BEAUTIFUL GARDENS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 March 1939, Page 4

BEAUTIFUL GARDENS

RESULTS OF COMPETITION i ANNOUNCED ) I C. D. BAUCKHAM WINS SHIELD FOR CHAMPIONSHIP. LORD NUFFIELD TO PRESENT PRIZES. The. results of the garden competi- | tion conducted by the Masterton Horticultural Society are announced, the winner of the championship shield being Mr C. D. Bauckham, of 12 Cooper Street, Lansdowne. The gardens were judged in November and in February. Details of the awards are:— Half-acre Gardens. (No Restrictions as to Labour.) Nov. Feb. Total. Max. Max. Max. lOOpts. lOOpts. 200pts. C. D. Bauckham, 12 Cooper St 77 1-3 75 2-3 153 S. Clarke, 22 Devon St. 74 70 1-3 144 1-3 Miss M. M. Wrigley, 16 Rimu St 68 1-3 73 1-3 141 2-3 Highly commended: R. 'Rawcliffe, Alexander Street; H. H. Hills, College Street; R. Whyborn, 23 First Street; R. “ ' Page, Essex Street. Quarter-acre Gardens. (Open only to those not employing professional gardeners.) Nov. Feb. Total. lOOpts. lOOpts. 200pts. Max. ■ Max. Max. C. H. Jarvis, , ... Opaki Road 81 1-3 69 150 1-3 J. J. Andrew, 62 Opaki Rd 73 74 1-3 147 1-3 J. McGregor, 5 Roberts Rd 65 2-3 72 137 2-3 Highly commended: W. M. Heckler, 36 College Street; Neil McKay, 79 Cornwall Street; L. Catton, 24 South Road. Championship Shield. C. D. Bauckham 1 . C. H. Jarvis 2 J. J. Andrew 3 S. Clarke 4 Miss M. M. Wrigley .... 5 J. McGregor 6 The championship shield and the prizes awarded in the above competitions will be presented to the winners by Lord Nuffield at the Society Flower Show next Wednesday. Sir Charles Norwood will also be present. The Show will be opened by Mrs Knox Gilmer, of Wellington, at 2.45 p.m. and the public will be . admitted at 2 p.m.