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The annual flower show, held under 

 the auspices of the Sierra Madre 

 Woman 's Club and kindred bodies, was 

 a magpaificent success from the point 

 of view of exhibits, but, as these notes 

 are written just at the opening of the 

 show, it is impossible to say what the 

 financial outcome will be. A large mar- 

 quee was erected this year and this was 

 filled to the utmost with exhibits of a 

 high order of merit, in addition to the 

 exhibits in the club rooms. 



On entering the tent a splendid show 

 of cinerarias, lily of the valley and 

 hyacinths, put up by W. W. Felgate, 

 showed plainly that this well known 

 gardener knows how to grow flowers as 

 well as vegetables. It was a first-class 

 display, which would have done credit 

 to any show. 



H. W. Turner, of Montebello, put up 

 some extra fine roses, including his 

 famous September Morn and Jonkheer 

 J. L. Mock. 



The Germain Seed & Plant Co. had 

 an artistic grouping of plants, consist- 

 ing of fine kentias, boxwoods, bays 

 and other foliage plants, with small 

 plants of coleus, Agathsea coelestis and 

 others in front. 



The Clemence Nurseries, of Pasadena, 

 put up one of the characteristic bright 

 groups of flowering plants for which 

 this firm is noted, and Coolidge's Bare 

 Plant Gardens were to the fore with 

 an interesting collection of varieties. 

 Ward's Nurseries, of Sierra Madre, had 

 a bright and telling display, while 

 Howard & Smith and G. W. Smith, of 

 Los Angeles, both contributed of their 

 best. 



J. H. Teekamp, of Pasadena, showed 

 some elegant Darwin tulips. 



The competitive classes were all well 

 filled and the baskets and table decora- 

 tions were especially fine. Probably 

 the writer has missed some exhibitors, 

 but, as already stated, these notes were 

 hurriedly taken just at the opening of 

 the show. 



W. W. Felgate managed the show. 

 The judges were H. W. Turner, H. E. 

 Bichards, James McGillivray and J. 

 Dieterich. H. E. E. 



LOS ANGELES. 



Tbe Market. 



The Easter business, according to 

 most of the retailers, was not quite up 

 to that of last year, though a few re- 

 port an increase. A large number of 

 tourists are visiting the city, but hotel 

 men say that, owing to the counter at- 

 tractions at San Francisco and San 

 Diego, they are cutting their stay 

 shorter than usual; consequently there 

 are fewer entertainments. Transient 

 business is good, however, and there is 

 a healthy tone to plant trade. Easter 

 lilies were not as plentiful as usual 

 and cleaned up well. There were large 

 numbers of spiraeas left over, while 

 rhododendrons 'and good azaleas were 

 on the short side. There was a marked 

 shortage of small decorative stock, 

 and baskets of plants were again con- 

 spicuously absent. In cut flowers there 

 was no shortage, nor any great over- 



supply. One of the principal rose grow- 

 ers said he filled all orders, but was 

 glad there were no more, and this 

 about sizes up the situation. 



. Club Meeting. 



The usual monthly meeting of the 

 Los Angeles County Horticultural So- 

 ciety was held in Kruckeberg's hall, 

 April 6. Everyone present was sorry 

 to hear that Secretary Hal Kruckeberg 

 had met with an accident, spraining 

 his back, but his place was taken by his 

 father, H. W. Kruckeberg. 



The topic for the evening, "Florists' 

 Plants," was ably handled by James 

 Taylor, of the Homer Laughlin ranch 

 at Hollywood. Mr. Taylor, while re- 

 ferring to many other plants, mentioned 

 particularly Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine and similar kinds, cyclamens and 

 cinerarias. His lecture, while short, 

 was pithy and full of good, practical 

 advice, and was listened to with the 

 greatest interest. An interesting dis- 

 cussion, in which W. W. Felgate, J. 

 Eobertson, W. Hunt, Fred Howard and 

 others took part, followed the lecture. 



On the table were choice amaryllis 

 blooms sent "by Howard & Smith, a 

 splendid specimen cineraria from W. W. 

 Felgate, of Sierra Madre, and some 

 excellent cyclamens grown and exhib- 

 ited by Mr. Taylor. 



A nunjiber of new members were 

 initiated. J. Grant, forester for Orange 

 county, drove up from Santa Atfa with 

 a party of friends and there was an 

 excellent attendance. A rising vote of 

 thanks was given the lecturer and ex- 

 hibitors. 



Various Notes. 



In one day last week Murata & Co. 

 handled 1,500 Easter lilies in pots, be- 

 sides great quantities of the cut blooms. 



W. W. Felgate, gardener for Dr. Bar- 

 low, of Sierra Madre, and vice-presi- 

 den of the Los Angeles County Horti- 



cultural Society, is now chairman of the 

 park commissioners of that charming 

 foothill town and was recently elected 

 school trustee. "Billy" polled 10& 

 votes; the next highest candidate, 

 seventy-nine. 



An immense rhododendron, splendid- 

 ly flowered, was one of the attractions 

 for Easter at the store of the Morris 

 & Snow Seed Co., on Main street. 



At H. W. Turner's the new dwarf 

 rose, George Elgar, is a delight. Mr. 

 Turner has potted on some young stock 

 into G-inch pots and they are about 

 fifteen inches across, covered with the 

 pretty yellow flowers so unusual in this 

 class of rose. As a pot plant it is per- 

 fect, for the flowers appear on every 

 bit of young growth when only a few 

 inches high. Mr. Turner's plants are 

 so delightfully fresh and the foliage 

 so good that one cannot help admiring 

 them, both from a cultural point of 

 view and for their delicate beauty. 



It is so usual in this section to place 

 a big house on a small lot that it is 

 refreshing to come across the opposite 

 and find a small house in the center of 

 a large and lovely garden. This is the 

 case at Lionel Armstrong's place at 

 Sunny Slope, between Pasadena and 

 San Gabriel, where Karl Lipman ably 

 presides over the garden. Mr. Arm- 

 strong is one of the liberal patrons of 

 the trade and Mr. Lipman 's knowledge 

 of plants and their eflfective grouping 

 conduces to the splendid results at- 

 tained. 



One of the finest plants ever intro- 

 duced is undoubtedly Howard Ss 

 Smith's new verbena. Crimson King. 

 The flowers are of the richest crimson 

 and the trusses are magnificent, built 

 well up and extra large. The effect of 

 this grand plant in the mass is splen- 

 did. The Montebello nursery is look- 

 ing its best now and a fine display will 

 be kept up for a long time. The Easter 



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Improved BonnaflFon, yellow " 6.00 7.50 2.50 



Wm. Turner, white " 3.00 6.00 1.50 



Chas. Razer, white " 3.00 5.00 1.50 



Mensa, white single " 3.00 5.00 2.00 



Golden Mensa, yellow " 5.00 7^50 2.60 



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