WONDERFUL SPRING BLOOMS
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S SHOW SOME UNIQUE EXHIBITS This has been a phenomenal season fop gardeners; blooms, indeed, have shown such forward growth that the spring show of ilia Dunedin Horticultural Society may be said to be almost a little late for the best resuns to be shown But that is perhaps the opinion of the ultra-critical, for there can be no doubt in the mind of the average visitor and grower that this year’s show, which opened this afternoon in the Pioneer Hall and will remain open to-night and to-mor-row afternoon and evening, includes soma particularly remarkable exhibits, while there are numbers of outstanding individual blooms. One particular display by a Christchurch exhibitor was this morning described by one of the oldest and best known growers in New Zealand as the finest display of narcissi he had ever seen, both in regard to quality and quantity. Included in the hundreds of specimens in the exhibit are several perfectly-formed blooms which have never before been exhibited in Dunedin. Prominent even amongst these is a white perianth with large open cup, also dead white, fluted like a single begonia. Others have eyes of apricot colour fading to a lemon rim, or ofl a pale orange; all very beautiful, and it ia easy to understand that most of them won championships at the recent National Show, But there are several other exhibits of a highly attractive nature. There is one ofl rich-hued cyclamen and cineraria, and another of varieties of gladioli of a pale yellow. This latter display is a unique featura for a spring show and should attract particular attention. Early tulips are also them in evidence of the unusually forward season. The cut flower section is an admirabla one, and here daffodils, polyanthus, hyacinth, auriculas, pansies, and other favourite flowers are seen at their best. The decorative work is well up to standard. Altogether, spring, the season of flowers* is typified in a gloriously attractive manner; at the Pioneer Hall, and uot ouly horticultural experts and keen gardeners, but members of the public who just “ love flowers will be delighted with this year’s show. CHAMPION DAFFODILS. The outstanding exhibit at the spring show of the Dunedin Horticultural Society* which is now being held in the Pioneer Hall, is that of Mr ,G. Lewis, the wellknown Christchurch grower. Mr Lewis ia displaying some 300 varieties of daffodil* of the very latest creations, imported from all parts of the world, and quite a number of them of his own hybridising. Thia collection contains novelties never previously seen on a show bench, and such beautiful blooms as that perfectly flat specimen, with large white eyes edged with lemon, the one with the flat eye of pale orange, or still another with an apricot eye fading to a lemon rim are delightful. A number of these flowers were 'exliibited at the national daffodil show at Timaru last week, where Mr Lewis won no fewer than six of the national cup classes with his blooms. And now ha has brought these to Dunedin to give our local enthusiasts the opportunity of examining and admiring them. Such an opportunity sboulr not be missed.—[4.lo.4o.]
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Evening Star, Issue 23698, 4 October 1940, Page 6
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