CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT GRIMSBY. 



^ r^HE Members and Directors of 

 the Grimsby Horticultural So- 

 ciety are to be congratulated 

 upon the great success of the 

 first Chrysanthemum Show which was 

 held in the Town Hall on November 

 the nth. In May, each member re- 

 ceived a basket containing five choice 

 named varieties of Chrysanthemums in 

 five inch pots. Seventy-five baskets 

 were distributed by the Society, and the 

 care given the plants was most gratify- 

 ing to all interested in the exhibition. 

 The morning of the show fruit lorries 

 were sent out in care of experienced 

 men, to convey the flowers to the Hall. 

 They were all labeled on coming in, and 

 safely returned to the owners. The 

 plants of members were arranged on 

 long tables two feet in height, on the 

 north side of the hall. Honorary prizes 

 were given for the best collection of fine 

 plants and best specimen plant. There 

 was keen competition among the mem- 

 bers, and a difficult task for the judges, 

 Mrs. Osborne, and Mrs. Gibson wife of 



the member for Lincoln, to decide. 

 The centre of the Hall was filled with 

 Chrysanthemums of rare and exquisite 

 beauty, while on the north side, Mr. 

 Cole, the Florist, filled the tables, the 

 length of the Hall, with decorative 

 plants and Chrysanthemums from his 

 greenhouses, which added greatly to the 

 beauty of the exhibition. He had in 

 his collection some magnificent speci- 

 mens. 



The stage was very prettily decorated 

 with yellow and white Chrysanthemums, 

 and the bronze and red burrs of the Rici- 

 nus, some of the branhes two feet in 

 length, and these were thought by some 

 to be huge bundles of grapes ; the 

 whole very beautifully set off by a back- 

 ground of palms, some magnificent 

 specimens belonging to Mr. William 

 Gibson. The Hall was crowded by 

 lovers of plant culture, and never be- 

 fore was an exhibition of such excel- 

 lence presented to lovers of flowers in 

 Grimsby. 



E. Palmer, Grimsby. 



WINTER CARE OF GERANIUMS. 



First, give the plants all the light you 

 can command, and turn them every day 

 or two, so that all parts may feel the in- 

 fluence of the sun. 



Second, be careful about overwater- 

 ing. It is better that the soil should 

 become a little dry and then be fully 

 saturated with water, than that it should 

 be kept quite moist all the time. 



Third, keep the temperature down to 

 about 60°, a little less at night, and a 

 little more in full daylight. 



Fourth, see that the atmosphere is 



not made over-dry by furnace or stove 

 heat. Water should be kept on the 

 heating apparatus, so that it may evap- 

 orate and pass into the air of the room. 



Fifth, occasionally wash or sprinkle 

 the leaves of the plants, in order to re- 

 move dust. By taking them to the 

 kitchen sink once a week this work may 

 be quickly and neatly done. 



Sixth, keep the plants free from in- 

 sects, especially green-fly. — Vicks' Mag- 

 azine for February. 



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