Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-30
THE FLOWER SHOW.
A GORGEOUS SCENE OF BEAUTY
AT THE PAVILION.
The Victoria Regia Attracts Many Spec
tators-Features of the Show-The List
Of Premiums Awarded.

A fashionable and appreciative audi
ence thronged the pavilion last night tc
witness the Victoria Regia in flower
Crowds surrounded the tropical pools
and constant exclamations of delight
were heard on every hand. The mag
nificent groups of tropical plants were a
complete surprise to this audience, and
elected much praise. Many new entries
of chrysanthemums have been made, SC
that all the tables along the sides OF the
pavilion are blaze of color.
Miss X. Sessions received fresh lot
of exhibition blooms from her place at
San Diego all the blooms are marvels
of beauty. Another notable addition is
collection of eight varieties, three
specimens OF each. These are glorious
flowers. Some of the seedlings shown
possess high merit and will undoubtedly
rank with the best well known varieties.
. The curious cockscombs shown by DIR.
Howard are simply wonderful, some of
them look like immense sponges, and
when contrasted with the deep crimson
sorts the effect is most remarkable.
The orchids, cacti, ferns, palms, water
lilies, epiphytes, begonias, cycads, an
thuriums and other ornamental plants
excited the utmosG wonderment and de-
light, the managers of the exhibition
being constantly besieged with battery
of queries for more information regard
ing these beauties of the tropics.
The fruit exhibit is beautifully ar
ranged and looks very tempting; choice
flowers in vases are interspersed with
the fruit at regular intervals. Delicate
decorative palms about twelve inches
high add immensely to the effect. Neat
and legibly written cards give names
and exhibitor.
Even the ordinarily homely vegetable
looks picturesque and fetching. Some
mammoth peppers attracted much at
tention fine exhibits of soft shell wal
nuts, chestnuts and peanuts were OBJ
served.
A noble plant of Foureroya Beding-
hausii was much admired. This plant
is closely allied to the agavas or century
plant and forms most picturesque OBJ
ject in landscape gardening.
The coniferous trees shown by the
Park nursery are worthy Of much study.
Arancarias, cunninghamias, sequoias,
cupressus, pinus, thuia, thujopsis, etc.,
are represented by many species in splen-
did young specimens from four to eight
feet in height. Among choice ever
green shrubs several examples of the
sweet scented olea fragrans were found.
Ratinosporas raphioIepis, pittosporum
and many other choice things were OBJ
served.
Competent judges have estimated the
value of the plants on the floor of the
pavilion at $4,000.
Much delight was taken in the excel
lent character of the music. Several
intelligent encores were offered. The
cello solos and the Mocking Bird bv
Mr.. George o. Marshall were excessively
clever. Much comfort was taken by
the audience from the fact that when
tired the galleries afforded seats
where the music could be enjoyed.
While the scene below reminds one OF
some of the magnificent gardens on the
Rivera, in fact the scene from the gal
lery is enchanting. All the groups OF
tropical plants stand in bold relief,
while the masses of color are enchant-
ing in the extreme.
One OF the most interesting exhibits
at the pavilion is a series of studies in
oils illustrative of Southern California
wild flowers, fifty-six in number,
specially valuable, as the botanical
names are given. They are from the
brush of Mrs. H. 7. Kruckeberg, a tai
ented lady of this city, and are SO clev-
erly done that no trouble will be found
in identifying the many we'll known
species found upon our hills. This little
collection is hung near the Redondo
Beach company's ehrysanthemum ex-
hibit.
The following well-known horticultur-
lists acted as judges of the fruit exhibit
w. B. G. Richardson of Tropico, John S.
Calkins of Pomona and G. HI. A. Good
win of Los Angeles, and awarded the
following premiums:
THE PREMIUMS.
No. 1-Apples, first premium to Will
liam Barclay, Dominguez; second, Mrs.
Isaac Gibbs, Vernon.
No. 2-Pears, first premium, Mrs.
Isaac Gibbs, Vernon; second, Samuel
Kihley, Los Angeles.
No. 3-Peaches. first premium, Mrs. I.
Gibbs, Vernon; second, A. L. Hooper,
Los Angeles.
No. 4-Persimmons, first premium, E.
H. Morgan, Vernondale; second, J. G.
Mcdonald, city.
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