BRILLIANT HUES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 62, 14 March 1930, Page 16

BRILLIANT HUES.

AUCKLAND DAHLIA SHOW. LIST OP AWARDS. The completed list of awards made at the Auckland Horticultural Society's dahlia show, opened in Scots Hall yesterday, is as follows :— CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES. Champion Hybrid Cactus. —A. Parrish's Daily Mirror. Champion Giant Decorative. — J. Harris' Queen of the Garden. Champion Cactus.—H. B. J. Bull's Mlyflower. Champion Paeony.—A. Parrish's Harvest Moon. DAHLIAS, OPEN SECTION. Auckland Horticultural Society Challenge Cup, 12 varieties giant decorative: D. Hay and Son 1, A. J. Shailer and Son 2. Auckland Dahlia Club's White Island Products, Limited, Cup, table of blooms: G. W. Wright 1, D. Hay and Son 2, H. B. J. Bull 3. Garden decorative dahlias, six varieties, six blooms each: G. W. Wright 1. Eighteen giant decorative, distinct varieties: G. W. Wright 1. Twelve giant decorative, distinct varieties: J. Harris 1, D. Hay and Son 2. Twelve cactus dahlias, distinct varieties: H. B. J. Bull 1. Six cactus dahlias, one variety: G. Plummer 1. Three cactus dahlias, distinct varieties: J. Harris 1. Twelve paeony dahlias, distinct varieties: A. Parrish 1. Six paeony dfiTilias, distinct varieties: A. Parrish 1. Seedling dahlia: J. Harris 1, A. J. Shailer and Son 2. Novelty dahlias, three distinct varieties: A. .T. Shailer and Son 1. Hybrid cactus dahlias, six distinct varieties: G. W. Wright 1, D. Hay and Son 2. Bowl of dahlias : D. Hay and Son 1, G. W. Wright 2. Charm dahlias, nine blooms : J. Harris 1. OPEN CLASSES (EXCEPTING TRADE). Giant decorative dahlias, six varieties: B. S. Andrews 1, Mrs. Morley Bell 2. Six giant decorative dahlias, in vases: J. Harris 1, B. S. Andrews 2, W. D. Dale highly commended. Decorative dahlias, six varieties : J. Harris 1. Paeony dahlias, six varieties: A. Parrish 1. Charm dahlias, six blooms: J. Harris 1. AMATEUR SECTION. Auckland Dahlia Club's Goldie Challenge Cup, six varieties paeony dahlias: A. Parrish. Wright Challenge Cup, six giant decorative "dahlias, distinct varieties: A. Parrish 1, Miss Spencer 2. Twelve cactus dahlias : H. B. J. Bull 1. Six varieties cactus dahlias: E. Hickson 1, H. B. J. Bull 2. J. E. Rogers 3. Six giant decorative dahlias: W. A. Dale 1, E. Hickson 2, J. E. Rogers .'>. Three giant decorative

dahlias: E. Hickson 1, TV. D. Dale 2, J. E. Rogers 3. Sis varieties, paeony dahlias : A. Parrish 1. Three varieties paoony dahlias :A. Parrish 1. Six pompom dahlias : H. B. J. Bull 1, J. E. Rogers 2. Charm dahlias, six blooms, any variety, giant decorative: E. Hickson 1, A. Dale 2. Garden decorative: A. Dale 1, A, Parrish 2. Hybrid cactus: A. Parrish 1, E. Hickson 1. Cactus: A. H. Skelton 1, E. Hickson 2. ROBERTS SHIELD CLASSES. (Amateurs Only.) Roberts Shield: A. Parrish. Six giant decorative dahlias: A. Parrish 1. Sis varieties, paeony dahlias: A. Parrish 1. Six varieties fdant decorative dahlias : Mrs. Milsom 1. Three varieties giant decorative dahlias: Mrs. Milsom 1. Three varieties garden decorative dahlias: J- E\ Rogers 1. Charm dahlias, three blooms, any variety, giant decorative: R. H. Utting 1, K. Shaw 2. Hybrid cactus: E. Hickson 1. R. Shaw 2. Cactus: E. Hickson 1, R. H. Utting 2. LADIES' SECTION. Kohn Cup, bowl of 12 blooms, decorative dahlias: Mrs. Milsom 1, Mrs. Miller 2, Mrs. It. W. Shepherd highly commended. CUT FLOWERS. Twelve kinds, grown in open air: Miss Lever 1, Mrs. Morley Bell 2. Six distinct kinds: Mrs. R. W. Shepherd 1, Mrs. G. Gallie 2. BOUQUETS, AMATEUR CLASSES. Posy: Mrs. Bagnall 1, Mrs. Morley Bell 2. Decorated table, Auckland Dahlia Club's Tanfield-Potter Challenge Cup, dahlias only: Mrs. Miller 1, Mrs. Bagnall 2, Miss Y Archer 3. Bowl cactus dahlias: Mrs. Morley Bell 1, Mrs. R. W. Shepherd 2. Bowl any other variety dahlia: Mrs. Bagnall 1, Mrs. R. W. Shepherd 2. Three buttonholes and ladies' sprays: Mrs. Miller 1. Children under 15 years. —Bouquet of dahlias: Zoe Miller 1, Thelma Becher 2. Decorated table: Zoe Miller 1, Frieda Killip 2. Decorated basket, dahlias: Zoe Miller 1, En a Carney 2. Three buttonholes : Zoe Miller 1, Ena Carney 2.