AUTUMN HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1591, 18 March 1875, Page 2

AUTUMN HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

We regret to say that the attendance yesterday at the Horticultural Society's Exhibition was not so large as wad anticipated, in consequence in some measure to the sports at Ellerslie and other scenes. In several of its features, hovvever, the exhibition was the best that Auckland has ever had, and shewed in a moat encouraging light that New Zealand is capable of producing flowers, fruits and vegetables, equal to those of any other country in the_ world. In consequence of the paucity of visitors yesfcerdoy, the committee re-opened the exhibition tbis morning at eleven o'clock in order that all who take an interest in such things may be fully gratified with a sight of the finest natural productions that have yet been exhibited in this city; We gave, in the last issue of the Evening Stab, the first section of the prize list, open to all comers ; we now append the remainder of the list : — Section 2. Open to Amateurs E—Plants in P'>ts. —Fine foliage plants, in sets of three : First prize, A. Gillespie. Begonias, in sets in pots not exceeding 8 inches in diameter : First prize, A. Gillespie, Exotic ferns and allied plants in Bets of six : First prize, Miss A. Munday. Window plants, in sets of three: First prize, A. Gillespie. F—Cut Flowers.—Dahlias (exclusive of fancy kinds and pompons), in sets 18 of distinct varieties : First prize, A. McDonald. Dahlias in sets of 12 : First prize, A. McDonald; second prize, D. Mclndoe. Dahlias in sets of 9 : First prize, A. McDonald. Dahlias, single bloom, to be judged from the stand : First prize, John Neville Keynes ; second prize, A. McDonald. Dahlias, fancy kinds, in sets of three : First prize, A. McDonald. Hand boquet: First prize, G. Jones. G—Fruits.—Grapes, black, grown under glass, 2 bunches : First prize and second prize, D. Mclndoe. Grap«s, white, grown under glass, 2 bunches ; First prize, J. Williams; second prize Thomas Herbert. Grapes, grown in open air, 2 bunches: First and second prize, J Dillman. Peaches, 9 : First prize, J. Jones. Plums, 12: First prize, J. Jones. Dessert apples, 8 : First and second prize, J. Jones. Culinary apples, 6 : First prize, J. Jones. ; second prize, G. Cotti3. Dessert pears, 8 : First and second prize, J. Jones. Culinary pears, 6 : First prize, J. Jones. Watermelon: First prize, A. McDonald. Lemons : First prize. D. Mclndoe. Orange 3 ; First prize, J. Jones. Apples, collection of not less than six varieties, six cf each variety : First and second prize, J. Jones. Pears, collection of not less than six varieties, six of each variety : First and second prize, J. Jones. Best collection of fruit, fifteen dishes : First prize, D. Mclndoe ; second and third prize, J. Jones. H.— Culinary Vegetables.—Onion seed: First prize, W. J. Palmer. Potatoes, kidney : JFirst and second prize, W. J. Palmer. Maizena, .extra prize : W. S. M. Houltoa. Pie Melon : First prize, W. J. Palmer.