TEMUKA FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 1660, 14 January 1895, Page 3

TEMUKA FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

r The annual show of the Temuka t Floral Society, which was held m the i Volunteer drillshed on Thursday last, j was most successful, although the wet t . weather of the previous few days and a j continued drizzle on the morning of the . show, prevented some of the exhibits from coming m, and to a certain extent ! militated against the attendance m the ' afternoon. In the evening when the. 3 weather had cleared somewhat, the 1 attendance was very large, and the pleasure of visitors augmented by listening to some well selected music played by Mr Wood's string band. The officials worked hard to make the show a suc- '' cess, and the members of the society owe them a lot of thanks. To Mr E. C. t Dann, and to Mr H. M. Miles, the sect retary, great credit is due for the way m i- which the complicated duties of tickety ing exhibits, checking entries, etc., were earned out. The show of pot plants and cut flowers

was the largest ever made at Temuki and general praise was expressed at tli quality of the exhibits. Messrs H. IV West, J. Brown, W.. Wright, and t Norton, had a few choice pot plants an blooms for exhibition only. The sho 1 of fruit, both m the open and amateu classes was excellent, Mr Crooks, one c the judges, stating that m some 30 yeai he had not seen finer currants. Ther were some splendid raspberries an gooseberries, and a choice exhibi of cherries from Mr Job Brown's garden The vegetables made hardly as good show as m previous years, the competi tion being meagre m cabbages, cauli flowers, and turnips, and salad material There were some good onions, esclui lots, peas, beans, and splendid pota toes. The latter were not very large but ripe and even. Several new sort were shown, and amongst those recentl grown m the district may be mentione! the "Charles Downing," a potato tha seems likely to be a favourite. In tin miscellaneous class there was a capita lot of choice needlewod'k,. plain sewing patchwork, and so forth, with a repre sentative exhibition of school maps al showing merit. The competition ii cookery was very keen, there being n< less than twenty-nine entries for Mn Rhodes' prize for the best 21b loaf o home-made bread. Mrs Saundersprovec the winner. There were three classes for scones, Miss A. Thornley taking al before her, with Miss Johanna Palmei second m the two classes. The lattei took both of the T. and G.A. and P. As sociation's prizes for butter. Some verj good cakes were shown, but a numbei were disqualified as noj, being according to schedule. In the class open to all, the prineipa' prizes were as follows :-t-G. Barrett was first for group of potplants, roses, singh dahlias ; H . T. Clinch - tor f uchsias pelargoniums, begonias, single petunias carnations, and black currants ; Mrs J Biown for specimen plant ; G. Smitli for varieties of roses, phlox drummondi, gooseberries, white currants, culinarj apples, apricots ; James Dow for show fancy and collection of pansies; G. J, Sealey for hardy flowers, penstemons, petunias, double dahlias, varieties oi gooseberries ; W. Radford for cherries : W. McNaughton for red currants, dessert apples,plums, autumn onions, tomatoes; D. Shepherd for strawberries, potatoes, red beet; W. Fawdray for cabbages, leeks, varieties of potatoes ; J . Bennett for red cabbage, shorthorn carrots, collection oi vegetables; F. Sounders for table turnips, broad beans, rhubarb ; Mrs Webb for spring onions ; D. ,Findlay for lettuce ; G. Levens for round potatoes, French beans and riinriers. pumpkins ; J. Talbot for peas and Windsor beans ; W. H. Scott for butter beans ; J. Holwell varieties |of peas; J. B. Miles for eschalots ; J. . Norton for raspberries. Mr H.-T. Clinch also competed m the " amateur class," and took a large number of first prizes ; and other chief prizetakers m this class were J. Norton forpelagoniums, ivy-leafed geranium, petunias, and salpiglossis : Mrs W. Wright foi varieties of plants, geraniums, petunias, hydragea. There was excellent competition m cut flowers, H. T. Clinch carrying off the bulk of the prizes here also. Other firsts were— P. Wareing for 18 roses, J. Dow for 12 roses, verbenas, show and fancy; 1 and collection oi panaies, hardy cut "flowers, penstemons, dahlias, sweetwilliains, gooseberries, raspberries ; Miss Mendleson for phlox drummondi ; Mrs J. Brown for cherries and peaches.; J. Bennett for varieties of gooseberries ; G. Smith for white and red currants ; W. Storey for yellow raspberries ; J. Norton for dessert apples and strawberries; J. Han-i son for cooking apples ;J. Sim for apricots. In the amateur class for vegetables the competition was veiy good. J. Norton was first for round potatoes and cucumbers, H. T. Clinch for cabbages, J. Bennett for red beet and cabbages, carrots, turnips and peas, Mrs L. Tombs for cauliflowers, Mrs Webb for spring and autumn onions, J. Talbot for kidney potatoes, Miss G. Greaves for broad be^ns, C, Woodley for Windsor beans, J. Fitzgerald for French beans, Miss G. A. Brown for butter beans, G. Levens for runner beans, pumpkins, and marrows, H. T. Clinch for cabbages, rhubarb ; hand bouquets, G. J. Sealey ; button-holes for gentlemen, Mrs J. Brown ; dress sprays for ladies, Miss L. Brown ; epergne of flowers, Miss B. Wareing ; bridal boquet, Miss L. Brown ; table decoration to cover 36 inches by 18 inches, Miss Brown ; hand bouqet made by girls under 13, Miss E. Mendelson, Miss E. Cooper ; best design of word •' Try," m wild flowers, Miss . Gertie Greaves.