Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-25
FLOWER LOVERS
THRONG THE HALL
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY EX-
HIBIT IS ATTRACTIVE
Hundreds Of New and Rare Botani-
cal Specimens Shown for First
Time-Judges Name Prize
Winners

Lovers of flowers and plants clustered
around the beauties on exhibition at
Blanchard hall, where the Southern
California Agricultural society is hold
ing its annual spring flower show, all
day yesterday. Until late into the
night botanists and gardeners brought
rare and beautiful plants to place on
exhibition. but wanting to show what
intelligent care and tending can do in
the cultivation of flowers.
Among the many new entries was the
collection of cactli entered by DR.. A. d.
Houghton. Seven of the rarest of his
plants were shown to the public for the
| first time yesterday afternoon, and it is
probable that 200 more varieties will
| be placed ON exhibition by the doctor
| today.
The botanic display of D. d. Barn
hart, gardener for Mrs. Elizabeth Hol-
| lenbeck, fifty-two known varieties Of
cut flowers and three exhibited for
| identification, made their display one
of the largest and rarest of the exhbi-
ton.
Show Novel Flowers
The Howard Smith company in
creased their large display with what
| is known among local botanists as The
Smith variation of the Canterbury
bellies. This flower shows the blue
saucer as well as the blue cup, common
to all varieties of Canterbury bellies.
| This firm also exhibited the Miss
Howard clematis. an unusually large,
| siX-panel lavender clematis that for
its size and deep color has not been
equaled by any creation of local
| botanists.
| The aquatic display was prepared by
e. d. Sturtevant of Hollywood. Every
variety of the water lily made the eX
hibit seem like minia ture flower-lned
lake. The blue water hyacinth and the
nymphea We're also in this collection
and their delicate shades gave a con-
trast to the greenry over the water
The judges of the flowers, j. G. Nor
| ley, superintendent of public parks
Theo. Payne and Ernest Braunton
have awarded prizes to the following:
Winners of Prizes
Carnations, field grown, best collec
tion fifty bloom, W. c. Collett, gardener
to A. C. Burrage of Redlands.
Carnations. cover grown, best col
lection of fifty, j. w. Wolfskill of Los
Angeles.
General display of cut flowers Woods
Floral company of Wilmington.
Stocks, general collection, Woods
Floral company of Wilmington.
Gladiolus, best collection, A. Camp
| bell-J Johnson.
Sweet peas, best 100 bloom of purple
lavender, red, scarlet, pink and white
| r. Lambert of Sierra Madre.
Gaillardia, best twelve bloom, Sadie
A. Thomas, Pasadena.
Shasta daisy. best twenty-five bloom
Edward Kirkby.
Transvaal daisy best twelve bloom
Woods Floral company.
Poppies, best twelve bloom, Mary e
| Foy, Garvanza.
Scabiosa, best twelve bloom, Woods
Penstemons, best twelve spray, e
KirlSby.
Snap-dragon, best twelve bloom, E
Kirkby.
Best collection of wild flowers, T
Lambert, Sierra Madre.
Kentias, foresteriana, belmoreana
best specimen, Dietrich & Hustan
Los Angeles.
Rex begonias, A. D. Peterson, garden
er to John Singleton.
| Boston fern, best single specimen, A
D. Peterson.
Asparagus sprengeri, best single speci.
men, A. D. Peterson.
Best novelty Towering plants, the
"butterfly flower" e. Kirkby.
| Aquatics, best display, e. ID. Sturte'
want.
The prizes which will be awarded to
morrow will be for the best decorated
dining table, best floral basket and besl
bridal bouquet. The competition fol
these prizes is most keen and the dis
play will, no doubt, be the feature o.
the exhibition.
The show will continue until Satur
| day at 10 o'clock.