a richly wrought fabric. At the base
of the mountain'ss dome in flowers, is
the counterfeit presentment of the home
OF N. q. Carter, known as Carterhia,
and lower down is Altamonte, the
home of Mr.. Palmer 7. Reed. Beds
of exquisite roses and long stretches
of ivy are the only plants
that have been domesticated that are
seen about this artistic booth. Photo
graphs OF Sierra Madre and of the prin-
cipal buildings are ON sale at the booth.
The name of the booth is done in flow
ers and hangs in q conspicuous place
near the summit. 1t is most charming
design, very excellently executed, and
represents in miniature very charming
part of this section.
Along the sides of the stage rise up to
height of fifty feet masses of callas, on
either side. Along the front and at
many points along the hall there are nu-
merous yuccas in boxes.
TWO HUNDRED VARIETIES OF ROSES FROM
ONE GARDEN.
Just in front of where the orchestra
usually sits, in the center of the hall is a
special exhibition of roses made by Mrs.
Anna Straus. It contains not less than
200 varieties of this, the Queen of all
fair Flora's train. In this are simply
perfect specimens of nearly all the rarest
products in this line of the florist. There
is the tiny Bankias, white and yellow,
and there are mammoth beds of the
Ohromatella, and the Anna Olivier, there
are hundreds of the Beauty of Glazen-
wood and of the spotless Lamark; there
is the rich yellow of the Marechal Neil
and the dark disk of the Jaqueminot.
Mrs. Straus has city lot 60x145 on
Bunker Hill avenue. Her house is on
the lot and, on what ground is left, she
has garden in which grow all these
rare roses and many other plants to
boot.
THE QUARTZ BOOTH.
The country certainly surpasses the
city in originality of design. That lovely
district known as the Duarte is to the
fore with an exceedingly well conceived
design, very charmingly executed. The
booth is in the shape of a large wind
mill. The wheel is made of marguer-
ties, and on the fan the name is brought
out in purple blooms. The heart of the
mill is made of lovely roses of many var
ieties. The posts that uphold the plat
| form are trimmad from the floor IN their