Best Seen for-Many Years: New, Competitions: Many Entries:
The ture Gardens "The best show from a competitive point of view for five years," was the verdict passed by an official of the Shanghai Horticultural Society on its Spring Show held on Wednesday in the Town Hall. Certainly the number of entries was decidedly couraging and a high standard..of excellence was maintained, ialthough Sunday's rain was respon: ble for much damage to Shanghai's gardens. The Horticultural Society has introduced several new features and has innovation succeeding shows.
ladies' sub-committee has proved very useful in stimulating interest and the medals offered from the Na-mal Rose, Sweet Po ind Chrysanthemum Societies of further awakened int Wednesday's show was certainly delight to the eye and the good we ther permitting wide-open windows, a pleasing effect of airy open ent was obtained. While the arrangoment of the hail followed the lines of previous exhibitions, with. the palms and the Yokohama Nursery Exhibition of dwarf trees near the door, rose arches, sweet william and potted plants banking the stage, vegetables and ferns to the left and pictures and miniature gardens, ax well as cut flowers, the general effect seemed to be one of greater spaciourness and the individual exhibits stood out more distinctly than ever before.
The three miniature gardens cxhibited excited much interest' and their completeness of detail is remarkable, especially when one realizes that they were in every respect the exhibitors' own work, The first prize, won by Mr. and Mrs, J. Cornfoot, represented an Bngish "Manor House, complete to the dove-cote, A lily pond was one: second won by Mrs. Ryde, the charms of this tiny domain. The
showed a tennis court and a gold fish pond among its delights. The third prize, won by Mra. Pardoo, was another of the gardens any one would love to possess, with ite stepping stone walks, sun-dial and arbors. The garden paintings and photographs were delightful, but one is surprised at the small number of exhibits for it seems as if garden-lovers would surely wish to preserve the charms of their plots in lasting fashion, Decorated dinner tables admirers, and ty of expressing" an opinion by ballot was made good use of. As the tables supplied were ix by four fect some of the decora-ions looked rather crowded in the small size, and the simple centre-piece of purple iris, with fronds of asparagus fern scored on account of its unpretentiousness. The sweet-pea exhibits were very appealing in their novel colouring: enumerate the good points of the various classes would be too lengthy
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