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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 22, 30 November 1910, Page 64

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November 2b. Rose and Sweet Pea Show. The great event of this week has been the rose and eweet pea show, held by the Napier Amateur Horticultural Society. It seems very difficult'to combine these two flowers, and certainly the roses would have been more plentiful a week or two ago, but the blooms that were shown were very lovely. Mr. Franch Mason, of Palmerston North, won the mueh coveted “MeLernan Rose Bowl” for his exquisite exhibit of twelve roses. For the sweet pea classes, there were a very large number of entries, and the flowers were exceedingly good. Thia is the first sweet pea show ever held in Napier, and no doubt it will do much to increase the popularity of this favourite flower. Mr. Murdoch, eeeretary for the society, secured Mrs. A. D. Brown's trophy for the highest number of points in sweet peas. In the decorative classes there was much artistic arrangement. The first prize for a deeorated mantlepiece was won by Mrs. Hector Smith for a lovely grouping of orange lilies and African daisies. The eighteen decorated dinner tables were all very pretty, bowls of pink sweet peas a ad maple leaves arranged by Miss D. Rutherford gaining first prize. The attendance proved quite a record for flower showers in Napier. In the evening a concert arranged by Mrs Undo Levien was a great attraction. A few of those present were: Mrs. R. D. D. McLean. Miss McLean. Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. MeLernan, Mr. and Mrs. Saxby, Mrs. Henley, Mrs. Waddel, Mrs. Canning. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Chambers, Mrs. Mason Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Lever, Miss Lever, Miss Take, Miss Hunter (_2), Mrs. Hansard, Miss Williams, Miss Large, Mr. and Mrs. Franch Hutchingson, Miss Sutton, Captain and Mrs. Todd, Mrs. Russell Duncan, Mrs. Hartree. Miss White, Miss Hamlin, Mrs. Cato, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nelson, Mrs. Howlett. Mrs. Hartgill, Mrs. McAllum, Mrs. Hector Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Levien, Mrs. and Miss Snodgrass. Miss Hoadley (2), Miss Fell, Mrs. A. O. Russell, Mrs. Luek, Miss Lusk, Mrs. Bowen, Mrs. Pollen. Mrs. Ashcroft, Mrs. Mackay, Mrs. and Miss Murdoch, Mrs. Crawshaw, Misa Balhamy. Mr. and Mre. Jack Humphries, Miss Margolionth, Miss Jagger, Miss Stopford, Mrs. H. Miss Kennedy, Mra. Kinross White, Mm.

Appleby. Canon and Mrs. Mayne, Mrs. Evan Davis, Miss Davis, Mrs. Bancroft, Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Toeewill, Mrs. A. D. Brown, Miss Brown. The Victoria League. Mrs. K. D. D. McLean, president of the Hawke's Bay branch of the Victoria League, has sent out invitations to the members for a garden party Oa December S. This is the first social gathering held by the Victoria League in Napier, and is being much looked forward to by all the members, many of whom are visiting England next year. PersonaL Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Guthrie-Smith have just arrived from England, and are staying at- the Masonic Hotel. Mrs. Howlett (Pahiatua) is visiting Mrs. Geo. Nelson. Mrs. Troutbeek is on a visit to Wellington. Miss Spencer tßissmgton) is spending a few days with Mrs. Stopford. Miss Lorna McLean is visiting Mrs. Jack Nairn. The Misses Sand Iman have gone to Auckland for a few days.

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