CARNATION SHOW

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27859, 6 January 1956, Page 7

CARNATION SHOW

South Island Society’s

Results

ENTRIES EXCEED THOSE OF LAST YEAR '

Carnations and numerous other flowers and shrubs filled the Durham Street Art Gallery with a blaze of colour yesterday, when the ninth annual show of the South Island (N.Z.) Carnation Society opened. Carnations from pufe white to bright red were arranged round the walls of the gallery, which provided visitors with a welcome refuge from the intense heat. Although the recent hot weather had so advanced the growth of the carnations* that most of the blooms exhibited were from side shoots, the standard of entries was very high. The number of entries—436—was also higher than last year. A perpetual, Melville Blush, entered by T. S. Brown, and J. Hitchings’s border, Great Heart, were judged the best blooms in the show. Other flowers entered included gladioli, Iceland poppies, hydrangeas, and several kinds of daisies. In the middle of the main gallery was a large cluster of potted shrubs. The show will remain open today. Results were:— Premier Blooms Premier border: J. Hitchings’s Great Heart. Premier perpetual: T. S. Brown’s Melville Blush. Best in Class.—Self: E. Fishen Van den Veen’s Lynette. Yellow ground fancy: J. Hitchings’s Great Heart. White ground fancy: J. Kearton’s seedling. Nondescript fancy: E. Margetts’s Bookham Fancy, yellow ground picotee: E. Margetts’s Pierette. White ground fancy: E. Margetts’s Fair Maid. Best seedlings: J. Keartons white ground. Special Awards Diplomas awarded by the society.—Best border seedlings: J. B. Kearton’s white ground fancy. Best perpetual seedling: V. H. Rees’s white self. Brett Wood Memorial Challenge Cup (6) (border blooms raised in New Zealand): J. Hitchings. British National Carnation Society’s silver medal award card (six border blooms): J. Hitchings. Centennial Perpetual Carnation Challenge Cup (12 perpetual blooms): V. H. Rees. “Smallholder” Magazine (England) silver medal (six pereptual blooms): V. H. Rees. Cowan Challenge Cup (most points in open perpetual section): T. S. Brown. "Amateur Gardening” Magazine (England) bronze medal’ (most points in border classes in amateur section):. Miss T. Calderwood. P. F. McLay Challenge Cup (nine border blooms, amateur section): Miss J. Calderwood. W. F. Margetts’s Memorial Challenge Cup (six border blooms): J. Jlitchings. Novice section—Brockman Challenge Cup (six border blooms): Mrs Chandlish. Challenge cup (most points in border section): C. Greening. L. A. L. Davies’ Challenge Cup (most points in perpetual section): C. Greening. Amateur—“Smallholder” Magazine bronze medal (most points in perpetual section): Mrs L. A. L. Davies. CARNATIONS Seedlings.—Border: J. B. Kearton, 3 firsts. 1 third; W. H. Yates. 2 seconds, 1 third; N. L. Archbold. 1 second. Open.—Border: E. Margetts, 7 firsts, 4 seconds; F. J. Foster, 6 firsts, 2 seconds. 1 third; J. Hitchings, 2 firsts. Picotees: E. Margetts, 4 firsts, 2 seconds; F. J. Foster, 1 second. Amateur.—Border: J. Hitchings, 5 firsts; H. P. T. Archbold, 4 firsts, 3 seconds; Miss J. Calderwood, 3 firsts, 3 seconds; N. L. Archbold, 2 firsts, 4 seconds; L. A. L. Davies, 1 first, 3 seconds; Mrs J. Van den Veen 1 first, 2 seconds; J. B. Kearton. 1 first; E. Fishen Van den Veen, 1 first; E. Edwards, 1 first; Mrs Binnie, 2 seconds. Novice.—Border: C. Greening, 8 firsts. 1 second; Mrs Chandlish, 2 firsts, 2 seconds. Challenge cup: C. Greening. Junior.—Border: Graham Margetts, 3 firsts, 3 thirds; Miss Hitchings, 3 seconds. Challenge cup: Graham Margetts. Perpetuals Open.—Seedlings: V. H. Rees. 3 firsts, 3 seconds. Mott Challenge Cup: V. H. Rees. Outdoor grown: T. S. Brown, 10 firsts. 7 seconds; V. H. Rees. 7 firsts, 3 seconds. 1 third. Glasshouse grown: W. L. Poninghouse, 3 firsts, 3 seconds. 3 thirds. Amateur.—Outdoor grown: N. L. Archbold. 4 firsts, Mrs L. A. L. Davies, 2 firsts, 1 third; E. Edwards. 1 first. 2 seconds; H. P. T. Archbold, 1 second. Novice: C. Greening, 4 firsts, 2 seconds; A. Baker, 1 first, 1 second; Mrs J. Hitchings and Mrs Chandish, 1 first. Other Carnation species.—Mrs W. H. Yates. 1 first, 2 seconds; Mrs L. A. L. Davies, 1 first. CUT FLOWERS Mrs J. Hitchings, 4 firsts; Mrs W. H. Yates, 3 firsts, 1 second; Mrs Carpinter, 3 firsts, 1 third; Mrs W. B. Wood, 2 firsts, 6 seconds; Mrs C. Elcock. 2 firsts, 2 seconds; S. W. Johnson, 2 firsts, 1 second: E. Fishen Van Den Veen, 1 first, 1 second. 2 thirds: Mrs Binnie, E. Margetts, A. Baker and Mrs Chandlish, 1 first, 1 third; W. F. Maurice, 1 second; Mrs H. Home. 1 third DECORATIVE Open.—Mrs E. Elcock, 10 firsts, 7 seconds; Mrs J. Moffitt, 3 firsts, 1 second, 1 third; Mrs J. M. Cairns, 2 firsts, 3 seconds, 7 thirds; Mrs H, P. T. Archbold, 2 seconds; Mrs J. Hitchings, 1 first. Novice. —Mrs Greenaw’ay, 3 firsts; Miss N. Westlake, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 2 thirds; Mrs J. Reece. 2 firsts. 2 thirds; Mrs A. Baker. 1 first; Mrs W. H. Yates. 1 first: H. P. T. Archbold. 5 seconds, 1 third; Mrs W. B. Wood, 2 seconds; Miss E. Thornton, 1 second, 2 thirds. Mrs Carpinter’s trophy for the outstanding display: Mrs J. Reece. Junior.—Claire Hitchings, 5 firsts, 3 seconds; Billie Mott, 3 firsts, 1 second; Jennifer Roddick, 1 second; Denise Westlake, 3 thirds. A. E. Jones challenge cup: Claire Hitchings.