THE FLOWER SHOW

Evening Star, Issue 15606, 24 September 1914, Page 1

THE FLOWER SHOW

The attendance at the Dunedin Horticultural Society's Narcissi Show yesterday afternoon and evening hardly reached the average—it web not expected, that it would, everything being so much disturbed in mind and in pocket by the war —nevertheless the crowd was of fair proportions. Beath's Band played in the evening, and pleased the patrons. - The available members of committee, headed by' Mr B. S. Irwin (president), backed up very heartily by Mr G. J. Errington (treasurer) and Mr David Larnach (secretary), worked energetically in preparing for and managing tlie show, and they planned all the arrangements most satisfactorily. The one difficulty that still remains a puzzle is as to getting an earlier start with the judging. The judges yesterday did not commence their work until after 12 o'clock, and as a consequence, the tickets were not all in position until after 2.15. Towards the end of the show in. the evening cut flowers and many pot plants that had been staged were auctioned by consent of the owners on behalf of the Belgian Telief fund, and the case of apples shown by the trustees of the late W. J. Tonkin, of Ettrick, came under the hammer for the same purpose. Mr Reynolds acted as auctioneer, nelped by Mr Moritzson, and the sale realised £ls 2s 6d.

To our hurriedly-written notice yesterday—most of it compiled before the judging—we may add a few remarks. Firstly as to the decorative exhibits. This. exceptional season has produced a profusion of flowers, many ahead of their ordinary time, and the competitors thus had at their command plenty of material, which they used to give wondrous grace to these exhibits and make them most striking. Miss Howden, the judge, commented on the excellence of the exhibits, and drew attention to the appropriateness of Miss M. A. Glaister's taole. Miss M. Prentice won three firsts and one second; Mrs E. A. Hamel three firsts and four seconds; Miss A. M'lntyre one first and one second; Miss A. Hutton one first; Miss C. M. Smith one first; Miss M. Martin three firsts and one second; Mrs W. Cross one first and two seconds; Mlbs M. A. Glaister one first and two seconds.

As to pot plants, Mrs F. Jeffrey, of North-east Valley, won first awards for etovo or greenhouse plants, azaleas, three foliage plants, and stellata cineraria; Mrs J. M. Ritchie carried off the first prizes for cinerarias and cyclamens; A. "ioungson won in lachenalia and freesias; Mrs Peter Duncan gained chief honors in ferns and primula obconica; and the winning amateurs were John Whyte and P. C. Earland. Mrs Duncan also secured a first for her very fine collection of pot plants. In cut flowers other than narcissi, A. M'Carthy won first awards for hyacinths, polyanthus, and collection of six varieties of primroses and polyanthus; T. Y. Turner won in anemones and wall flowers and collection of 12 grown in the open; J. Gordon, won in collection of 12 varieties of primroses and polyanthus; and Mrs J. M. Ritchie won in the collection of 12 general cut flowers. The amateurs who won firsts were Mrs John Peat and R. Nichol. -The single bloom championships were thus allotted:—'Trumpet, named (open), Mrs J. M'Lean; Trumpet, div. lb (open), Mrs J. M'Lean; Trumpet, div. lc (open), Mrs J. M'Lean; Incomparabilis, div. 2a (open), Mrs J. M'Lean; Incomparabilis, div. 2b (open), Mrs J. M'Lean; Barrii, div. 3a (open), J. H. Siedelin; Barrii, div. 3b (open), A. B. Bull; Leedsii, div. 4 (open), Mrs J. M'Lean; Poeticus, div. 9 (open), A.G. Bull Double, div. 10 (open), A. Millar; Daffodil, from div. 5, 6, or 7 (open), Mrs J. M'Lean. It was mentioned yesterday that C. S. Longuet won the open narcissi championship and Mrs J. M'Lean the amateur championship. To this it has to be added that first awards in other narcissi classes were thus allotted : A. Millar 9, W. M. Beal 5, E. O'Reilly 4, W. Reilly 2. A. G. Bull, R. Nichol, Mrs John Blair, W. D. M'Carthy, C. A. Lucas, and T. H. Clark each one. The new idea of putting up big signs announcing the position of the various stands proved very helpful. Mr J. H. Oliver painted these signs, and made a good job of it.