THE HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 1180, 13 November 1873, Page 3

THE HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

We were only able to refer in general terms yesterday to this very interesting section of the general exhibition in the paddock at Newmarket. As the day passed into.the quiet serenity of evening ladies and gentlemen of all sizes and ages crowded into the marquee -where the flowers and plants were exhibited to the gaze of admiring thousands. We could but glance at the numerous floral and vegetable beauties as we hastened through the exhibits, or we might, in obedience to our desires, have lingered for hours among those beautiful emblems of purity, utility, and beauty. This part of the exhibition indicated unmistakably a growing regard for the useful and beautiful among our widely spreading population, and which must in the natural course of things lead to humanising and happy results. It is a remarkable fact that earth's greatest men— many who have had much to do with the destinies of nations —have found their highest consolation in the mingled shades of their gardens- those persons, • especially in this country, where a garden incurs greater care and greater expense. If men can be brought to love gardens and tako delight in their culture in nine cases out of ten they will become sober and thoughtful. We give the list _of the exhibits. Mr G. B. Owen received prizes for greenhouse plants, fine foliage plants, basket of miscellaneous plants, native exotic ferns ; Messrs Mason Brothers for single specimens of stove plants, variegated geraniums, fuchsias in sets, single foliage plants, cinerarias in sets, native plants in sets, and a cluster of line azalias ; Mr D. Hay, for pelargoniums, fancy ditto in sets, miscellaneous plants tastefully arranged and three bulbs ; and Mr E. Lippiatt for sets of fine single and double roses. Prizes jfcwere awarded as under for cut flowers, viz.:—To MrLippiatt for 3G distinct roses, 24 ditto and six ditto; to Mr A. Macdonald for 24 roses, line specimens, and two ditto, and for 12 pansies to Mr D. Hay ; 3 roses, 12 pansies, a bouquet of roses, and a collection of double flowered senecios ; to Mr George Warburton, 12 antirrhinsums ; to G. B. Owen for one hand bouquet, and a collection of new and rare plants ; to Mrs Little for a very beautiful hand bouquet; to Miss Hodson, a chaste bouquet; to Mr J. C. McCormick and J. Hillman for cut flowers elegantly arranged, and to Messrs. T. W. and H. B. Kirk for a rare collection of native plants. Prizes were given for finest fruits to Mason Brothers for six lemons and a dish of strawberries, t.nd to Mr G. B. Owen for tho finest sample of gooseberries. Awards of first prizes for vegetables wero made to Mr. G. Warburton for cucumbers, peas, ond mushrooms ; to Mr. D. Hay for kidney potatoes ; to Mr. W. Rea for round white potatoes, cauliflowers, lettuce, peas (best exhibited), carrots, and a general collection of vegetables ; and to Mr. H. J. Hawkins for broad beans.

The following amateur oxhibits obtained prizes : —Dr. Home (first prize), for three geraniums, and extra prizes for zoual geraniums and greenhouse plants ; Mr. A. Beveridge, for six cut roses, a sample of kidney potatoes, and a cauliflower ; Mr. T. Short, for nine verbenas ; Mr. F. W. Lipscomb, for samples of gooseberries, oranges, kidney potatoes, cabbage, and the best dish of peas ; Mrs. Rountroe, for broad beans and round potatoes ; J. L. Lyell, for gooseberries and turnips ; Mr. S. Jackson, for a group of cut flowers ; Mr. Speakman, for broad boans j and to Messrs. Kirk a special subscription prize for a fine collection of native medicinal plants, barks, and roots, named and looaiised.