HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 276, 21 November 1877, Page 2

HORTICULTURAL SHOW.

c ?u tS ll CVld^! of the Unking popularity of the Shows held under the auspices of the Nelson Horticultural Society than that afforded by (ihe crowd o,f people who flocked to the Provincial Halt last riigHe could not be desired. The Halt itaelf, the Grand Jury room, the two corridors, and the two galleries were spiked as clpsely, as .was passible, and ranch mm' closely than was pleasant: The taking^ a€ the door during fche'clay Srete £3i which, considering that children were admitted at sixpence each, and that a yery large numtet entered by Tfl&iie $f ticket of memberahip, shows that the attendance muafe have been considerable i£ excess of loort To the attraction of the Show 1 were added the musical performances of Messrs Oakey and. Jacobs, and, barring the crushl all present i appeared tcj be fchoroughiy enjoying themselves. Ifc would be "worth while for the Committee to consider whether it would not be advisable oq^ fatare ' occasions to fit un a' marquee in fronts the Hall.ithus reducine the pressure, and, we^iiiay add, the temperature inside the building. To-day the exhibition of flowers is as attractive aa ever, most of the cut flowers having been renewed, in addition to a large number of fresh bouquets 1 he rosesare even more beautiful than yesterS'i * D w hejr * l ? m y ll1 "!^- a visit to the Hall. We yesterday accidentally omitted three or *qw prizes from our list, and wish to remedy the'misiake as speedily as possible. 1 hey were zs follows .— ■''■ Beat Rose m pqt ; Ist prize 4s--Mr W. Male. ■• • • i . m. .■! ■ . • Dish of Almouda ; 2nd prize 4s —Mr

„j£ktra Prizes.— Stand of Flowers'— Miss bimpaon? Hand Bouquet— Miss Campbell; Collection of Plants-Mr Bolton; Collection of Drwd Ferns-^Mr D. Grant. To-day's p'rfie list ia as follows":— * CUT FLOWERS. Beae Rose.; Ist prize 4s, 2nd 3a— Mr A Parmenter I, Mr W. Hale 2 Af B w fc iK eeH^ es; lat P"'ze 6s, 2ud 4s— MrW. Hale I, Miss Isabel WaCkins 2 MrTwSSrr ; lst priw 7s 6d ' 2nd 5a - Best twelve Roses; tafe pfee i og , 2nd 7s 6d— Mr H. Adams 1, Mr A. Parmenter 2 Best twenty-four Roses; Ist prize 15s, 2nd 10s -Hon. N. Edwards 1, Mr J. Gully % i« : m"^^ Roses; lsfc P rize £l > 2nd 15s— Mr W. Hale 1, Mr J. Watkins 2. Best Hand Bouquet; Ist prize 4s, 2nd 3s— Miss L. Campbell 1, Miss Karsteu 2 , Best Stand Flowers; lst prize 7s 6d, 2nd ss— Mias Simpson 1, Migs Campbell 2 SPECIAL EXTRA PRIZE. Stand of Roses— Miss Adams