GREYMOUTH HORTICULTU RAL SOCIETY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1614, 7 October 1873, Page 2

GREYMOUTH HORTICULTU RAL SOCIETY.

The annual .meeting ; pf ( ,the members of the Horticulturai Soci "aiy was held last evening irith e' Melbou'riM i Hotel, and a numbertofz-the most pre iminent florists iv the district were presec .t. Mr -W: S..'Smith^th%>permahentchait man for the past year, occupied the'eti'air. "'<*> i'"-' - The Treasurer, Mr G. S, Smii hj-read his reporfrpanid theiSecretary^Mr! uJHardy, read that of the Committee, whicl i was as follows :— JS^Q^ -: .' ■■'■•- At this the fi^t;^nnu"aT ! meetin g of the Greymouth HortijSjillSuisglSpciety t he Commjttee^have much pleasure in bril iging^jp the^following repprt^TfieCreceipt ' «-dFßie Society have" been' L 59 \si 6d j ■■',' f;/d}ibiirlements. L 34 2s 6dj leaving' '-a' ! bt lof L 25 i3s .«-.V -\ ]ri -A ;i->l. . : Your Committee- itestify to . the i spcaess of the „Soc)ety;, r ; which, is mainly,t,dti Cc- jtof/jfche great interest ; taken- by the pub^ j"; iand the ableasHstaricepfrthel'Rress'jnadit riot been for both the Society would not be i n its pres«itposition.,] „ :,, ; ; : ■„"j,;.. ,'!>-,•.')!• - tll '.| In cbnßgqu,en^e'of > ,the, .exhibit ions and ■ friendly rivalry 'for which members are prei paring^, -many, /vaTaable and usefi il plants ; have been imported, which-will tei idtogiT^ I the public a 1 taste for horticulture ; ■': if so thflk ] main object of the Society will be t iromoted^ |that is to say.the^improvement; oi t; horticufc fture in all its branches." ...^ ■ ;^V ; ■ -^7..? I S In support of this it may; be 1 aentioned Ithat, according to the report for la ; at year of:, jthe, Royal. HorticultuTal Society of ; Englaridi-lfirst-class certificates were awarde Tdafter.a, Sseries of tests, at the Society's G arderisat I Cheswick^tp seventeen fuschias, ai id of this inumber ; niriej are, known' to be at ] present in the haWs of members of this Sociel Jy. j The Committee beg to , thant th< ,' ?.-= Judges, jMessrs Barlcer and Cooper, for 'the " , Batiafacitory manner in L which: they" perf on- ;mea their jduties. ... ■ : The great- suraeso' attending the j ■Srat'exhi-1 jbition, held -ontße 136h arid>14th I ; rfebrnary, [has, induced .vthej^GommitteeMibjc lecide onl jholding another (the first for; this; s !3aßon>'otfl' *he 27th November, .priae .ljstai orj w. • hich f hey ,lhave prepared^a^c^ulajeli.!, .jjv., '.', ',\',- i y l c> i.;i> \ The report having, on the m .otion, pjEJ Mr Arnott,? seconded byAMr.cO rr, been unanimously adopted} i^e electi _on_Pl a commiftee f or the ensuing jear was proceeded with, arid' -Messrs iW. §. Smith, G. S. Smith, and C. A. C. Har dywere respectively elected chairman/ tr 'easurerj ' and secretary. : The vice-pf eflident s chosen wefe ; Mesßrs AirioSjHamUtbriyarid ReVeli^ £. general committee of six mem bera, to ponsist of Messrs l'Hosie, Cbbperj ; Sewell, Arnptt,,Reid, and Orr was then , .chosen, two auditors, Messrs Bui it and Kirton, were also elected. 1 Itwas i lecided upon to hpld the first . show pn oi ".• about, ihe -27th ! Nbvember., ,;,,;..;, ' ;'■ : /' : The^ Secretary , announced . tha jb^ihV; Chaitman, Mr Siriith, Vould, at thi j show-" ;n November next, give a prize to ■ boys under 17 years of. age, .for the best ( ipllection of : .native, . plants: in. pots, Jand I Jso a ; prize to; girls for the best.>arri inged.r / boUqUet., !■.■'■.)'■.':>;■.■.-■-■■':< ■■,■' ■'■■] „^ri-;ifi<r I A vote Of thanks,> given to the out| fbingf •>. committee' for their zeal and energy^ terminated the , proceedings. -.._... ,_,^,^. .^w^^,^ I Some very handsome specimena of ' plants and flowers -were shown in the « room, and elicited much commendation. 1 for the; excellence they' had been brow jKtf to, despite the late _mpst , unfavoraible- ' weather. The i* <r the list shown.: — Abu tilon,. stratiatum, by Sir Of r ; petuniaj cirinerarias; iMr iW; i S;i Smithy liboniaj -^ cyclamen, ; and#,cinnerarias, by Mr -G K S*; ■ ,Smith. v -.., ■„.,;,; , ;< . r. ,'.,.,, /.,-,-. .'..r^Bi