VOL. III. 
No. II. 
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST. 
LOS ANGELES, CAL., NOVEMBER, 18 S«. 
OUR EXHIBITIONS. 
It is admitted on all hands that never 
before lias so full arid satisfactory a dis¬ 
play of the resources of this section of the 
State been exhibited as is now collected 
in the Horticultural Pavilion. The con¬ 
tributions are so voluminous, and each so 
interesting of its kind, that the visitor is 
lost in a maze of exhibits forming alto¬ 
gether one of the most splendid displays 
imaginable. If there ever hud heeu any 
doubt about the capacity of Southern 
California to produce deciduous fruits, 
heretofore considered to lie almost exotics 
in the more genial latitudes, the present 
exhibition will completely dispel the de¬ 
lusion. The rigorous temperature of the 
north—supposod to bo exclusively favora¬ 
ble to the perfect maturity of the apple- 
lias never produced a better quality of 
fruit than the apples now gracing the 
stalls and tables of the Pavilion. They 
are there of every variety and in n perfec¬ 
tion of symmetry and appearance such as 
wo have never seen surpassed. And the 
size of them ! Nuw York, New .Jersey, or 
Oregon lias never produced a larger apple 
than can be seeu at our exhibition. As 
to taste, the talk about the absence of the 
delicate flavor which characterizes the 
northern apple is all moonshine. The 
aroma of our fruit is exquisite, and it is as 
gracious to the palate as the most fastidious 
taste could exact. Then the exhibits of 
pears, quinces, and cognate productions 
are almost interminable. As to our Horn, 
there never has been any pretense that 
our section did not produce a greater 
variety and a liner development of llowura, 
shrubs, evergreens of all kinds, than any 
other part of our favored State. The 
visitor to the Pavilion who is botatiiunlly 
inclined will there tlml contributions of the 
rarest exotica—of plants indigenous to 
every quarter of the globe, raised here to 
perfection, Ah to the root and piunpion 
families, gigantic representatives stare one 
in the faco at every turn. Although the 
grape season is backward, the fruit of the 
vineyard is splendidly represented. Mug- 
cuts of enormous size, and the inliuito vurie 
lies of grapes which have come from stocks 
imported from the be*: vineyards of Europe 
are displayed in profusion throughout 
the hall. Wheal, corn, barley, sorghum, 
the sugar beet. Hax, rye, oats—in shoit.j 
all the products of the field—nil the gifts 
>>f Ceres and Autumiius—are on exhibi¬ 
tion. Our section lias not only developed 
into a first-class wheat-growing section, 
but into one where sugar may 1m relied 
upon an a staple production of the future. 
It is not too much to any that the exhibi¬ 
tion, by demonstrating our unapproach¬ 
able agricultural capacity, will inaugurate 
a new era of industrial prosperity in our 
district and county. The great facts have 
been gathered together and placed Imforn 
the people. They an . nabled to vec ut n 
glance the immense possibilities with 
which nature has endowed our section. 
They enu read, as it were in an open book, 
that we possess the soil aud the climate to 
render U9 the richest people on the foot¬ 
stool. They cau see that there ia hardly 
anything worth producing which we can 
not produce; that, while we can raise in 
great abuudnnce the ordinary products of 
the farm of other sections, we cau ut the 
same time so ramify our possibilities as to 
supply to less fortunate localities a line of 
products ut once rich, rate, and eagerly 
sought after. Rvtncnihet that our vin¬ 
tages will hereafter form the basin of an 
industry that will pour into our laps a 
constant stream of gold from all the na¬ 
tions of tho earth; that oil, honey, and 
wheat will bo sought f.n in our markets; 
that sugar is destined to become one of 
our most profitable staple productions; 
that the fruits ol the orchard ami the pro¬ 
ducts of tile garden will richly reward the 
farmer and tho cultivator; that our until' e 
crops will go on increasing in quantity, 
and that the breeder and the stockman 
will here Ibid their bonanza home, lb 
member all Ibis, and looking at tin- two 
great fairs now attracting the atlcnli ui of 
thousands, and you will -m-li a section 
must haven future of wonderful prosperity 
before it. Visitors from abroad who go to 
the Pavilion and the Park will bear us out 
in thw, and the two fair-a of 1880 will 
mark an epoch iu the industries of Sou th¬ 
em California from which will date its 
lasting era of wealth and abundance.— 
FINE ARTS. 
The space allotted to this department 
was not so crowded as Inst year, allowing 
a more advantageous display. Iu the 
picture gallery, the sixteenth-century 
painting of" Poverty" attracted general 
notiee. Many of the pictures by home 
nilisla were highly creditable and m every 
respect the exhibition spoke well for tho 
t.isii: ami cull lire of the community. In 
addition to the usual display of ricedle- 
work, many exquisite pieces of hand-made 
lace were shown, testifying that, tlie light 
and elegant employment of lie. ranking 
is gaining ground among women once 
mure. Mrs. E. < Storm exhibited a num- 
brr of mreem* painted on nuiin, which 
were iinivm«allv admired, and a bird cage 
in scroll sawing, made bj \V, f.»<i,Jr., 
ut Los Angeles, was unquestionably the 
most delicate and beautiful *p.viim-n of 
scroll walk ever exhibited in the pnuliou. 
Ingenious and gu.L-eftU pm lor ornaments 
of sea-uioss, ferns, straw work, and shells 
bespoke the* ease with which homes may 
In* decorated with material lovelier than 
ail can supply, and yet within the- i- mb of 
every one. 
Painted .-ups und plates w*re enthusi¬ 
astically udunred bv Iho-m who esteem it a 
luxury to sip tlieir tea daintily and find a 
dragon.lly m tin* bottom of the cap, or 
partake delicately >*f their omelette from 
iIn* back ..f a lizard 
Wo tab* n as a favorable siyu that while 
this department has not increased iu size 
from your to year, it has gained in excel¬ 
lence. As i.» geiie rally I ho caw, the tirst 
exhibition was crowded with inferior work, 
which was withdrawn before competition, 
t his is proof t hat such display sine valuable 
as miHinsof culture, and the general iuter- 
i st manifested m Ihiv branch of "ur iuuual 
ex p> i*iI ion i iiili.-ut* - a reudv appreciation 01 
decorative urt. 
V sum s of races was In Id at \gricul- 
lurul Park iu Los Vogele*. tho same 
week with the Horticultural Pair, but for 
soiii*. reason best, known to it<» manage¬ 
ment and unknow n to iis, the editor of 
lids paper was not invited in till* cus¬ 
tomary wav, and wo eau not favor our 
le ad ora with u report of tho races. 
