HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20910, 18 July 1933, Page 14

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

MEETING OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE. The new management committee of j the Canterbury Horticultural Society met last evening. Mr F. J. Shanks was elected chairman, and Mr L. B. Hart deputy-chairman. Messrs M. J. Barnett, J. A. Macpherson, W. J. Humm, the president, and the secretary were appointed to consider the conditions governing the competition for the Loader Cup, and to report to the committee. It was decided to award the Royal Horticultural Society's Banksia medal for the year to the rose section. The president of the Dunedin Horticultural Society wrote drawing attention to the fact that the dates fixed by the Canterbury Society for its spring show clashed with those usually chosen for the Dunedin show. He thought it undesirable that the dates should clash; After some discussion it was decided to reply that the society's dates could not be altered. Sub-committees were elected as follows: Executive: Messrs E. E. Wiltshire, M. J. Barnett, L. B. Hart, H. Otley, the chairman, and the secretary. Programme: Messrs L. T. K. Allison, E. E. Wiltshire, J. A. Macphersno, L. B. Hart, the chairman, and the secretary. Show committees—Daffodil: Messrs J. A. Macpherson, M. J. Barnett, and C. H. Moir; rose: Messrs M. PryceJones, C. D. Marks, and L. T. K. Allison; gladiolus: Messrs R. J. Christensen, W. Main, and F. J. Shanks; chrysanthemum: Messrs H. Otley, L. B. Hart, and J. Marshall The fourth Tuesday in each month was appomted as the date for meetings of the committee.