WESLEY GUILD.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13595, 15 May 1908, Page 5

WESLEY GUILD.

CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. An annual chrysanthemum show ws.s instituted a year or two ago by the Ladies' Guild of Wesley Church, and the show for 1908 was opened in the Jackson Memorial Schoolroom yesterday, and will be continued to-day. The show when opened yesterday looked very pretty indeed. The arrangement is good, and there is plenty of colour and variety. Local exhibitors of show chrysanthemums are few in number, but a good many people were able to compete in some of the classes for outdoor growths. Mr C. S. Howard was the most liberal local contributor to the show bloom classes, ■especially in growing plants, and a row of a dozen or so. and a large group indicated some industry and care on his part. The staged group perhaps was rather dull, and would have looked better if relieved by some whites. Tbe majority of the cut blooms were furnished by Mr W. Bayliss, of Christchurch, whose exhibits were very fine, probably as fine as have' been seen in Timaru. The judges selected from among them a- " Lady Talbot" as the premier bloom, a fine deep, -dense, pale yellow, fine petalled bloom. Their selection wcs doubtless made on fixed " points," or it would have been difficult to made a selection at all. Decorative groujnngs nf sprays in bowls, vases and baskets, with a few beautiful foliage plants, fill up the cut flower stage, and make up a- fine bank of colour. There are twelve decorated tables, most of them quite nicely done. These are to be judged by popular vote. A novelty here is a class for decorated mantelpieces. The furnituure was borrowed from some friendly warehouseman, and a wide variety of tastes was shown in the "mode of decoration. Popular opinion seemed to favour one which the judges disqualified because it had too much stuff hanging below the shelf, suggestive of danger from fire—or cats. Tim hint should be mentally recorded for future i'se. In one of the class rooms a collection of vases and baskets arranged by children was set out, together with Mr Howard's large group of growing 'mums. Some extra exhibits helped to make up the total. Mrs G. Cross sent. a. table of flowers with a funeral wreath upon a decorated stand; Mr G. Smith, of Temuka, added a selection of good outdoor blooms, and Mr Howard a very nice collection of ..flowering and foliage pot plants, and there were a few other extras. A long stage in the hall was filled with fruit and vegetables. Mr J. E. Holdgate's grapes were tempting, and Messrs Butchere' and Holdgate's apples made a. fine show, their brilliant tints outshining those- of the dead-hueel "'mums." Mr P. G. Allen exhibited a large collection of catalogued varieties of apple? in the classroom. The vegetable collections . were good for this time of year and did credit to the growers. In the evening Mr Coomb?;' orchestra added the attraction of music, and the flowers looked. well .under the excellent lighting of the hall. The show will be opened again this afternoon at 2. and in the evening, wb-sn another musical programme will be added. Mrs- H. Kus.-:ell has been an. energetic secretary, and is to be congratulated on the result" of her canvass for exhibits. The judges were: For horticultural exhibits, Mr G. J. Seaiy and Mr Gebbie of Oamaru, and for the floral decorations Mesdaines Hope and Watson, of Temuka. The following is the prize list-:

OPEM CLASSES. In the open claws of pot plants Mr C. 8. Howard was tlie: only ■exhibitor. He tent in for tin-Re, four growing ehrysanlbe-munii-j; a large staged group, four decorative chrysanthemums, and a dozen pot plants of varieties, and was awarded the firet prize in each case and the second also in two. In cut blooms Mr W. Bayliss, of Christchurch, had it all his own way with magnificent stands, two of 12 distinct Japs, one of 6's, and a six of two yellows. Mr Bayliss was the only ex-

Oiikitor in twelves and yellows, bub in. sixes Mr. E. A, Holdgate was a competitor, and received second prize for a stand' that would have been thought very'good if the other had not) been there. In a class: for three Jap. varieties, Mr Howard was first and Mr Holdgate second. AMATEUR CLASSES. Pot plants, four varieties, J. W. Holdgate 1, Miss Beswick 2; ferns, Miss Berwick. Cut blooms, six varieties Japanese, J. W. Holdgate; two do., also six white, E. A. Holdgate, six yellow, J. W. Holdgate; six. outdoor, V. A. Brooke; six sprays, outdoor, H. S. Russell 1, J. Radclifi'e 2; three sprays, H. ; S'. Russell 1 and 2; three vases, Mrs J. Wallace; bowl or vase (6 entries) Mrs J. Wallace 1, Mrs J. Ellis 2, Mrs H. S. Russell 3. OPEN COMPETITIONS. , • Vase of chrysanthemums (children under 15), 7 entries?, Winnie Bardsley 1, G. Gilchrist 2, Nettie Valentine 3; hand bouquet (do) R, Holdgate 1, W. Bardsley 2; basket, any foliage (6 entries), Jane Gilchrist 1, Mrs A. G. Werry; 2"; : basket (children under 13), N. Valentine 1, Nita Holdgate 2, W. Bardsley. 3;. hand bouquet, Mrs I. Smith 1, Miss Beswick 2; decorated mantelpiece (B."entries)-'Mrs- W. G. Irwin 1, Mrs R. Holdgate 2, Miss B. Wagstaff 3; table decoration (judged by popular vote), No. 4, Miss Ethel Holdgate 1, No. 6, Miss Triasie Smith 2, • No. 8, Miss Beswick 3. : ',■■■■' FRUIT. Black grapes, T. .E. Holdgate 1, six varieties apples (5 entries), also four var. dessert, E. Butchers 1, J. W. Holdgate 2; two var. cooking, E. Butchers 1, M rs F. Smith 2; collection pears,. E. Butchers 1; bottled fruits, Mrs W. Penrose I,' Mrs H. §. Russell 2. VEGETABLES. Collection, six kind, ( 6 entries), H. S.Russell 1, Mrs J. Wallace 2; collection potatoes, J. Simmons 1; onions, H. Marriott 1, Mis,? F. Smith 2; round potatoes, J. Ellis 1, J. Simmons 2; celery, J. Ellis 1, J. Wallace 2. .