G Brookings I Iarbor Pilot
TH U R SD AY, JU N E
18, 1933
A rt Exhibit
A nd Flower Show
'Better Than Ever'
plaques containing
both
fresh
and dried arrangem ents were part
of the show and caused m uch fav
orable comment. Some exhibited
by Mrs. M arshall Dana and M rs.
O tto T u rle y were a rtis tic and
of novel interest. O thers in this
e xh ib it were w e ll w o rth the m en
tion.
Two* innovations this year
the p la n te r boxes and the entries
of paintings w ith com plem entary
flo ra l arrangem ents re a lly re
ceived kudos from the judges. As
one o f the judges said, "T he
p la n te r boxes re a lly made the
show ." The judges w ere also es
pecially co m p lim e n ta ry of the
niches used at the fro n t of the
hall. These contained arrange
m ents by the presidents of the
Azalea Garden Club, one of w hich
was awarded the sweepstakes,
th a t of M rs. C harles Grayshel be
ing an a rtis tic arrangem ent of
d r ift wood, seaweed com bined w ith
rhododendrons.
LARGEST CORONATION EXHIBIT IN U. S.
'I’h firt exh ib it given at the tim e
of
t he
Azalea
Flower show
brought m any favorites from fo r
m er times as w e ll as some new
ta le n t. T his has become a p a rt
of th t flo w e r show and one an
ticip a te d by the co m m unity w ith
m uch pleasure. To quote one o f
the judges, Mrs. Edie S m ith, " I t
is always so nice ju d g in g this
flo w e r show at Brookings, when
we finish looking down we can
look up w ith great in terest and
pleasure."
T h i' collection was varied in
e xh ib its. W a te r colors, oil, etch
ings vie w ith one another in p ro
fusion to suit every taste. Too
m any to m ention in de ta il, some
o f the exhibits seen fo r the firs t
tim e were the w o rk o f Mrs. E d
w a rd Graffe, Mrs. M arion Chap
By E. L aurence P almer
m an and Mrs. W a lte r Dana.
M rs G raffe is the m other of o u r
The name L a rk s p u r calls fo rth
M rs. C live Manley. Shown were the idea o f beauty and o f death
siim e p rim itiv e s made by her to m any persons. Those who
aorne years ago when the M an- have seen fields blue w ith some
In New York’s famed Rocke
leys were liv in g in Panama. "P e species can never wipe fro m th e ir
feller Plaza, a two-thirds life size
replica of the Coronation Caval
ru v ia n Indians, the Gods of F e r m inds th a t a ll la rksp u rs should
cade brought to this country by
tility ,"
"N a tiv e
V illa g e "
and lie blue. In spite o f this, some
London Records, Inc. of New
"Beach House" were paintings are yellow , some red and some
York, is drawing huge crowds.
L a rk s p u r is
w ith a d e lig h tfu l sense of de w hite. O u r S lim
The replica, exact in everv de*
lin e a tio n
and
hum or.
"Reach orthodox in the m a tte r o f color,
tail, includes the State Coach
(inset) in which Queen Elizabeth
House is a landscape w ith the however, and is a deep vio le t pur-
will ride to her coronation, the
M anley’s sum m er home in P an
horses which draw the coach,
ama.
and fully uniformed attendants.
Mrs. W a lte r Dana e x h ibited
"In d ia n a
B a rn ,"
a
charm ing
best at the edges of meadows or e r s in ioo.se clusters i nerc is a
The leaves are relatively fe
s tu d y of an old red bam we
in
open forests o f cone-bearing slender curved spur about H - to each plant, fro m 1 to 3 inch
have a ll seen so m any lik e this
j .trees
I t ranges through the inch long and the upper petals wide, 5-parted, w ith the ma
one, I am sure that is one reason
I m ountains of eastern W ashington are notched. The fru its are about
leaf-divisions composed of 2
w h y the w r ite r was draw n to the
1 to n o rth e rn C a lifo rn ia and east ’ -.•-inch long, nearly s tra ig h t and 3 oblong lobes. T he leaves bori
p a inting .
j into A lb e rta , Idaho, M ontana and somewhat sticky. The seeds bear
on the upper p a rts of the stc
M rs. M arion Chapman o f H a r
i Nevada.
I t was firs t describe i conspicuous w h ite wings on th e ir are m uch s m a lle r than tho
bor included in her exh ib it some
j from a plant collected in the Blue angles.
borne from the base.
flo w e r studies. One of iris was
Slim Larkspur
M ountains o f eastern Oregon,
m uch adm ired.
C l 952 Nalionol Wildlife Federatlo«
w hich region is considered by
'l’iie theme of the Azalea G ar
botanists as being the "typ e lo
den C lub F low er and A rt Show pie so fa r as the flow ers arc con
c a lity ."
th is year was "C oastal Gardens," cerned
In spite o f the obvious beauty
and this included a varied ex
In part because the S lim L a r k
h ib it of d riftw o o d used w ith flo w spur ra re ly grows to a height of the flow ers the S lim L a rk s p u r
ers, o r sim ply by its e lf when line greater than a foot it is o fte n sp >- has not won fa vo r among those
in tu ite d a display. D riftw o o d w all ken o f as the D w a rf Larkspur. who c u ltiv a te w ild flow ers fo r it
1 1 LANK OU for not giving space to the
is to be listed as a c u ltiva te d
rta
in
ly
it
is
m
uch
sh
o
rte
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than
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plant.
itinerant photographers.
most of its b e tte r know n relative«.
L
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e
all
the
larkspurs
the
S
lim
This shortness does not lim it inc
Brookings Business for Brookings.
plant so fa r as coloring a field c r L a rk s p u r is a mem ber of the B u t
tercup
o
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Crow’foot
F
am
ily.
The
meadow m ay be concerned be
cause this species seems to take flow ers are m uch m ore elaborate
over a whole Held W hen this is .ban one w ould expect of a b u t
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In the S lim La rksp u r
the cas»», cattlem en do not lik e it tercup.
there
as
usually
from
2
to
8
flo
w
L a y in g
Sanding
F inishing
'»'cause like m any o th e r la r k
spurs the D w a rf L a rk s p u r or
Free estim ates given
urn L a rk s p u r may lx* poisonous
to
cattle. The poisonous propel
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