HASTINGS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 234, 15 September 1922, Page 6

HASTINGS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

SPRING FLOWERS The Hastings Horticultural Society’s Bulb and Spring Flower Show opened in the Municipal Assembly Hall this afternoon and will bo open again thi* evening from 7 to 10 o’clock. The entries form a record fat* the society and the blooms presented n glorious spectacle, artistically displayed throughout the room. The weathri. though fine, was not as propitious a.s it might have Keen for the spring blooms, which were hampered by the recent frosts and the winds, but despite these handicaps the exhibition was* wonderful. The senror and junior amateur classes in narcissi were generally admired for the number and quality of the blooms, and a feature of the show was the display made by the children who showed that they are taking a keqji interest in the society’s shows. There was also a very fine display of violets The ladies’ decorated classes, as usual, were the centre of attraction, and the decorated tables and mantlepieces, together with the arrangement of flowers in baskets, bowls and vases, were exceedingly artistic, showing ori. duality in colouring and design, hi their own department of the decorated section, the children showed up well, their efforts being very creditable, and throughout the section the judge wn« faced with a task which tested his artistic sense to the full. Amongst the trade exhibits were a fine show of pot plants, eyclomcns. ceneraria and asparagus by "Mr. W. H. Walker. Hastings ; sixty distinct varieties of narcissi by Messrs T. Waugh and Son, Lower Hutt, and a splendid stand of a large number of daffodil varieties by Messrs Simmonds and Co. ' It is satisfactory to note the interest taken by the trade in the Hastings show, as demonstrating its importance in being the means of bringing tr-* amateurs and the trade together to their mutual profit. Mr. W. H. Rice, orchard instructor, judged the daffodils and Mr. J. E. Theakestone (Napier) made the awards in the decorative classes. All the details of the exhibition have been ably carried out by the secretary, Mr. P. F. Hunter and his executive, who may bo complimented on their thoroughness, which deserves wholehearted support of the fiower-loving. public. There was a good attendance at the show during the afternoon, hut the people are bound tq rpek there in large numbers this evening, when they will be rewarded by witnessing one of the best, if not the best show the society has ever held. The awards will be published tomorrow.