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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBRS 81, 1912. 



tainty on that point after a fair com- 

 parison has been made of the finished 

 vrreaths as they are shown in the pic- 

 tures. And if there has been any 

 doubt in your mind as to the economy 

 of art, surely it is removed by these 

 telling examples. 



There may be some who will see 

 beauty in the carnation wreath and 

 ask by what authority we pronounce 

 the other the more beautiful, since the 

 richer quantity of material is in the 

 carnation wreath. Some may claim 

 that, by their method of considering 

 values, the carnation wreath is the 

 better, for it required as much or 

 more energy for its production and 

 eoutains a greater amount of material. 



A. Fair Comparison. 



We woiild answer that argument this 

 way: The same energy and material 

 were used to produce the original 

 form of boxwood; this is the big inter- 

 est. Then about the same energy was 

 ufled to place our blooms, for in the 

 uase of the fewer flowers we had the 

 longer stems to contend with, and what 

 is the result f In the carnation wreath 

 we have lost a principle; we have 

 gained the factor of flowers but lost 

 the factor of boxwood; we have not 

 added to the blooms by collective 

 grouping or any suggestive form. Ixl 

 the other design we have still retained 

 the wreath of boxwood, have added the 

 second factor of flowers, and have in- 

 tensified the interest by a greater oppo- 

 sition gained by leaving the stems a 

 greater length and grouping the 

 blooms. Thus, by a course of sane 

 reasoning, we shall always be able to 

 analyze and classify the work of de- 

 signers and distinguish the artistic 

 from the inartistic. 



Remember, however, that while you 

 uiay direct and employ all these essen- 

 tial principles in your work, the charm 



Extravagant of Material but Devoid of Art. 



of your work is in your gift of con- 

 veying, through the medium of thO 

 high light — such as the cluster of car- 

 nations on our boxwood wreath — the 

 feeling, character or theory of your 

 individuality. Fred C. W. Brown. 



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THE AUTUMN 



EXHIBITIONS 



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PASADENA, CAL. 



Fall Flower Show. 



Rivaling in beauty and artistic ar- 

 rangement many larger shows in" bigger 

 cities, and surpassing by far any of the 

 previous exhibits held here, the fifth 

 annual fall flower show of the Pasadena 

 Horticultural Society was opened to 

 the public October 24 by Mayor William 

 Thum. Completely filling an immense 

 tent pitched on the grounds of the Ho- 

 tel Maryland, the display attracted 

 thousands of lovers of plants and flow- 

 ers. It lasted three days and, judging 

 from the attendance on the opening 

 day and evening, there are few Pasa- 

 dena residents who have failed to spend 

 at least a few minutes there. 



Although the competitive classes in 

 no case permitted exhibits of commer- 

 cial growers, the latter turned out id^ 

 full force and made a most creditable 

 showing. Awards were made as a token 



of appreciation from the society, but 

 no prizes were given to these displays. 



Attracting much attention was a 

 large group of rare plants, palms, ferns 

 and cattleyas from Henry E. Hunting- 

 ton, staged under the direction of his 

 landscape gardener, William Hertrich, 

 This exhibit was given the place of 

 honor in the center of the tent, but 

 was not for competition, and received a 

 certificate of merit. 



Much credit for the success of the 

 show is due to the unremitting efforts 

 of J. B. Feldman, president, and George 

 H. Kennedy, secretary of the society. 

 All the classes were well filled, in- 

 cluding the one for floral baskets from 

 the public schools. Of course mums 

 were the leading feature, but by no 

 means the only things of interest. 



Commercial Displays. 



Certificates of merit were awarded 

 to the following: 



Kempton 's Flower Shop, for display 



of carnations, artistically surrounded 

 and banked with ferns and palms. A 

 specimen Alsophila australis, the Aus 

 tralian tree fern, received high com 

 mendation. 



Coolidge's Rare Plant Gardens, for 

 100 varieties of ferns and general dis 

 play of foliage plants. 



Campbell's Seed Store, for bulbs, 

 gardeners' supplies, etc. 



Will S. Laurie, for general display 

 of about 800 varieties of dahlias, 400 

 of them being their own seedlings. 



Mentor Nursery, Roberu Begg, pro- 

 prietor, for display of folis^ge/and flow- 

 ering plants, including bp^ied^ sola 

 nums, coleus, roses and palms^Uid-^erns 



The Clemence Nursery, successors to 

 the Ross Nurseries, for large display of 

 many varieties of bedding and potted 

 plants, both foliage and flowering. 



W. S. Round, for display of dahlias 

 About thirty varieties were shown, al 

 though over 600 are grown by Mr 

 Round on his grounds. 



Edward H. Rust, proprietor of the 

 Palm Nurseries at South Pasadena, for 

 display of foliage plants in great va 

 riety. 



Howard & Smith, Los Angeles, for 

 large display of plants and bulb^ 

 Especially worthy of note were dwarf 

 lantanas in white, yellow, orange aii'i 

 red; giant zinnias, and twO tables of 

 dahlias. 



Germain Seed Co., Los Angeles, fc' 

 well arranged exhibit of plants aii'i 

 bulbs. 



Notes of the Show. 



John H. Teekamp, importer of Dutch 

 bulbs, was present with an assortment 

 of hyacinth and tulip bulbs, etc. 



Sherman Forestry Co. had an inter 

 esting exhibit showing a new method 

 of tree doctoring by means of a rein 





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