January 20, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



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PASADENA'S NEW YEAR CELE- 

 BRATION. 



Cut (Towers t)y the mile was the 

 unique and beautiful offering to the 

 Goddess of Flora at Pasadena, Cali- 

 fornia, on New Year's Day, 1917. Cel- 

 ebrating its 28th annual Tournament 

 of Roses, the municipality added fresh 

 laurels to its fame as the "City of 

 Roses" by making more gorgeous than 

 ever the floral parade, which this 

 year assumed a national and even in- 

 ternational aspect. Lavishly deco- 

 rated floats, representing Japan, the 

 Philippines, the Hawaiians. China, As- 

 syria, Byzantium and Spain gave 

 colorful variety to the fragrant caval- 

 cade and already the hope is expressed 

 that at the next tournament the world 

 will be circled in the float entry list. 



An added feature this year was the 

 hotel division of the parade. In this 

 there were entries from New York, 

 Chicago, Baltimore, Kansas City, St. 

 Louis, San Francisco, Portland, 

 Seattle, Atlantic City and other of the 

 larger cities frequented by travelers. 

 Few of the 200,000 visitors for the 

 day realized the immense amount of 

 preliminary work necessary to prepare 

 the exquisite but rapidly perishable 

 spectacle. It is probable that a larger 

 proportion of the population of Pasa- 

 dena "sees out the old and in the New 

 Year" than any city on the continent, 

 this condition being due to the thou- 

 sands of enthusiasts who work all 

 night at preparing the flower bedecked 

 floats. The strictest rule of the cele- 

 hration is that not an artificial flower 

 of any sort may Be used in decoration. 

 Many varieties of the cut flower used 

 wilt so rapidly that their cutting is 

 postponed until the last possible mo- 

 ment. The experts who decorate the 

 floats throughout the night and the 

 early morning hours know to a min- 

 ute how much time will be required 

 and govern the work accordingly. In 

 awarding the prizes, the judges con- 

 sider the freshness of the blooms, 

 hence the strenuous effort to utilize 

 every minute before the starting time. 

 All sections of Southern California 



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are drawn upon for flowers, as there 

 is no community so small that it does 

 not boast of a float in the annual 

 flower orgy of a land of flowers. It is 

 not unusual for the towns of least size 

 to win the finest trophies, as frequent- 

 ly they have the largest assortment of 

 blooms from which to select their dec- 

 orations. 



No expense is spared in many of tlte 

 entries, notably those of wealthy win- 

 ter residents who maintain elaborate 



t of Flowers. 



gardens where all varieties of tropi- 

 cal and semi-tropical plants are prop- 

 agated. Priceless orchids mingle with 

 the wild poppies, California's state 

 flower, and hundreds of varieties of 

 roses lend color and fragrance to the 

 splendid spectacle. In order to insure 

 plenty of blooms, for its own display, 

 the city of Pasadena maintains a gar- 

 den of two acres, in which are grown 

 flowers especially for the midwinter 

 tournament. 



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