SHOW OPENED AT LOWER HUTT.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 64, 13 September 1911, Page 8

SHOW OPENED AT LOWER HUTT.

The ninth" annual spring show, uitd^t " ,the auspioeß' of the Hutt vitltey Horticul- j i^ural Society, was opened at the King . -'O«W|ffl Theatre. Lower Hufct, this after- , "aioon. The rtitkl season has been con> j jducive to the growth of th« many varie- j %ks of bulbn, and there i« consequeatly a ; •very proMo display of Uowera Th« . *i««tt9 are well arranged, and the hull ; "present* a bright ftppe*rance ; Daffodils, j uiftfeiesi, fl-nd jonquils predominate among tthe eeleetioa, and some of tho collections ! &t<i really magnificent. The show, taken j (tall round, is quit* up to the standard of ; •^previouu^apring displays. j - The opening ceremony was performed 1 *hy Mh Excellency the Governor (Lord uslittfftoft). in the presence of a largo , including many visitors from the i •city. ' , Among the narcissi in the open class I Jbbere afe seme especially fine blootng, j ftkough the competition is limited. t The mt»b ptiis for a collection of narcissi of ) «0t more thtui fifty varieties went to R, iGibson, Tafanaki; the second to A. { (Booth, Carterton ; and the third to A. J, Hobos, Lower Hutt.. A Booth secured . •^rst prize for six varieties of trumpet 1 ■Mareissi, and F. VVeslbury second. Among ; .the other classes of the same flower, A. j 'Booth secured six firsts and three seconds ; , "A. J. Hogg) three first and three < seconds j and F. Westbury, two firsts and! ■five seconds. 1 Mrs.H, D. Gordon was awamea a Brsb j prize for her collection of six camellias of j three distinct varieties, and a first for ; twelve varieties of anemones. F. West- 1 "bury, got a first for a. collection of hya- i fchitns. H. Poole was awarded .fc&rae •firsts for pot piunts.