Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-01
SEA Or NUNS
GREETS VISITORS
FLOWER SHOW OPENS WITH
MARKED SUCCESS
caIfornla's Wonderful Floral Wealth
Never Better Displayed Than
at the sls show In
Blanchard Hall

the scene, the overpowering fragrance,
the soft blending of the color tones
and the dark green freshness Of the
plants which were displayed at the
flower show which opened last even
ing at Blanchard hall under the au-
spices of the Southern California
horticultural association.
1t was sea of blossoms with no
ships in sight. The tall stately chry-
santhemums gave way on one side to
their smaller sisters, the carnations,
and on the other the dainty scent of
hundreds of sweet peas, while in back
and In front of them palms and huge
ferns did homage.
Goldfish disported themselves in the
aquarium and large water lilies float
ed in a miniature pond. In one corner
fair orchids hid their heads behind
q mass OF ferns and a short distance
from them bunch of bananas, fully
ripe and grown In our own state,
proudly hung.
Every exhibit was beautiful and
there seemed to be no choice, since If
one set of flowers were larger the next
were prettier, and If one exhibition
was finer the next would surely ap-
peal to one as more artistic until 1t
seemed as IL there could not possibly
be any choice.
North Pomona's Effort
William NJ Marung of North Po-
mona had the largest exhibit there.
He only showed chrysanthemums but
SO many varieties and species that 1t
was almost impossible 70 count them.
They were In every shade and hue,
ranging from dainty buds to large full
grown flowers that belied the eastern
er's boast that no one can grow as
large chrysanthemums in California as
they can in the east.
Handsome clusters of polyantha
chrysanthemums, yellow and purple,
tiny little flowers that would take ten
of to make a medium size common
chrysanthemum but beautiful just the
same and showing their velvety petals
on their close-cropped heads just as
gracefully as their larger brethren.
Mrs. G. S. Bowers of Blanchard hall
showed these.
Chester Winder of 6423 Pollard street
had an exhibition of dahlas, large
purple ones, fine specimens of their
class. and with rare beauty.
AItadena Offering
One of the largest chrysanthemums
in the flower show was shown by A
Urquhart, the gardener for D. r.
Cameron of Altadena. 1t was the
Good Gracious" variety and large
enough to make two ordinary chrysan-
themums. 1t seems doubly wonderful
since Mr.. Urquhart is a gardener and
has not the time and space to grow
such wonderful specimens, so it is
truly marvel of the florists art.
Rare and beautiful orchids were the
offering of Mrs E. H. Chllds of the
''Wlndcrest," West Adams street. They
were ON exquisite exhibit with their
petals mottled and others shading
from the deepest to the lightest hues
and all surrounded by a protecting
cluster of maidenhair ferns.
The large pyramid in the center of
the hall was an artistic triumph. 1t
rose, step after step, of beautiful
palms and potted plants and was
crowned by large fern.
j. w, Wolfskill had miscellaneous
display of flowers and plants. They
were very beautiful and showed not so
much as to one single flower but were
especially noted in their artistic ar
rangement and combination as a whole.
Each flower was perfect and combined
with the rest of its nelghbors in an at
tractive color scheme
Bamboo Pergola
The bamboo pergola on the south
wall Of Blanchard hall was beautiful.
1t was arranged to create the impress
sion of tropical retreat and the bam-
boo poles looked down on dark masses
of palms and ferns, while in every little
nook heavy leaved vines and soft car
pets of moss invited by their cool fresh
ness. Howard & Smith exhibited this.
Morris Goldenson had a dainty col
lection of all kinds of beautiful flowers.
I II colors were represented, but they
shaded so delicately that the change of
hue was hardly detected.
Beautiful long stemmed roses, their
fair faces blushing with all colors and
their soft petals lying against each
other in countless numbers, was the
Offering of Sadie A. Thomas She also
showed some beautiful dahlias.
Among the others were Richard
Thomas, chrysanthemums; p. D. Barn
hart of the Hollenbeck home, rare car
nations; w. c. Collett of the Burrage
place, chrysanthemums and carnations:
Oceanside Floral Co., carnations and
sweet peas; Signal Hill Floral Co,
mammoth asparagus vines; Edw Kir-
by, chrysanthemums; city parks, a
beautiful display of greenery; B.
Whitehead of Pasadena, chrysanthe-
NUNS; o. X. Sessions, new and rare
PLANTS I. II. Wright, bridal bouquet
and floral basket; e. Forman, dining
table; Dietrich g. Huston. every kind
and variety almost of palms; r. Ed
ward Gray, immense Boston ferns; Sid
ney Hockridge, chrysanthemums: 70
d. Sturtevant, lily pond, and Mrs. VIII
liam Mead OF Dreamwold, native ba-
nanas.