HORTICULTURAL

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1611, 30 November 1912, Page 2

HORTICULTURAL

. THE LEVIN SUMMER. SHOW. (From Our Otaki Correspondent.) The Levin Summer show was held at the Century Hall, Levin, on Wednesday. The day preoeding the show was one of the wettest of the year, rain falling incessantly, and, at times, very heavily. Wednesday itself was line, with. the exception of a. few showers in the morning, and the show passed off most successfully. There was a very good attendance from all parts of the district, and all Appeared pleased with the exhibits. The arrangement of the display was a decided improvement on. that .of soino previous shows,'the exhibits being nicely displayed. The management left little to be desired. Owing- to tlie indisposition of the Mayor (Mr. B. K. hardener), the Mayoress opened the show. The following: acted as judges r—Cut blooms, Mrs. Weiglitman; decorations, Mass Cooper; pot plants, fruit and vegetables, Mr. iFrank Penn,. In. the pot plants section there were some very nice plants Mrs. R, Prouse and Mrs. R. A. M Donald were by far the most successful t prizetakers. The plants, arranged in tiers on the stage, mad© ,a beautiful foreground. In cut blooms the roses were naturally the best. In this section there was good competition—ten entries for one rose, eight for three roses, seven for six roses, and five collections of nine. Otaki roses again were well to the fore, Mr. i rank Penn winning first and second for one rose, first and second for three varieties, first and h.c. for six, and second and h.c. for nine. He also won the prize for the champion bloom of the show with & very pretty "Betty." Mrs. Robert Bevan won first for nine roses, and Mr. Matter was second for six roses. ' .Mr. Robert Bevon, of Manakau, won second for antirrhinums, sweet Williams, verbenas, and collection of annuals, and h.c. for collection of 16 cut blooms, and pansies. Mrs. C. Nees, of Manakau, won firsts for oandytuft, ponstemons, delphiniums, collection 01 12 cut blooms, stocks and verbenas, and second for columbines, petunias, rhododendrons, jur. Frank Perin annexed first prize for his collection of sixteen cut blooms, and ih.c. for ooiumbines. Mrs. R. Prouse was a successful exhibitor in the ihe most disappointing part of the section was the sweet peas, as, owing,to the lateness of the season, there was-only a poor display. Mts. Jackson • and Miss ulauys Cook were the only entrants. . The decorative section was a specially good one. Not only were the entries numerous, but -Miss Cooper remarked that the work-done was exceedingly good. Miss M. Prouse won first prize tor bridesmaid's basket, second for basket of roses, and shower bouquet, firsts for buttonholes and table decorations, The tables •rt-ere very nicely arranged indeed—an lmprovement on those shown, at Otaki during the previous week. Miss Prouse s, orraged with' columbines, was a very pretty table, and was deservedly first. Miss L: 'Wilson- was second, and Miss • Connie Parsons h.c. .Mts.W.'M.,Clark was a successful exhibitor- in the-decora-tive section. -Sho Avon firsts .for basket of flowers, bowl of flowers, and trimmed hat, and had several seconds and h.c. s. MrsNees secured first for epergne,' seconds for basket of flowers, . hand bouquet, and h.c. for basket of roses and buttonholes. Mrs. Gardener won first prize for decorated piece, and first for basket of roses. In the children's section Rita Isees won the prize for haiid bouquet, Horn! wreatli, second for table decorations (Phyllis ■ Prouse first), and h.c,..for buttonholes and ;spray. . , ' The domestic section was 1 the largest and best seen at Levinjor some time past, the entries totalling 191. Mr. Dustin was "very pleased with the display, and had. an arduous time in selecting the prize lots. Mrs. Bacne was one oi tlie most successful in the class, winning a great many prizes. Mrs. 11. J™? Irsts for both brown and white bread, while other prizes were fairly well distributed. It was a oapital division.. As could only be expected after the atrocious weather experienced, the vegetable class was a small one, but what was shown was good. The collcction shown by Messrs. D. Judd (Otaki) and M'Kam were excellent, Mr. Judd gaining first prize by, a narrow, margin. Mr. Judd also won first for- heaviest gooseberries and radishes. The beans, turnips, and cabbages exhibited were very fair samples. ■ In the schoolwork division there was some very , nice work. Most of the entries came fromrFoxton 'schoolchildren, very few being. from Levin.