MINIATURE DAHLIAS.
PUKEKOHE EXHIBITION.
MANY MAGNIFICENT BLOOMS.
Some magnificent blooms were exhibited at a miniature dahlia show held by the Pukekohe Horticultural Society. The point* prize was won by Miss Cherry Lawrie, with Mr. V. Frost runner-up.
Principal awards ■were: —
Dahlias.—Decorate Sin, E. Cnderhill 1, V. Frost 2; under Sin. Mrs. T. B. Graham 1, Miss C. Lawrie 2; best bloom. Miss Lawrie 1, E. Underbill 2; livbrid cactus. Miss Lawrie 1, V. Frost 2; charm. V. Frost 1. Mrs. R. Walsham 2; six pompom, V. Frost 1, Miss Lawrie 2; three pompom Miss Lawrie 1, V. Frost 2; seeding, V. Frost 1, Mrs. Graham. 2.
Mangolds.—African, W. Neil 1. Mrs. Walsham 2; French, W. Neil 1. Miss T. Aicken 2; Guinea gold, Mrs. Walsham 1. Mrs. Howard Smith 2.
Zinnias.—Dahlia flowered. Mrs. W. 3. T>. Sharp 1, Miss Lawrie 2: pompom Miss T. Aicken 1 and 2 ; liliunis. Mrs. S. Hamilton 1. Miss X. K. Brown 2 : Phlox Drnmmondi. W. Xeil 1, Miss Aicken 2: phlox perennial. Miss Lawrie 1, Mrs. T. Morris 2: hydrangea. Mrs. Graham 1, Mrs. Sharp 2: petunia. Miss Lawrie 1; vase of small dahlias. Mrs. H. Smith 1 ; vase of marigolds, Mrs. Walsham 1 : vase of phlox. W. Xeil; any flower not specified. Mr*. Walsham 1, Mrs. Graham 2.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 37, 14 February 1939, Page 8
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