NELSON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 13 September 1909, Page 2

NELSON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

THE BULB SHOW. 1 Entries for the Horticultural Society's ; Bulb Shpiy closg a( Messrs B < ounsell's and' Cg. 'sit o^'clock to-morrow. The Show* win WhekV at' the "Prill 'Hall.* oh Wednesday and Thursday n.ext, and ex--1 hibits must Ije ftt the Hall by 10. a.m. 1 on the" first day of the Shoyv. Last ' year's bulb show was decidedly success; ' fuj, a.nd. it js anticipated tM t-he Shaw '■ to bo held this week will be equally ' successful. Piiring the last three or 1 four weeks the membership of the §o- '■ ciety has a.!mo,sf, doubled, denoting an interest ip -horticulture that augurs well : for the future, ' j Members' UeUets are obtainable at ' Messrs Hounseil and Co.'s and Tasker ! and Levien'*, and they will also be pro- , curable at the Drill HaU to-morrow ' evening, and at the Show on the follow- [ Ing day. Sohool children's buttonhole classes * have been included in the schedule, with competition for each school. Tho 5 Society will provide bottles or vases for j the children's classes, the idea of each v competitor bringing a bottle having been • abandoned, j A'Boyai HprUeultmial Society bjOfi ze medal has been offered by Mr Wilson 1 Heaps foi- a group of daffodils grown en. - tirjiiy out of doors, polyanthus excluded, i doubles optional, Iw must included QHe of each of the other sections and must j contain at- least fifteen jarieties disks tinct. At least two blooms of each I must be shown, and not move than four blopms of aijy one variety may be P" 1 up; to be staged in bottles, vases, or 5 tubes not exceeding 3m. in diameter at 3 .the top 'lins-ide), and all tihe stems » mus ttouofi the water. Quality of flow. . ers will count more than quantity. Correct naming and tasteful arrangement will be considered. Any hardy foliage r may be used, daffodil or otherwise, The ; prize will hot be awarded unless there t are two competitors at least, and the i competition is. open to all. This is the - first occasion on which the R.H.S. medal , has been competed for in Nelson.