Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-04
BEAUTIES Of FLORAL
SHOW DELIGHT CROWDS

PASADENA, Nov. 4. - Thousands
of chrysanthemums and hundreds of
other flowers, plants and fruits were
exhibited to hundreds of visitors at
the third annual flower show OF the
Pasadena Gardeners association which
opened yesterday at Hotel Maryland
and which continues today, tonight
Saturday and Saturday night. The
show was formally opened with music
by Schneider's orchestra and an ad-
dress by Mayor Thomas Farley. Nu-
merous dinner parties are being held
at the hotel by visitors to the snow
and an elaborate ball will be given
Saturday evening.
Mayor Farley made his address brief,
as he said, to enable the visitors 10
enjoy the floral exhibits. He said IN
part:
ave are indebted to the Pasadena
Gardeners association for its persever-
ance in collecting this magnificent dis
play. God has blessed this land by
giving us a climate where we can
grow almost every plant and shrub
known to man.
"Where is the artist who can pro-
| duce a picture that will duplicate the
beauties of the Busch gardens, Whlch
are thrown open through the gener-
| osity of the owner, free of expense
to rich and poor alike, where the great
| Artist Of the Universe changes the
coloring every day and never makes
a mistake?
FAVORs HORTICULTURAL HALL
eve are indebted to the gardeners
for making Pasadena the ideal home
CITY and producing many beautiful
pictures. We do not need to be able
to own mansions in order to nave
pretty gardens. We should encourage
the associated gardeners in their en-
deavor to raise funds for horticul-
tural hall where their flowers can De
shown to better advantage"
The most elaborate display at the
flower show is the collection of palms,
ferns and plants from all over the
world exhibited by Henry 2. Hunting
ton, Included in the veritable mass OF
foliage is a species of palm known as
Cycas Tonquinense, said to be the only
one in the United States. Several va
rieties of the dracena palm are shown
and rare ferns and other tropical
nIants are numerous. Each plant and
shrub in the Huntington collection IS
labeled for the convenience of visitors.
Chrysanthemums predominant IN
the flower section. Perhaps most
prominent is the plant exhibited py
Clayton H. Garvey, bearing more thah
300 "mums'' and the exhibit OF Rlcn-
ard Thomas showing more than l0O
varieties. Plants are also shown in
this section with flowers of all colors
growing from the same root.
Roses, carnations, dahlias, sweet
meas. towering bulbs and numerous
ANNALS and perennials go to make up
the picture and the exhibit from the
city park department attracts no
small amount of attention.
Many dealers have interesting eXn1o-
its of fruits and nursery stock. NO
ticeable among the fruit displays are
ayacados, cherimolias, feijoas, man
goes, cocos Australias, rose apples,
chayottes, lemon guavas, natal plumS
and California dates.
WINNERS OF FIRST PRIZES
Those winning first prices for the
respective classes of chrysanthemums
in which they entered were r. h
Blacker, Mrs. Edith Fenyes, Mrs. n.
G. French, Laurence Hurlbut, c. II.
Garvey, H. F. Kendall. Mrs. H. M.
Singer and Richard Thomas.
First prize winners in the two class
es of dahlias were A. B. Williams and
Edith Fenyes Other first prize win
ners were: Roses, Mrs. Evelyn Straf-
ford; carnations Mrs. G. G. Bragdon;
annuals, Mrs Edith Fenyes; peren-
mails, C. A. Canfield; cannas, c. A. Can
field towering vines, Mrs. e. M. FoW-
ler; towering shrubs, c. A. Garfield;
ferns, Mrs. H. M. Singer; foliage
plants, H. e. Huntington.
Winners of first prizes in their re-
spective classes in the amateur show
of chrysanthemums were: George c.
Busch, Mrs. F. Jencke, Mrs. G. h.
Busch, Mrs. j. M. Windham, A. b.
Williams and Frank Schoeppe.
Amateur first prizes for dahlias were
awarded to George c. Busch, A. b..
Williams and Mrs. F. Jencke First
prizes for amateur exhibits of roses
and carnations were both won by A.
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