HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 275, 10 March 1877, Page 2

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

AUTUMN MEETING.

Office Bearers.—President, Mr. Lemon ; Vice-President, Mr. Steward ;. Treasurer, Mr. J. Paterson; Secretary, Mr. A. Simpson. Members of Committee. —Messrs. J. Falconer, J. Kidd, T. Hartley, J. Main, F. Earle, M. Spratt, J. M'Laren, M. Clydesdale. Judges.—Pot Plants, Messrs. Lemon, Leith (Windsor Park), Kerr (Taipo). Fruit and Vegetables, Mt-ssrs. Calder, (Red Castle), Stemson, and Payne. The autumn show of the North Otago Horticultural Society was commsneed in the Drill Shed this afternoon. There is a goodly number of exhibits in each class ; and as the Drill Shed is nicely decorated, a pleasant hour may be spent in viewing the exhibits. The following is the prize list : POT PLANTS. In this list the whole of the first prizes were awarded to John Ireland. CCT FLOWERS —GARDENERS. Six roses, varieties, De Lautour, 1. Six Gladiolii, H. Connell, 1. Six Astors, 3 varieties, De Lautour, 1. Giadiolas, All Mung, 1. Table bouquet, not less than lOin. and not more than 14:n. diameter (to be tied), Sumpter, 1. A special prize for carnations was awarded to H. Connell. CUT FLOWERS —AMATEURS. Four hollyhock blooms, varieties, J. Ireland. Four astors, two varieties, Rev. A. Gifford, 1 ; J. Ireland, 2. Six marigolds, Bicknell. Collection cut flowers, eight varieties, De Lautour. Collection annuals, eight varieties, De Lautour, 1 and 2 ; John Ireland, 3. Hand bouquet, not more than 6 inches ftied), Miss Gifford, 1; Rev. A-. Gifford, 2. FRUIT GARDEiSEKS. Heaviest bunch of grapes, Lemon, 1; Macdonald, 2. Cluster of grapes, Macdonald, 1 ; Lemon, 2. Peaches, Simpson, 1; Hartley, 2. Nectarines, Hartley. Melons, Gordon, 1 and 2 ; Hartley, 3. Apples, Gordon. Pears, Hartley. Special prize collection of fruit, A. Isdale. Plums, Hartley, 1 and 2 ; Simpson 3. Peaches, Gilford, 1 ; Clydesdale, 2 ; Gifiend. 3. Nectarines, Hartley. Twelve apples, Sumpter, 1 ; Clydesdale, 2 and 3. Dessert apple?, Sumpter, 1; Clydesdale, 2 and 3. Collection of fruit, Gifford. Special prize for collection of fruit, Gi fiord. Special prize for tomatoes, Hartley. Special prize for melon gourd, Gifford. Special prize for pumpkin, Bicknell. VEGETABLES (AStATEURS).

Clvdesdale took prizes for the following -.—Cabbages, celery, parsnips, turnips, savoys, carrots, scarlet runners, peas, potatoes (round and kidneys), onions, leeks, and collection of vegetables. Marrows, Clydesdale, 1 ; Sumpter, 2 and 3 : gourds, Sumpter, 1 ; Bicknell, 2. VEGETABLES (GAEDENEKS). Celery, Hartley. Cucumbers, Hartley, 1 and -2; Maine, 3. Vegetable Marrows, Simpson. Heaviest Marrow, De Lautour. Pai snips, Hartley, 1; Ah Wang, 2. Savoys, John Maine, hon. men. Carrots, Hartley. Turnips (two varieties), Ah Wang. Pod-peas, John Maine, 1 ; Hartley, 2. Potatoes, John Maine, 1 ; Hartley, 2 and 3, Kidney potatoes, John Maine. Broad beans, Ah W«.ng. French beans, John Maine, 1; Simpson, 2. . Collection of vegetables, John Maine. Honey in comb, John Maine, I} Gordon, 2. Hiye of bees, Bicknell,