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the only fruitful cross-pollinations which appear to have been 
made in the entire group are two or three between tectorum and 
certain entirely foreign Irises—members in fact of the bearded 
group, Pogoniris. A hybrid resulting from such a cross (tec¬ 
torum x cengialtii Loppio) is shown in one of the beautiful 
colored plates of “The Genus Iris” by Dykes. It is inter¬ 
mediate in its general aspect between the two parents. In 
this case as in such parallel cases as I have found recorded, 
tectorum seems to have been used as the pollen parent rather 
than to set seeds. Perhaps, as with so many flowers, full pop¬ 
ularity awaits the successful hybridizing of some of this charm¬ 
ing group of Irises. 
A CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW ON THE COAST 
S S ACCOUNTS of the big Eastern flower shows interest us so 
greatly out here in the West, it seems likely that one of the 
loveliest of recent Californian exhibitions—the annual Au¬ 
tumn Flower Show of the Redlands Horticultural and Im¬ 
provement Association (held Nov. 9th to nth, 1922)—will 
prove reciprocally interesting to gardeners of the East. 
The reduction of the admission charge to ten cents—something of an 
innovation—resulted in the largest attendance ever had, despite 
stormy weather, and for the first time on record the show more than 
paid expenses. There were nearly 1500 visitors which translated into 
terms proportional to the difference in population would mean an 
attendance of about 700,000 at a New York show, 1 believe. It was 
staged between the columns of the great arcade in the Santa Fe R. R. 
Station, walled in by canvas and with a background of Phoenix Palm 
fronds and bunches of unripe Phoenix fruit tied against the pillars. 
It has become customary at the Redlands show to confine to the 
“open” division, all exhibits from estates and even from those less pre¬ 
tentious gardens which avail themselves of a little school-boy labor 
now and then, specifying an amateur to be “one who employs no 
hired labor, but whose flowers and plants are the product of his own 
labor and skill.” Obviously many genuine amateurs are thus excluded 
from competition except in the open class, but in practice such a dis¬ 
tinction is a comparatively easy one to enforce. The fact that the 
amateur found himself so rigidly classified rendered especially notable 
his complete triumph on this particular occasion over the supposedly 
more experienced gardeners in the showiest and most difficult class 
of subjects represented—the Exhibition Chrysanthemum. 
Both in number and quality the big “mums” of the amateurs far 
excelled those shown in the open section, and the accompanying photo¬ 
graph gives only a faint idea of their splendor. All, of course, were 
grown in the open garden, for there are few greenhouses in Redlands. 
In specimen single blooms of this type a magnificent Louisa Pockett 
by Mrs. A. E. Grow carried off premier honors, while a well grown flower 
of Mrs. Paul Moore, from the same garden, was the corresponding 
winner in the open class. Other conspicuous entries comprised such 
varieties as the ever-splendid Pockett’s Crimson, Louisa Pockett, 
scarcely less perfect than the grand champion, the still novel Rose Day, 
Lady Hopetoun in fine form, Golden Elgeron, Bob Pulling, Betsy Ross, 
Marigold, and Woodside. 
A more than usually fine feature was the extensive exhibit of Single 
and Pompon Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, in which the Red¬ 
lands City Parks and the 
gardens of Clarence G. 
White and S. S. Berry suc¬ 
ceeded in taking most of 
the ribbons against good 
competition from a host of 
other entries. On account 
of their ease of culture, 
showy garden effect, and 
value for interior decora¬ 
tion, these two types of 
Chrysanthemum are in¬ 
creasing in favor very 
steadily every year in 
southern California gar¬ 
dens, largely due to the 
emphasis which has been 
placed upon them at the 
popular Pasadena Flower 
Show, though last year 
Redlands succeeded in 
staging a better display 
even than Pasadena. 
Varieties which seemed to attract particular attention among the 
Singles were Katherine Simmons, Bronze Molly, Ida Catherine Skiff, 
Mrs. W. E. Buckingham, Roupel Beauty, and Supreme, and among 
the Pompons, Dawn, Anna L. Moran, Quinola, Golden Climax, Lilian 
Doty, and Dundee. 
Though Redlands has not yet developed a Dahlia specialist, there 
was a very good entry list of splendid Dahlias, largely from the City 
Parks and the gardens of Mrs. Jennie Davis and Mrs. M. S. Knight. 
Here, as in many other places, 1922 proved an inexplicably difficult 
year for giant Zinnias. Nevertheless there was a fine display of these, 
and an extensive one of French and African Marigolds in great variety, 
while a vase of giant orange Calendulas grown by Mrs. A. Hornby 
received the special award over even the exhibition Chrysanthemums 
for the exhibit in the show adjudged technically most perfect . 
Other flowers displayed included Roses, Gaillardias, a bowl of the 
charming marginata form of Iris unguicularis, giant Petunias in 
an amazing variety of colors and shades, Hedysaum coronarium 
in flower, Celosias, Asters, Begonias, Japanese Anemones, Chimney 
Bellflower, a charming basket of Arbutus, Diascia, Achimenes (outdoor 
grown), perennial Salvias of divers species, Cosmos, and many more, 
each exhibit seeming but to echo and re-echo, nearly to redundancy, 
were such a thing possible, the seductive new community slogan: 
“Flowers Are Blooming in Redlands To-day.” 
The art classes were filled with entries, and here the botanical variety 
represented ran riot far beyond the scope of the present brief notice. 
The mixed floral basket which received the premier award in this 
section was a dainty cream and lavender affair in a graceful Philippine 
container including Dawn Chrysanthemums, the airy Salvia farin- 
acea, pale lavender Campanula, and the native Maidenhair. Another 
was spring-like in pink and lavender: while a third effective one was 
made up of French Marigolds, Golden Climax Chrysanthemums, 
Salvia leucantha, small purple Asters, and the silver-gray foliage of 
Nepeta Mussini, in a shallow yellow-brown basket of the tone of the 
Marigold centres. 
To complete the representation of products of the garden there was a 
good display of fruit and a smaller one of vegetables, both of which 
proved to hold the interest better than one might think against the more 
showy floral background. Redlands has long been famous for its oranges, 
but the beautiful table of apples from the high benches of Yucaipa 
and Oak Glen, including the Delicious, Winesap, Stayman, Arkansas 
Black, Rome Beauty, Mis¬ 
souri Pippin, and other 
handsome varieties was 
a rousing eye-opener to 
visitors unfamiliar with 
recent horticultural devel¬ 
opments in this vicinity. 
The semi-tropical fruits 
arranged on an adjoining 
table were in striking con¬ 
trast. Owing to the serious 
January freezethe custom¬ 
ary entries of avocados 
were missing, but plates of 
pomegranates, feijoas, Ja¬ 
panese persimmons, Chi¬ 
nese jujubes, Black Mo¬ 
rocco grapes, and similar 
highly colored productions 
made a gay showing and 
formed a striking object 
lesson with the apples as 
to what can be done where 
oranges grow under snow- 
clad peaks. 
THE FALL FLOWER SHOW AT REDLANDS (CAL.) 
“A more than usually fine feature was the extensive exhibit of Single and 
Pompon Chrysanthemums.” Only a small part of the many amateur 
productions—all outdoor-grown blooms of conspicuous merit (see ac¬ 
companying text)—appear in the photograph on right-hand benches 
