WELLINGTON ROSE AND CARNATION CLUB’S SHOW.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIX, Issue 4, 22 January 1913, Page 38

WELLINGTON ROSE AND CARNATION CLUB’S SHOW.

A FINE DISPLAY. Ihe Carnation and Sweet Pea Show’, held in the d'own Hall. Wellington, on the Sth in«t.. was in several respects, ahead of it> predecessors. Favoured with fine weather, the attendance at the opening ceremony was fully 111(10. Ih<• Excellency. Lady Liver-

pool, in declaring the show open, congratulated Wellington on what it had been able to accomplish, seeing the small amount of room available for gardening purr.- nits.

At all shows of the club, it is usual to award the prizes for deco-rated tables, by public ballot. It was an inspiration which caused Miss Joseph to send along an additional special prize of £2 2/, to be awarded to the best table. Such award to be made by Miss Murray, a professional florist, and to be kept, secret until .the declaration of the baPot at 9.30 p.m. A vigorous policy of circularising members and likely exhibitors, resulted in an entry of 33 tables, 31 of which were duly staged. The designs were many and varied, including a large number that were really artistic, thus making the selection difficult, but finally it was found that Airs. Hume’s table had received both the coveted honours.

The season in Wellington has been ft bad one for sweet peas, and as the show was late, the entries were small, and the quality was not up to the usual standard. Air. G. <?. Holder won the

principal prizes and secured first leg in for Mrs. Joseph’s £lO 10/ trophy, Air. 1. I. Kerslake annexing the Stewart Timber Trophy for (> vases. Carnations made an excellent display, some truly splendid blooms being staged. Although about one week late to secure the finest of this season’s blooms, still those shown were easily the best in quality of any Wellington Show.

Alessrs. Stanley, Lord, and H. A. Fox were the principal prize takers in the section, many of their blooms measuring 3.1 and even up to 4 ‘inches across. Tn

colour, form, and type, they w’ere really good, and comprised selfs, fancies, and picotees. Although not such large exhibitors, Aliss Joseph and Airs. H. AT. Gore were also successful, and staged some very fine selfs and fancies. In fact, the public were highly pleased with the advance shown in this section. Air. H. A. Fox won “champion bloom” with the variety “Airs. J. L. Gibson,” Air. Lord’s “Linkman” being a close runnerup.

Mr. C. Trevethick was- awarded a gold medal for a display of sw’eet peas 30ft ■in length ami arranged 3 tiers high.

It wa® very striking and made a very excellent centre piece for the hall. Messrs. F. Cooper Ltd., and T. Waugh were (responsible for two rather fine nurserymen’s displays, while M'iss Joseph’s table of calladiuims, large palms, etc, kindly lent for the occasion, helped materially in the big display. Last, but by no in earns least, was a small table of begonia blooms from Mr. (I. A. Chapman. These were truly magnificent, and in size, colour, and type, would be hard to surpass in any part of the ‘world. They proved a great attraction.