DAFFODIL SHOW.
WEST COAST DISPLAY. (SPECIAI TO THE PEESS.) GREYMOUTH, September 22. The St. John's Horticultural Society held its annual daffodil show at the Sunday schoolroom, Guinness street, this afternoon. There was a very fine collection of both daffodils and polyanthi. The following were the principal awards: — Best 12 varieties (one of each): Mrs Unwin 1, Mrs Bush h c. . Six trumpet daffodils, six distinct varieties: A. B. Spiers 1, Mrs Unwin h c. Six daffodils, six distinct varieties: A. B. Spiers 1, Mrs Unwin h c. Six daffodils, distinct varieties: A. B. Spiers 1, Mrs Unwin h c. Three daffodils, distinct varieties: A. B. -Spiers 1. Three trumpet daffodils,' distinct varieties: A. B. Spiers 1, Mrs Coombe h c. Three daffodils, distinct' varieties: A. B. Spiers X, Mrs Unwin h c. Three Incomparables: Mrs Unwin 1, A. B. Spiers h c. Three Leedsi: Mrs Cuttle 1, A. B. Spiers 2, Mrs J. Hambleton h c. Three Barrii: A. B. Spiers 1, Miss Clements 2, Mrs Cattle h c. Bowl of spring flowers: Mrs D. Tennent 1. Miss Clements 2. Three vases of spring flowers: Mrs Tennent 1, Miss Clements h c. Three vases of narcissi: Mrs Tennent h c. Basket of flowers: Mrs P. Hambleton 1, Mrs J. Hambleton '2. Three vasfes of daffodils: Mrs Tennent 1, Miss Clements h c. Buttonhole, for children: Kathleen Cuttle 1, Gladys Shannon 2_. Bowl of narcissi: Mrs W. Steer 1, Mrs J. McLean hc. Bowl of daffodils: Mrs P. Hambleton 1, Mrs W. Steer 2, Miss Clements h c. Pot plant: Miss C. Tennent 1 and hc. Best collection of cut flowers: Miss C. Tennent 1. Three anemones: G. 0. Smart 1, 2, and h c. Bunch of primroses: Mrs E. Oliver hc. Collection of pansies: Mrs Excell h c. Three camellias: Mrs J. C. Wilson h c. Bowl of spring flowers, varieties: Mrs Oliver 1. Collection of polyanthi: Miss E. Bignell 1, Miss C. Tennent 2, Mrs W. H. Johnston h c. Bunch of freesias: Miss C. Tennent 1, Mrs Johnston 2. Mrs J. Tennent h c. Bunch of snowdrops: Mrs J. Tennent hc. Best flower, not enumerated: Mrs W. Steer 1, Miss B. Tennent hc. Six varieties of spring flowers: Mrs W. Steer 1, Miss Mabel Wilson h c.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19113, 23 September 1927, Page 3
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