SUMMER FLOWERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 133, 2 December 1936, Page 5

SUMMER FLOWERS

ONSLOW SOCIETY'S SHOW

> The summer show of the Onslow j Horticultural Society was held'recently. In spite of the unfavourable weather just before the show there was ' a very good display of blooms. The- . judge of the roses, pansies, and miscellaneous sections, Mr. J. G. MacKenzie, ; praised the exhibits, and said the pan- , sies were the finest he had ever seen tat a local show. Miss Beagley who • judged the ladies' decorative and children's sections, was accompanied by ' Mrs. W. H. Bennett, another prominent [ horticulturist, and both were ■ delight.cd with the work in these sections. A - very pleasing display of flowers and i plants was exhibited by Miss Plimmer. Khandallah. ' The prize list was as follows:— Roses. —F. K. Porteous, 4 firsts, 3 sec- ' onds, and champion bloom; R. S Hirschberg,' 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 3 thirds; Mrs. Renton, 1 first, 1 second; Miss | Page, 1 first; O. Giddal, 1 first. Pansies.—L. G. Nairn, 9 firsts, 9 seconds, 3 thirds; G. S. Young; 1 first, 3 seconds, .6'thirds;-Mrs. Birley, 2 firsts. 2 seconds, 5 thirds; O. Giddall, 1 first. 1 second;. Mrs. Renton, 1 first; Mrs. Cornish, 1- first; X; Newport, 1 second; Miss Daniels, 1 third. Children's Section.—Arthur Birley, 2 firsts; Marcus Poole, 2 firsts, 1 second; Barbara Poole, 1 first, 1 second; Judith Johnson, 1 second, 1 third; Cliff Poole. 3 thirds; Clarice Brown, 1 second. Ladies' Decorative.—Mrs. L. G. Nairn, 3'firsts; Miss Halcock, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 1: third; Mrs. Tindall, 1 first; Mrs. Cornish, 2 thirds; Mrs. Daniels, 2 seconds, 2 thirds; Miss Hare, 1 first, 2 seconds,; 1 third; Mrs. Brooker, 2 seconds; Mrs. Parton, 1 first; Margaret McCrea, 1 first; Mrs. Newport, 1 first, 1 third; Mrs. Clothier, 1 third. Miscellaneous.—Mrs. Daniels, 1 first; Miss Daniels, 2 firsts, 1 second; O. Giddall, 1 first,. 1 second, 1 third; Mrs. Hirschberg, 1 first, 1 second; Mrs. Hare, 1 second, 1 .first; H. M< Nalder, 1 first, 2 seconds; Mrs. Jeffries, 2 firsts, 1 second, 2 thirds; Mrs. .Curtis, 3 firsts, 2 seconds; W. Bourke, 2 firsts; Judith Oxley, 1 first, 1 second; G; Whitehouse, 2 firsts, 2 seconds, 1 third; Mrs. Peteison, 1, second; Mrs. Parton, 1 first, 1 third; Miss Williams, 1 first; Judith Ffitch; 1 first, l: second; Mrs. McEwan, 1 third; Mrs. Birley, i first; G. S. Young, 1 first, 1 second; Miss. Haylock, 1 first. ; , , Vegetables.—H. M. Nalder, 1. first; O. Giddall, 1 second; H. Birley, 5 firsts, 2 seconds; Miss Page, 1 first, 1" second; Mrs: Parton ,1 third. • Special Awards. —Miniature cup for champion bloom rose, F. K. Porteous; crystal,vase, Miss Hare; miniature cup, W. Bourke; the Vance-Vivian Cup fot pansies and violas was won outright by L. G. Nairn.