SPRING FLOWER SHOW

Evening Star, Issue 15293, 19 September 1913, Page 8

SPRING FLOWER SHOW

AT PORT CHALMERS. The second Spring Show held by the Port Chalmers Horticultural Society was opened in Ihe local Garrison Had this afternoon under very favorable circumstances. The entries, which totalled over 400, exceeded the number last spring. The show was a very line one. One of the City visitors, who is well acquainted with flower shows, said the Port show this year was a grand one, and quite up to the standard of the leading country shows. It was a great, credit to Port Chalmers, and ho expected to see competitors from Port at the Dunedin shows giving the City- growers a good run. Asked to criticise, this gentleman said the weak point of the show was the lack of cultivation displayed, but the colors were line and clean. This referred to the narcissi section in particular. Noticeable features of the show were a large table of pot plants shown by Mr I. Stevenson, and suspended over that table was an exceptionally nice specimen of Lachenalia shown by Mrs J. Davidson. Very fine white hyacinths wore shown by Miss Hunter. There were some good specimens of wallflowers in the children’s section. The vegetables were rather few in number, but the quality was good. A lady’s spray and a gentleman’s buttonhole of orchids and ferns were noticeably fine. In the champion narcissi section, in which competition was keen, there wcio two entries from Dunedin. Mr J. Dagger, exhibited some later varieties of narcissi, those including Lucifer, Noble, Lady M. ' Boscawen, White Lady, Horace, Dainty, AVoardalo, King Alfred, Rennet Poe, Celia, and Glory of Iveyden. The lighting of the hall for this evening has been specially attended to. The success of the show was due to aii appreciable extent to the capable services rendered by Mr E. Moir, who, owing to the absence of the secretary, bad a good deal of extra work to attend to. The following is the prize list: POT PLANTS IN FLOWER. (Judge, Mr Jas. Rennie.) One azalea—W. H. Horn I. One cineraria—Mrs W. Morgan 1 and 2. One calceolaria-—G. F. Booth 1 and 2. One basket of lachenalia—Mrs J. Davidson 1. One cyclamen—G. F. Booth 1. One Chinese primula—G. F. Booth 1. __ One bowl narcissi (grown in fibre) —11. Fountain 1, One pot echizanthuß Mrs Sutton 1. FOLIAGE PLANTS. (Judge, Mr Jas. Rennie.) One aspidistra—J. R. La.lta 1. One asparagus—Miss L. Wallace 1. Mrs Sutton 2. One. basket ferns—Mrs Sutton 1. One palm—Mrs Hewitt 1. One foliage plant—Mrs Hewitt 1. CUT FLOWERS. (Judges, Mr J. Rennie and Mr A. You ngson —na re i ssi only.) Two hyacinths—Miss J. Hunter 1, Mrs M’Mullin 2, Three anemones—H. Hornby 1, Miss A. Hutton 2. Five primros.es—Mrs J. H. Crawford 1, Miss A. Mathcwson 2. Four polvantlms—E. (J. Reilly 1 and 2, W. 11. Horne 5. Three ranunculi—Miss L, Wilson 1. Two wallllowcis—E (). Reilly 1 and 2. Collection cut flowers—Ml*.l. H. Crawford 1. Miss L. Wilson 2. R. D. Jack 3. Premier Bloom (trumpet).—Mrs Prattloy (King Alfred). Incoiiipaiabilis.—Mrs A. Prattley (Lady Boscawcu),

Leeds!—ll. T. Treyona (AA’hile Queen). Barr!—ll. T. Trcvcna (Incognito). Poet iens.—A. Prattley (Horace). CHILDREN’S SECTION. (Judges, Miss Pullen and Mr Rennie.) Pot plant, in flower—H. Clark 1. Foliage pot plant—ll. Clark 1. S. Maxwell 2. A'ase of flowers—N. Percy 1, R. Osborn 2. Bunch primroses—J. Dunlop 1, G. Fraser 2, AM Fraser 3 Bunch polyanthus— E. Hutton 1 N. Pcr.-y 2, Four varieties narcissi—ll. Hornbv 1, AV. Maxwell 2. Six snowflakes—A. Pothio 1, E. Fergus 2. Bunch violets—N. Dunlop 1. Basket ferns—E. Hutton 1, T. Smith 2. A’a.-o narcissi—E. Wilson 1, A. Horn 2. Bowl wallflowers—E. Hutton 1, E. Braithwaite 2.