SWEET PEA SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 287, 2 December 1911, Page 10

SWEET PEA SHOW.

MAYOR'S OPENING BEIIABKS. The .\ac';!;iDd Horticultural Society's Sivt?ot ;<ea and carnation show was jonutrly opened in the Choral Hall yvsi'erdsy afternoon by his Worship the -Mayor of Auckland "(Mr. C. J. Parr), ■u-ho took the opportunity of contra tuia.ting the Satiety, and the exhibitors on the remarkably fine display of flowers, the more as one of the judges, -a "Wellington gentleman, had told him that in. some respects it-sur-passed the last Southern shows of the kind. He also wished to congratulate I\lr. H. T. G oldie, who had carried off the majority of the prizes for sweet peas. The Society's greatest benefactor, Mr. H. Brett, had also come forward with a fine display of carnations, thus departing from his practice of standing aside in favour of less experienced growers. The fact was that since a Wellington gentleman had come ■up and made almost a queen sweep, Mr. Brett had felt it incumbent upon him to re-enter the competitions in the interests of carnation-growing in Auckland. Mr. Parr also referred to the children's show, which he considered to ibe of great educational value. As rh«irman of the Education Board,"he iicd naturally taken an interest in the ■work of the schools, and he felt that any curriculum which did not include the work of. the garden was incomplete. He then declared the show open. THE PRIZE LIST. The following awards In the Children's Show wi re not available when we went to press yesterday :— Champion Shield.'Bemnera 259 points, Flat Bush -'70 points. GARDENS. Division C (children under 12). — Testable carden: James Lawery (Flat Bush). 1 and certificate: Michael Fogerty i Flat Bush). 2: Clive Ellis (New Lynn), :!. Klower Garden: Eileen. Brooks (Flat Bnshi. 1; Len. Matnsehka (Flat Bush), 2. Vegetable garden (under 12 years).— Ohas. Prick i Fiat Bosh), 1 and certificate; Sept. Gillard (Flat Bush), 2; John Lawery (Flat Bush), 3. , . CUT FLOWERS, jj" •* " - i Division A.—TwelVe varieties-: Bobln Hood i r lemtiera), 1; 'Gladys Smith.. (Eemnera i. 2; Caroline Holder (Bemnera), 3. ■Sii varit>rii;s : Marj Wallace (Slangere), 1: Gladys pLolth (Remuera), 2, Alice Park (Manierei. :t Any other flower: Caroline Holder i R pie era)", 1: Willie Corbett, 2; Gweu. Wood (Rratioral, 3. Division B (under years). Six varie(ties: Lindsay Smith (Remuera), 1: Kenneth Johnson (lit. Edem. '1; Marion Ford (Kemuerai. 3. Three varieties: Lindsey Smith •R.-mTjera). 1: Sybil Wilson i North<i»ti*i. ": Licda Ford (Remuersi, 3. Anyf flower: Maureen Hood (Rcinuera), 1; Lorrio Unsser . (Eemuera), 2; Olive Scarioruusli (Parnell), 3. ■