More than upholding past tradi-tons, in fact excelling. former hibits in_more than one particul the 58th Flower Show to be sponsor: fed here by the Shanghai Horticultural Society opened with a splendid [display of locally cultivated plants fand vegetables at the Race Club jon Saturday. Scores of children, responsible for an excellent showing this year, and dozens of adult gar~ den enthusiasts were on hand" to {inspect the collections soon after the decisions of the judges were posted. Te is a matter of particular interest that Lord Li Ching-mal, awarded the Sir Peter Grain Perpetual Challenge Trophy last year, will retain the award this year. His entry, an imposing pyramid containing more than twenty varieties of flowering and. foliage plants topped by bougainvillea, "is most impressive. The medal offered by the National Rose Society has been awarded this year to Mr. G. H. Rendall Despite this, there are such splen-aid" groupings arranged by Lord Li Ching-mal, winner of the Sir Peter Grain Trophy, Mr. E. S. Wilkinson, Jeasfield Garden, greenhouse and herbaceous border exhibits both holding attention, that it is obvious that competition must have been close Indeed
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