Finest Chrysanthemum on View for Many Years Chrysanthemum plants running into tens of thousands and all at the height of their season "made 3 wonderful display on Sunday afternoon at the Race Club, when the 47th Annual Chrysanthemum Show of the Shanghat "Horticultural Society was held there by Kind permission of the Stewards. the main hall, a preliminary exhibit by the Shanghai " Munlelpal Council was the first glory to catch the eyo. All the left hand side of the entrance was flanked with massed. chrysanthemum plants in every colour and variety, mingled with palms, rubber plants, and variegated foliage of different kinds. Immediately "followed the entries for the "Cascade" chrysanthemum, a class which has grown rapidly to popul ity in the past two or three years. This graceful and luxurious method of training a chrysanthemum of one fof the smaller blossomed varieties gard as its use for indoor highly recommends itself to the
decorative purposes Is unsurpassed, glorious example, shown by Mr. Liew Ong-si, with flowers in white thaded with cream, and measuring easily two yards from main stem to tip, which was awarded a frst prize, was one of the outstanding examples this class, Some New ideas Of the "round table" standards, in former years the only shape garde fers seemed able to imagine for training their subjects, there were end-Jess exhibits, One of most beautiful, awarded a frst pris pale shaped Gahlias. This was shown by Mr, Wells. Mrs, Ellis Hayim had ome. exceptionally fine exhibits the standards, a8 did Mr. Liew. Ong-while Lord Li Ching-mal showed ftendeney to Break away from the {traditional lat top, whether round square in outline, with a flame= Sotoured plant trained to the shape of the root of a pagoda.
Upstairs there was a variety of exhibits to draw the visitors, a5 here were to be found the caged binds, entered: by members of the Shanchal Ghee Bird 'Association, who were folding their third. annual exhibition Teeontunction. with the Cheysanthe mum' Show, us well as the decorated lables, vases and. bow fable exhibits and. a. highly collection of Japanese flower arrange-monte, Of the. frstenamed,. it may Bevaid that the show proved Unqualified success. The entries took Upvseveral long counters and. were Growing an endless stream. of on= fookersy Chinese "showing a. great interest in the various birds. C Were in the majority, Of other varieties, many. probably Stewed for the frst time by visitors.
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