FLOWER SHOW

Evening Star, Issue 23128, 30 November 1938, Page 2

FLOWER SHOW

MOUTH OTAGO SOCIETY The North Otago Horticultural Society’s Summer Show was opened in the Drill Hall, Oamaru, yesterday. The cut flowers wore of excellent quality, tho roses, lupines, and poppies being of outstanding merit. The display by Mr John Tait (curator of the Oamaru Gardens) embraced splendid specimens of flowers and foliage. Cut Flowers Judge: Mr E. A. Hamel (Dunedin). Vase of sweet peas, nine spikes, no foliage. One entry—Mrs J. Miller 1. Vase of sweet peas, nine spikes. One entry—Mrs J. Miller 1. Antirrhinums. Two entries—Mrs Belcher 1, Miss W. Slater 2. Geraniums. One entry—Mrs Belcher

1 Anemones. One entry—Mrs Innes Pansies. Two entries —Mrs Bartley 1 and ch, Miss F. Newlands 2. Three pansies. One entry—Miss W. Slater 1.

Collection of pansies. Two entries — Mrs Bartley 1. Violas. One entry—Mrs Bartley 1. Iris. Five entries—Mrs R. K. Ireland 1,2 and h.c. . . Nine ranunculus. Three varieties — Mrs Innes 1. . Four ranunculus. Two entries —waitaki Boys’ High School 1, Mrs Innes 2. Iceland poppies, 12 blooms. Six entries —Miss Nicolls 1, Mrs Innes 2, Mr Cradock 3. Iceland poppies, six blooms. Seven entries —Mrs Beswick 1, Miss Ray Jardine 2, Mrs Innes 3, Mr Cradock h.c. Oriental poppies. Five entries—Mrs Kingan 1. Waitaki Boys’ High School 2, Mrs W. J. D. Milne 3. Aquilegias. One entry—Mrs Kennedy 1. _ , . _ _ T Foxgloves. Two entries —G. S. Jones 1, Mrs Caldwell 2. _ .. Lupines. Two entries —Miss F. Newlands 1, Mrs Macaulay 2 Six roses. Two entries—Mrs B. Bartley 1. Waitaki Boys’ High School 2. Nine roses. One entry—Mrs R. K. Ireland 1. . Six roses, four varieties. Three entries—Mrs R. K. Ireland 1. J. Hambley 2. Waitaki Boys’ High School 3. Any other flower, not scheduled. Four entries—Mrs Kingan 1, Mrs W. J. Davey 2, Mrs R. A. McDowell 3 Three roses. Four entries —Mrs R. K. Ireland 1, J. Hambley 2, Mrs A. W. Williams 3. Three blooms, white or cream. One entry—J. Hambley,!. _ Three blooms, pink. One entry—J. Hambley 1. . _ . . T Three blooms, red. Two entries—J. Hambley 1, Mrs Belcher 2. Three blooms, any other colour. One entry—Mrs Belcher 1. One bloom, red. One entry—J. Hambley 1. _ One bloom, white or cream. One entry—J. Hambley 1. One bloom, any other colour. One entry—Mrs Belcher 2. Best-scented rose. One entry—Mrs Belcher 1. ~ „ r- T i j Champion rose—Mrs R. K. Ireland. “Puck.” _ . . Three roses, distinct. Two entries —Waitaki Boys’ High School 1, Mrs A. W. Williams 2. Most points in rose section—J. Hambley. _ , Six bunches of cut flowers, Redcastle Cup competition. Three entries—Miss W. Slater 1, Miss Ray Jardine 2, G. S. Jones 3. , _ Collection of blooms. One entry —Mrs Belcher 1. Collection of cut flowers, grown In open. Three entries—St. Thomas’s Academy i, Mrs R. A. McDowell 2, Miss Willocks v.h.c. . North Otago Horticultural Society s Challenge Cup. One entry—Waiareka Women’s Institute 1. Pot Plants Judge: Mr E. A. Hamel (Dunedin) Twelve pot plants. Two entries— G. S. Jones 1 and 2. Six pot plants—Two entries—G. S. Jones 1 and 2. Twelve ferns. Two entries —G. S. Jones 1 and 2. Six ferns. Two entries —G. S. Jones 1 and 2. Pelargoniums. One entry—G. S, Jones 1.

■Foliage or variegated plants. Two entries—G. S. Jones 1 and 2.

Decorative Judge: Mrs Bee.

Art table. Five entries —Mrs R. A, McDowell 1, Miss Doris Williams 2, Miss Darling 3. Dining table, roses. Nine entries— Mrs Fred Jones 1, Mrs D. McDouall 2, Miss Doris Williams and Mrs E. G. Robins equal 3. Dining table, centrepiece only. Four entries —Miss Doris Williams 1, Miss Nicolls 2, Mrs R. Keen and Mrs Belcher equal 3. Decorated floating bowl. Four entries —Miss Lottie Mitchell 1, Mrs Smith Morton 2, Mrs Fred Jones 3. Decorated vase or jug. Six entries — Mrs J. Miller 1, Mrs D. McDouall 2, Mrs E. G. Robins 3. Bowl of flowers, bold effect. Six entries —E. Ewing 1, Mrs Fred Jones 2, Mrs R. A. McDowell 3. Small bowl of flowers. Seven entries —Mrs Kennedy 1, Mrs Fred Jones 2, Mrs E. G. Robins 3. Decorated low bowl. Six entries — Mrs Kennedy 1, Miss Nicolls 2, Mrs E. G. Robins and Mrs Beswick equal 3.

Basket of roses. Nine entries —Mrs Smith Morton 1 and 3, Miss M. Ireland 2. Three vases of roses. Nine entries — Mrs D. McDouall 1, Mrs Fred Jones 2, Mrs R. Finch 3. Vase of roses. Ten entries —Mrs Fred Jones 1, Mrs R. Finch 2, Mrs D. McDouall and Mrs Smith Morton equal 3. Three vases of flowers. Five entries —Miss Doris Williams 1, Mrs Kennedy 2, Mrs Fred Jones 3. Vase of flowers. Four entries—Mrs Fred Jones 1, Miss F. Newlands 2, Mrs J. Miller 3.

Decorated mantelpiece, floral only. Seven entries—Miss Doris Williams 1, Mrs Darling 2, Mrs E. G. Robins 3. Ladies’ floral shoulder spray. One entry—Miss M. Ireland. Posy bowl. Seven entries—Miss Doris Williams 1, Miss P. Newlands 2. Mrs Kennedy 3. Decorated hat. Five entries—Miss Doris Williams 1, Mrs W. J. D. Milne 2, Mrs Presland 3. Mabel Sutton Memorial Cup—Mrs Fred Jones 1.

Vegetables Judge: Mr E. A. Hamel (Dunedin) Lettuce. One entry—W. J. D. Milne 1. Peas. Three entri-s —W. J. D. Milne 1 and 2, Basil Gould 3. Cabbage. One entry—Basil Gould 1.

Turnips. One entry—G. S. Jones 1. Radishes. Two entries —Mrs G. Jardina 1 and 2.

Hothouse tomatoes. One entry—C. G. Sievwright 1. Potatoes, King Edward. One entry —Basil Gould 2.

Potatoes, white. One entry—W. J. D. Milne 1. Rhubarb, table. Three entries—W. J. D. Milne 1, Mrs G. Jardine 2. Rhubarb, heaviest. Three entries — Mrs G. Jardine 1.

Asparagus. Two entries Mrs Fotheringham 1, C. G. Sievwright 2. Salad onions. Two entries —C. G. Sievwright 1, W. J. D. Milne 2. Gooseberries. One entry Mrs Kingan 1. Children’s Section Judge: Miss Lindsay.

Bouquet, entries —Naomi Dixon 1, Barbara Piper 2, Joy McDonald 3, Graham Kinder,

Keith Smith, Joan Finlinson, Norma Dunn v.h.c.

Bouquet, over 12 years. Fourteen entries—Daphne Lee 1, Beryl Piper 2. Phyllis Halvorsen 3, Joyce Sings, Allyn Moyle, Eunice Ledley, Edith Fagan v.h.c. Basket of flowers, Standards 111 and IV. Seven entries—Ngaire Domigan 1, Margaret Familton 2, Merle Gardiner 3, Nell McDouall, Gwen Forbes v.h.c. Gentleman’s buttonhole, under 10 years. Eight entries —Graham Kinder 1 Joy McDonald 2, Eileen McCabe, Lindsay Smith, Stan Wilson. Ross Domigan, Gordon Hollow. Dick Turvey v.h.c.

Gentleman’s buttonhole, over 10 years.—Thirty-three entries —Brenda Sutton 1. John McKenzie 2, Ken McDiarmid, Ken Matheson Phyllis Hammill, Niall McDiarmid. Fay McGregor v.h.c. Gentleman’s buttonhole, Junior High School. Twenty-four entries—Dorothy Stock 1, Ethel Robertson 2. Daphne Lee, Beryl Piper, Joan Freeman, Eunice Ledley, Edith Fagan v.h.c. Miniature garden, under 12 years. Thirteen entries—Keith Smith 1, Phyllis Hammill 2, Russell Smith 3, Lois Kilgour. Phyllis Hollow, Lindsay Smith v.h.c.

Arrangement of flowers. girls. Twenty-nine entries—Nancy Uttley 1, Josephine McDouall 2, Daphne Lee 3, Joy Reid, Margaret Familton, Nell McDouall, Adair Morton v.h.c. Arrangement of flowers, boys. Five entries —W. Hall 1, Niall McDiarmid 2. Ross Domigan 3, F. Robertson, L. Ross v.h.c. Collection of native trees and shrubs. Three entries—Nancy Bradley 1, Lyall Gray 2, Barbara Douglas special.