SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16406, 28 December 1918, Page 6

SWEET PEA SOCIETY.

MEETING OF COMMITTEE.

At tbo monthly meeting of tho Cantorbury■ byreet- l€a and Carnation Society, i!u president, (Mr W. J. 'Jenkiu) waa m iua cJjair.

Arrangements were mad© for tho Annual oiioyr, tiis proceeds of vhich are to go towards ilia JRoyal Horticultural Society's fuud for re-stockiu£ tho gardens and i:ur3erie3 devastated by the Germans. A street collection will be Iw-Jd on the day of. the show. Final arrangements were made for tlu Cottage Garden Competition, which will bo held in tho -."ow Year. The conditions govj cniinnr this competition provide that it in j open, to all amateurs who do not emplo/ ■ professional assistance; tho height o£ fence must not cxcead -tlft from tho surface of the footpath. Points viJ] be a*varded r.s follows Host collection vegetables and rotation of crops, 2j points; her. coilectioa fruits (table u.nd cooking) and well-pruned tr&cs, ..0 paints; best collection flowerinjj y.ants tliardy, herbaceous, and annuals), lj points; best, ornamental ehrubs jmd trees, Buitablci position of planting taien into consideration, 35 points; nzainess of lav.*n, paths, tind general lay-out of whole garden, 'Jj points. There will b& two classes—xlrst, vv-hero the area 13 one quartcr-acro and ua-cr, and €econd where the area is a <juart«r to half an acre. In addition to tho pnsss offered by the Socicty, the Hon. It. .tlr.'.;on Rhodes has presented on© dozon Uo2orte-J narcissi for- tho most points seorc-a iu tu- N c;a£- i.ouarkr ane unl under).