MAGNIFICENT ROSES

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 135, 4 December 1935, Page 13

MAGNIFICENT ROSES

HUTT VALLEY SHOW

NUMEROUS ENTRIES,

The = Hutt Valley . Horticulral- Society's rose show was opened this afternoon by Mrs. .Knox Gilmer.' . Other members of the official party were^the president-of the-Hutt Valley Society (Mr. D. S. Patrick) and Mrs. Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Gibbon^, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Kersley, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. S. Brodie, Mesdames A. J. dv Pont, R. Arlow, F, K. Young, W. M. Page,' S. M. Hobbs, J. W. Andrews, W. Simm, arid w. G. Allen, Miss Allen, and' Dr. J. Whitton. '

The wisdom of the society's decision to postpone the show is seen to be entirely justified, for not only, are the entries irfuch more numerous, but the blooms displayed are" of a far higher order than at previous rose shows. In the ODen class alone there are between six and seven hundred fine roses. Among the entries for competition is a very fine entry from the Hutt Valley High School's ' rosary. /

A new feature in.the show is a stand organised by Mrs. A. R: Gower entitled "i novelty stall," oil which are displayed rare plants from all over the world, not excluding rare New Zealand plants. ' There are beautiful gums from Australia, TaSrnahian waratah, cacti from South Africa, a very beautiful Leucospermum reflexem (South Africa), which is from the garden of Mr. F. J. Walker, Wanganui, and which is blooming- in' New Zealand for the first time. From Mr. Hope Gibbons's garden, there is a specimen of Hakia longifolia; from the garden of Mrs. Huthnance, Lower Hutt, a bloom of Leschenaultia, and a specimen of Euphorbia spendens, the plant from which the Crown of Thdrns was woven. ,■•■■■■■-

Other stands for exhibition only are Mr. H. Poole's magnificent display of hydrangeas; a similar large "'stand staged by Mr. C. V. Pilcher. Mr. E. Anstis has a stand mainly composed of roses. Mr. H. Kent has a display .of poppies and lupins, and Mr. A. McMillan a general stand of cut .flowers. The borough reserves' display under Mr. E. Hutt and Mr. H. E. Edwards is this year one of the finest displays of cut flowers yet exhibited.

The show' will close this evening.