FLORAL DISPLAY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 37, 13 February 1941, Page 13

FLORAL DISPLAY

SHOW AT LOWER HUTT

BISHOP HOLLAND'S ADVICE

THE PRIZE LIST

I The biggest horticultural display yet held in Lower Hutt—the _ combined show of the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society and the New Zealand Dahlia ; Society—was opened yesterday afternoon by the Bishop of Wellington, the [ Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, and is \ being continued this afternoon and ' evening. ( Bishop Holland, who was introduced by Mr. J. S. Barton, president of the ' Hutt Valley Horticultural Society, said ' he would always associate Lower Hutt ] With flowers and with the names of ■ Mr. H. J. Poole and Mr. T. Waugh. It ' was a great honour to open the first flower show in Lower Hutt city. The beauty of Nature had a definite J spiritual value and also a physical ( value. He now hoped to avoid hog' ] pitals by obeying the orders, of his doctor to spend one day. a week in his 1 garden. Recently he had become the ; inheritor of a garden and it made him ' feel "on top of the world." He had said that, like the Bible, Lower Hutt ; began in a garden and ended in a city, ' but he now wished to say that it ought ' to keep the garden in the forefront of ■ the city and see that its Town Planning Officer was a lover of gardens and that its Mayors, like the present one, spent time in grubbing for ferns (laughter). Any State tenant' whose garden did not come up to a standard should be cleared out. He declared the show open. THE PRIZE LIST. The awards were as follows;—R.H.S. silver gilt medal, Mr. Chas. Matthews (begonias); R.H.S. silver medal, Mr. H. J. Poole (begonias) ; R.H.S. bronze medals, Mr. A. J. Shailer (dahlias), Mr. J, A, Mason (dahlias), Mrs. J. Mitchell (novelties), and Mrs. G. C, Mayo (decorative flowers); R.H.S. certificates of merit, Mrs. S. J. Cpok (hydrangeas), Petone Borough Council (cut flowers), and Mr. S. H. D. Peryman (gladioli, etc). The champion of champions in the gladioli class was a "Wuthering Heights," shown by b Mr. W. E. Askwith, and was also champion in the open class; the amateur champion a "Mrs. G. (j. Grey" also shown by Mr. W. E. Askwith, and the novice champion a "Miss N.Z.," shown by Miss A. Corlet. In the dahlia class the champion of champions was a "Davey Sainsbury," shown by Mr. J. Neill, and was also champion in, the open class, the amateur champion an "American Purity," shown by Mr. S. J. A. Busst, and the novice champion a "Xantrue" shown by Mrs. W. P. Carter. Trophies were won as follows: —N. B, Gibbons Cup, Mr. Jackson; Mr. H. h. Fraser's ..trophy and Mr. D. A. Ewen's trophy, Mr. W, E. Askwith; Odlin trophy, Mr. J. Neill; Ralph Wilson trophy, Mr, T. R. Boyes; Mrs. E. L. Riddiford's cup, Mrs. F. McMillan; Dr. ' F. E. Roll's prize, Mr. G. W. Holmes; Mrs. ' Sanderson's prize (for the most outstanding . decorative item), Mrs. A. W. Freeman; Cahpman memorial prize, Mrs. A. W, Freeman and b Miss V. Allman, equal; Kersley Rose Bowl and Mrs. A. R. Gower's prize, Mrs. Stuart ' Mitchell; Elsie Memorial trophy, Miss Joyce Adams. CLASS PRIZES. Gladioli, Open Class.—Mr. A. W. Larsen, three firsts and three seconds; Mr. J. O'More, three firsts and ono second; Mr. Jackson, two firsts and two seconds; Mr, W, E. Ask«,with, one flrst; and Mrs. T. C. Bilby, one second. Gladioli, Amateur Class.—Mr. W. E. Askwith, four firsts and one second; Mr. H. G. Smith, three firsts and one second; Mr. Brazendalo, two soconds; Mr. Packwood, one second. Gladioli, Novice Class,—Miss A. Corlet and Mr. K. Gilders, each one flrst; Mr. W. M. Lyall, one second. Dahlias, Open Class.—Mr. T. P. Hart, two : firsts and two seconds; Mr. J. Neill, two firsts and ono second; Mr. H. A. Silson and Mr. W. E. Askwith, each one flrst. Dahlias, Amateur Class.—Mr. S. J. A. Buist, two firsts and two seconds; Mr. H. A, Silson, < two firsts and one second; Mr. E. W. Veitch, Mrs. Benjamin, and Mr. T, R, Boyes, each one • first; Mr. H. J. Caldwell, one second, . Dahlias, Novice Class.—Mrs. W. P. Carter, Mrs. Benjamin, and Mr. J. McCrea, each one first; Mr. J. Flux, three seconds. Hydrangeas.—Mrs. N. A. Cairns, Mrs. R. A. ; Davison, Mrs. Grant Taylor, and Mrs. S. . Fletcher, each one first;. Mrs. K. E. Cairns, Mrs. J. Luhrs, and Mi§s V, AHroan, each one . second. Begonias.—Mrs. G. W. Cairns, four firsts, . and one second; Mr. A, W. Freeman, two : seconds. General Class.—Mrs. N. C- Greer, three firsts; ( Mrs. F. McMillan, two firsts and two seconds; . Miss Benjamin and Mrs. W. Kerr, each one flrst and one second; Mrs. Benjamin, Miss I. • K. Allman, Mrs. K. Calder, and Mrs. M. John- , ston, each ono first; Miss M. Lyall, one second. Vegetables.-—Mr. G. W. Holmes 1, Mr. W. < ■M. Lyall 2. , „ 1 Decorative, Open.—Mrs. Stuart Mitchell, five . firsts and one second; Mrs. A.- W. Freeman, one first anti one second; <■ Miss V. Allman i and Mrs. H. W. Mitchell, each one flrst; Mrs. . Cranefield, Mrs. J. Stephens, Mrs. Grant , Taylor, and Miss McDonagh, each one second. ' Decorative Class, Garden Circle Members.— i Mrs. Stewart Mitchell, one flrst and one sec- ] ond; Mrs. M. Johnston and Mrs. P. McMillan, each one second. Decorative, Junior Class,—Joyce Adams, two j firsts, and Colleen Boyd ope first. ] Decorative, Juvenile Class.—Pat Grant-Tay-lor, five firsts; Colleen Boyd, three firsts and ' one second; Gerda Oelsner, one flrst; Thora < Marwick, two seconds; Joy Mitchell, Meryl j Mitchell, Delcie Batchelor, P. Martyn-Res- i ncr, and Betty Reynolds, each one second. \ NEW ZEALAND DAHLIA SOCIETY. \ Tho champion dahlia in the decorative section of the New Zealand Dahlia Society's Show j was a "Branda Corry," shown by Mr. J. ' Mason; in tho cactus class an "American ( Purity" shown by Mr. T. P. Hart, and in the pompon class a Doria shown by Mr. H. A. Silson. In tho open section the winners were Mr. 3. Mason, three firsts; Mr. A. E. Brough, two \ firsts and two seconds; and Mr. T, P. Hart, , ono first and one second, '

Mr. F. Mason won tho North Island Trophy,

Ip the amateur section Mr. H, A- Silson won the vice-president's cup. The chief winners in this section wero Mr. H. A. Silspji, three firsts; Mr. It. D. Mayson, two firsts aud two seconds; Mr. T. P. Hart, one first and one second; and Mr. G. R. Jones, one first and ono second.