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SAN FRANCISCO NOTES. 



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basket and best basket of Englisli 

 singles. 



Be.ssie Boston, of the San Mateo Dah- 

 lia Farm, was awarded first prize for 

 best vase of one variety, fifty blooms. 



P. C. Burns, of Ban Rafael, took first 

 prize for the best establislied 3 year- 

 old seedling. 



Mrs. Jessie Seal won the William Hill 

 silver cup for the best twelve peony 

 dahlias in the show. 



Most of tlie awards in the semi-pro- 

 fessional e.Iass went to J. W. Davies for 

 his collection of blooms, whieli arc 

 1,'rown in wliat was formerly an un- 

 sightly dumping ground at tlie Turk 

 and Fillmore streets car barn. He won 

 first ])ri/e for tlie most meritorious ex- 

 hibit. 



Of unusual interest was the exliibit by 

 l)risoners of San C^uentin, the state peni- 

 tentiarj, a varied collection of choice 

 blooms which were grown in their own 

 garden under the guidance of one of 

 the convicts, William 1'. (iibson. 



O. A. Harker won the awjinl for llie 

 best 1919 seedling. 



Oflicers of the Dahlia Society of Cali 

 fornia are as follows: I'residcnt. T. A. 

 Burns; vice-j)rcsidents, .1. W. Davies 

 and William Kettehvell; secretary, F. 

 0. Burns; treasurer, F. 1). Pelicano. Tiie 

 directors are Arthur Twichett. Mrs. K. 

 W. Lymbery, H. T. li.iiiiig, L. K. Kes 

 sing, Mrs. Jessie Seal, Richard Lohr- 

 mann, Piersou Hurbniw .'lud .lauifs Rad- 

 ford . 



Various Notes. 



The B. W. McLeilaii Co. sliiiiped some 

 fine chrysantlii'iuums last week, al 

 though Henry .\vansino, manager of the 

 Bush street store, states that ])arf ot 

 the ship])ing, especially orders from the 

 extreint> east, has been held up on ac- 

 count of the lack of cold storage si)a<'e. 

 He e.xpecfs this situation to be relieveil 

 shortly, linwev er, and is planning to fill 

 the many orders which are now stand 

 ing. 



.Mr. lioliiinniin. of the Bohannon Flo- 

 ral Co., Chicago, was a local visitor last 

 week. 



The annual jjienic of the Pacific Coast 

 Horticultural Sorieiy was held Se|)tem- 

 ber 7 at Madrone park in the Berkeley 

 hills. An unexpected rain storm inter- 

 rupted the ])rograin < f the day, but 

 j)lenty of excitement was furnished by 

 a spirited debate on bolshevism, Mr. 

 Raymond, re]iresenting the Garden City 

 Pottery Co. and incidentally law and 

 [Continued on page 10<.l 



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