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STRIKING DISPLAYS

... DISPLAYS From Our London Correspondent FLEET STREET, Tuesday Chelsea Flower Show opened this afternoon for Its private view in brilliant weather that doubled the effect of the wonderful display of flowers and the cool charm of the rock gardens. The King and ...

Northern Flowers at Chelsea

... Northern Flowers at Chelsea F°R some days now there have been outward signs of the Chelsea Flower Show, which opens on Wednesday. Various streets in the neighbourhood have been labelled with the A.A.'s yellow direction arrows; through the ...

Court and Personal

... Court and Personal. Princess Mary visited Chelsea Flower show yesterday. The Countess of Londesborough, who returned to town last week is staying at Blankney Hall, Lincolnshire. Sir Berkeley and Lady Sheffield and Miss Sheffield will arrive'at 50, Wimpole ...

Published: Friday 28 May 1926
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Growing New Grass. OW many amateur gardeners in despair is over the trying bare patches on their lawns which defy

... placed in the conservatory or ou a sunay window ledge until they are ready for replanting. Recently, at the Chelsea Flower Show, T saw that the flower bed borders in exhibition gardene had grass which had been grown’ in this way. The grass looked much more ...

Published: Tuesday 09 June 1925
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 225 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Ota* Han't Votes at Funsral

... well preserved. ** Brighter % Are we to have “bri; hter ~ Apparently ; for the fi ‘ailor and Cutter ” says that at the Chelsea Flower Show they were “much more spruce than of yore.” In the past, says the writer, they have been sombre, rusty, dusty and fray: ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1929
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 238 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THRILLS ON THE EAST COAST. ROSES FROM PICKERING

... particular caught Queen Mary's attention. At one stand she recognised several varieties that had been exhibited at the Chelsea Flower Show for several years and, looking at the stand of R. V. Rogers, of Pickering. she remarked, You can still grow roses ...

Published: Thursday 03 September 1936
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

GOSSIP OF THE DAY

... GOSSIP OF THE DAY. King and Queen and th) Flowers. The King and Queen appeared reatly to enjoy their visit to the Chelsea Flower Show, und never have they displayed a more lively interest in the exhibits or talked so freely and even gaily with exhibitors ...

Published: Wednesday 21 May 1930
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 235 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Among the ROM*

... tea rose. Queen Mary acveral varieties that have been displayed at Chelsea flower Show for several years. Roses, giadiol!, and dahlias are the out- standing feature of this year’s show. R. V. Rogers, Pickering, for example, have placed several hundred ...

Published: Wednesday 02 September 1936
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 205 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A STRIKING CONTRAST IN VERSE

... sas a street sweeper in Bradford. He is now @e Chelsea Pensioner. In note received from him to: he ** At present the dull wells of the Royal Hospital are the limit of my daily horizon; the Chelsea Flower Show is in occupation of the Royal Hospital gardens ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1935
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

BEAUTY IN A CRUSH

... A CRUSH. Even the great marquees erected in the Royal Hospital Gardens, Chelsea, are becoming inadequate for the annually increasing crowds which flock to the spring flower show of the Royal Horticultural Society. To-day by eleven o’clock the canvascovered ...

Published: Thursday 26 May 1927
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 238 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

A State Guest

... George’s Hospital, and with the King will visit the Royal Academy at Burlington House andanother great Society event —the Chelsea Flower Show. Their Majesties will also revive the old custom, and will visit the Covent Garden operas more often than they have ...

Published: Monday 02 May 1927
Newspaper: Leeds Mercury
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 275 | Page: 4 | Tags: none