The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-09-16
FLOWER SHOW WILL
CLOSE WITH TONlGHT


table show of the South Canon and
ssY.incoln Park Civic improvement
LEAGUE will close tonight and If you
have not visited 1t you should do so
ternoon or early this evening.
: The collection and display is the
best ever made by the league and is
highly creditable to its promoters and
friends. The exhibit is well arranged
and of remarkable attractiveness and
beauty.
The visitor to the show is aston
Z ished at the great variety of flowers
ON display and OF their fine colorings
and perfection. in fact. he will be
surprised that such a quantity OF
bloom was TO be found in the COM
munity from which it was gathered
In addition to the magnificent show
ing of roses, dahlias. marigolds. dai-
sizes. petunias and the almost count
less other kinds of the common aow-
ers. all of them worthy of blue rib
bon. there are scores of the rarer
kinds OF blossom. for which only the
hotanist and the grower has name
1t is a collection to enlist the highest
degree of public interest and no lover
of flowers and plant life should miss
seeing 1t.
There were more entries this year
than last and the exhibit is in every
tYay superior to anything OF its char
arfer aver ehnu-u hare 4. t-at.. 80,
keen appreciation OF the beauties
OF iioraculture by the people Of South
Canon and Lincoln Park. a quality
and Characteristic that should be more
widely cultivated here and elsewhere.
Many of the flowers on display are
unusual and are worthy OF careful
inspection and study not only by the
foraculturist. but by the casual Wis
itor. for they show the possibilities
OF a sort OF beauty too much neglect
ed by people who could have them
for the adornment OF their homes
BY the exercise of little intelligent
care and attention. Such things have
their place and make their posses
sors happier and better beings.
The vegetable exhibit is also very
sne and would command admiration
at any county fair in the country.
The showing OF beetB. cabbaEes, corn
and other products is a notable one
and is n sort of Kindergarten OF the
resources and potentialfties of the
soil Of South Canon and Lincoln Park
Some OF the products IN the vegetable
section of the show are marveix of
size and quality and could hardly be
duplicated elsewhere in the state.
? There is corn ndisplay that would
receive honorable mention at any az.
Ftcuitural fair In Iowa or Illinois.
huge cabbages that would be hard
TO match by any market gardener in
the country and gigantic sunnowers
that would create the envy OF the
ranchers OF California. The vegeta.
BILE exhibit should not be overlooked
by visitors to the fair
In fruits there are peaches. pears.
apples. grapes. piums. the latter as
large as apricots. and a large variety
Of other products OF the orchard. All
Of them are tempting TO the appetite
and are no less delightful 10 the taste
than they are TO the eye. While the
display OF fruits Is necessarily small
owing to the exhibition space set
apart for that purpose. it is compre.
hensivc enough to show the grea,
variety OF horticultural products
grown here.
The awarding committee has pass.
ed judgment on all of the exhibits,
but the names of the prize winners
will not be available for publication
for severa ldays. Tho competition in
many classes OF the exhibits was so
close that the committee had great
difficulty in deciding which were en-.
titled TO the awards and was only
able to determine who the winners
were by a strict observance OF tech
nicaiities.
Notable exhibits we're made in
the floral department by Mrs. C. c.
Snyder. Mrs. J. w. Mckinley, Mrs.
WI J. Davis and others. The South
Canon and Lincoln Park school chill.
dren have a display of both flowers
and vegetables from seeds furnished
them by the Civic improvement
league last spring.
As indicating the popular interest
in the show, II is pointed out that a
South Canon boy made application
for space to diaplay n coIIect,on NJ