SCHOOL FLOWERS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 18 November 1939, Page 8

SCHOOL FLOWERS

PLOTS AND DISPLAYS MURIWAI JUDGING (Herald Correspondent.) On Thursday afternoon the sweet pea plots of the girls of the Muriwai School were judged by Mrs. R. W. Coop. The seeds for these were supplied by the Poverty Bay Boys and Girls' Club last autumn, this project being undertaken at the homes of the children as an extension of the agriculture work of the school. In making the awards the following were taken into account: Variety of bloom, 5 points; neatness of garden, 4 points; planting space, 3 points; general appearance. 2 points: total. 14 points. The awards were as follows: Mary Cox, 1; Whiti Kaimoana, 2: Martha Kemp, 3. Certificates for these placings and for each completed project are awarded by the Boys and Girls' Club. Successful Flower Show Yesterday an innovation at the Muriwai School was a very successful flower show, the exhibits being shown only by the children, who made a good response, the various classes being keenly contested. The judge was again Mrs. R. W. Coop, who complimented the children on their exhibits and on the work they had done to make these attractive. Parents and friends who attended expressed their pleasure at the exhibits and the arrangement. In the sweet pea section points were awarded in each class for the following: Variety and colour, 5 points; form of flower, 4 points; length of stem, 3 points; arrangement, 2 points; total, 14 points. The prizes were awarded as follows: —Class 1, champion bloom: Mary Cox, 1; Whiti Kaimoana, 2; Martha Kemp, 3. Class 2, best six varieties: Mary Cox. 1; Martha Kemp, 2; Mere Pohatu 3. Class 3. decorated bowl of sweet peas: Mary Cox, 1; Martha Kemp, 2; Whiti Kaimoana, 3. In the spring flower section the awards were. —Class 4, decorated bowl of spring flowers: Dan Rangi, 1; Martha Kemp, 2; Whiti Kaimoana, ,'!. Class 5, posy: Mary Cox, 1; Dan Rangi, 2; Jewel Calcott, 3. Class ti, buttonhole: Jewel Calcott, 1: Biliy McEwcn, 2; Dan Rangi, 3. First prize was awarded in the miniature garden section to the combined effort of Shirley Blumsky, Mary Cox, Gwen Limn and Peter Cox. Special prizes were awarded, these being.—Most points in sweet pea section, maximum nine points.—Mary Cox, 9. Most points in spring flower section, maximum nine points.—Dan Rangi, G. Most points in both sections, maximum 18 points.—Mary Cox, 12; second place, Martha Kemp. 7.