RIOT OF COLOUR.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 287, 4 December 1930, Page 10

RIOT OF COLOUR.

SUMMER FLOWER SHOW. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. PINE DISPLAY OP BLOOMS, Perhaps the most fitting description of the interior of the Newmarket Municipal Hall to-day is that it is a sea of colour. The annual rose and summer flower show, held under the auspices of the Auckland Horticultural Society, was in progress, and the blooms, which covered every available square inch of table space, made the room a riot of The delicacy of the rose arid the tinging of the sweet pea were added to the dark velvet of the pansy, while the iris rOse in stately height over flowers of lesser pretensions, but of equal beauty. „ One end of the hall was completely taken up by the exhibit of the Auckland Racing Club. In the centre blazed clumps of calceolarias, offset all the more by the dainty pink of the rows of primulas below them, and the backing of palms and foliage which rose behind. , ; r . Conspicuous at the end of one table was an exhibit of gladioli of particularly fine colouring. There are some people in Auckland who are glad there has not been a great deal of sun, for by its absence all the dark velvet of this flower has been retained. All classes of flowers were well represented, from the gorgeous mottled calceolarias to queerly grown poppies. Messrs. D. Hay and Son and G. W. Wright specialised in hydrangeas, and the results achieved, in all shades of pink, would have turned an amateur gardener green with envy. Much time had evidently been spent by the ladies in the cut flower, bouquet and table decoration exhibits. The cut flower, table was a profusion of all the flowers imaginable which happened to be in season. To see the bouquets threaded through what looked like gauze and in a definite design was to realise what time must have been spent. „ , But the success of a flower show is not to be judged by the colourful effects of the and Mr. F. Walker, chairman of the society, explained that though thr/e was a profuse growth the season was late. Entries were, however, exceptionally larsre, and the standard of the exhibits high. . , Sir Edwin Mitchelson opened the show and was introduced by Mr. Walker, who thanked Sir Edwin on behalf of the society and the public generally for what he had done for Auckland in the way of encouraging horticulture.

List of Prize-winner#. Prize-winners in. the various classes were: — ROSES. Open Classes.—Twelve blooms: H.. Bennett 1 Mrs. B. Wilsoii 2. Mrs. Bennett was the winner of the Brett Rose Challenge Cup. Six blooms hybrid , perpetuuls: H. Bennett 1, Bishop Andersdn 2. Six blooms hybrid teas: W. A. Cowan 1, Bishop Anderson 2. Six blooms teas: H. Bennett 1. Six blooms novelties: H. Bennett 1. Amateur Classes—Twelve blooms: W. A. Cowan 1. "Six blooms, distinct varieties: Mrs. Burgoyne 1, G. Gallle 2. Six blooms hybrid perpetuals: W. Oxenham 1, G. Gallie 2. Three blooms hybrid perpetuals: G. Gallie 1, W. Oxenham 2. Three M blooms hybrid teas: G. Gallie 1, W. A. Cowan 2. Six blooms hybrid perpetuals: \V. Oxenham 1, G. Gallie 2. "A.H.S."—Six blooms, distinct varieties: W. A. Cowan 1. SWEET PEAS. The Brett Sweet Pea Challenge Cup was won by A. Garslde, who was also the winner o£ the Yates Cup. Open Classes. — One vase lavender or blue: Mrs. Burgoyne 1, \V. J. Sp6oner 2. One vase any picotee, edged: A. Garside 1, W. J. Spooner 2. One vase colour blending and effect: A. Garside 1, R. W. Shepherd 2. One vase scarlet or crimson: A. Garside ' Exhibitors who have won no first prize in an A.H.S. show.—Six distinct varieties: Mrs. Burgoyne 1. Three distinct varieties: Mrs. Burgoyne 1. One vase pink or rose: -Mrs. Burgoyne 1. One vase scarlet or crimson: Mrs. Burgoyne 1. One vase, cream or white: Mrs. Burgoyne 1. One vase blending and effect: Mrs. Burgoyne 1. Bowl any foliage: A. Garside 1, Mrs. Burgoyne 2, Mrs. M. Bell 3. Twelve distinct varieties: A. Garside I, Mrs. Burgoyne 2. Six distinct varieties; W. J. Spooner' 1. Three distliltt varieties: Mrs. Burgoyne 1, A. Garside 2. One vase pink or rose: A. GarMde 1, W. J. Spooner 2. One vase cream or white: Mrs. Burgoyne 1.