PETONE FLOWER SHOW.

Evening Post, Volume LXII, Issue 64, 12 September 1901, Page 5

PETONE FLOWER SHOW.

-■-'■', ♦ In opening the show of spring flowers at tho Petone Drill-hall yesterday afternoon, Sir Joseph Ward expressed the hope that the excellence of the exhibition woald stimulate the residents of the district to form a horticultural society for the purposo of perpetuating such exhibitions. He referred incidentally to the poor success that had attended similar exhibitions in Wellington City, and hoped for a revival of interest hi horticulture. ■ There was a capital attendance at the show lait ovening. A programme comprising piano and violin duets and piano solos was given by Mr. R. C. Kirk and Miss Dobbie, Misses ABhcroft and Brown, and Miss Ross respectively; vocal duets by Mrs. and, Mr Adorns ; songs by Misses Manning and Bowman; recitations by Mr. J. Mason, and glees by a party of young ladies. Over £16 was taken at the doors. Conceiting the show itself, the large hall was mostly given up to Queen Daffodil, and very attractive and pleasant to the eyo she appeared. The chief exhibitors included Messrs. T. Mason and F. Cooper (Lower Hutt), and H. D. Bell (Lowry Bay), all of whom showed for exhibition only; Messrs. H. C. Gibbons and Co. (Taita), Dr. Perry, -Messrs. S. V. Burridge, Wcstbury, Mrs. Brosell, Lady Hector, and Miss Foster. A bright spot in the show was a stand of anemones from Mr. Bell's garden at Lowry Bay, and a number of heads of rhododendrons from Mr. T. Mason's garden at Lower Hutt ;. but of more general interest to the bulb grower was a uplendd collection of seedling bulbs cultivated by Mr. Mason, among them a big trumpet variety, given the nume of "Creole." which gives promiie of future excellence. Dr. Perry, also an enthusiastic grower of narcissi, had several rare blooms, including "Shakespeare," a trumpet-flower exhibited for the firit time in the colony. Messrs. Gibbons and Co. and Mr. F. Cooper also showed attractive collections of bulbs grown to a Mate of perfection, and the latter had, among various other spring blooms, a gr««n and a black specimen of the Aram lily, and some new sorts of single and double anemones. There were seven competitors in the table decoration competition, the judging of which has been left to the general public. Tho bouquet section lost some of its interest by the late arirtval of some intended exhibits. A tea-room was attached to the •how, and having been prettily decorated by; Mr. Mudgway. was in the charge of Mesdames Russell, Cattle, Collett, In«tone, Mariden, Falder, and Miss Sladden. 1 The Judges of pot plants and cut flowers wqre Messrs. R. IT. Rhodes, M.H.R., and F. Cooper, and for bouquets, etc., Mesdames (Dt>) Mason, Treadwell, and! Glen. The prize-list was published yesterday. Aa evidence that Wilton's Old Engliili Cough Mixturn will cure coughs the following cannot be beaton: — A lady having a bad cough tent for a bottle, but the messenger broke tho bottle and landed home with ono dose, which the lady says she took and was cured. Price, Is od. Mold by all chemists and storekeepers, and the iolo proprietor, Geo. W. "Wilton, 3, Oub»-itreet. and 53, Adelaide-road. — Advt. Poor old China's gone to pieces, Of her vast possessions reft, Day by day har power decreases* Soon there'll be but little left. She'll no longer be a nation, But for ever be obscure ; Coughi and colds have no foundation, Dosed with Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. — Advt.