Reading Observer 09-1920

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BEAUTIFUL' ROSES.
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Mr. Elisha Hicks' · Wonderful Record of Success.

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[n addition to the Wigan Cup. Mr. Hicks ha s
won. th is season. the G')ld Medal 01 the National Ro se

It is seldom that one has to recqrd so remarkab le
a series of successes as is claimed by that popular rose

Society , car~y ing with it/the Nurse r yma n 's Championship

specialist. Mr. Elisha J. Hicks. of Hurst. near Twyford.
Berks. Those who are fami liar with his rose garden s-

!o r Decorative Roses for th e year; and at th e same great

London Show th~ Edward Mawley Gold Medal

one might almost call them a farm - will not be sur pri sed
to learn that Mr. Hi cks has aga in won the \V igan Chal.

Southampton for decorative roses;

leng. Cup- ,the blue ribbon ohhe rose world - oHer'ed by
the Ro y a l

Hort(c~ltura l Socie~y "a t their gre at s umm er

Mr. Hi cks' success in winning t he cup is great~r

than ; ppcars at first si'ght, fo r

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and th e firs t prizl'.

with Gold Med;'l
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.v. at Portland. U.S .A .. fo,
t h e best new climbing n{,~e, in a com petition open to th('
w orld. Mr. Hi cks won thi s pri=e with h is CJimb in ~ '
Lady Hillingdon.

show recen tly he ld at Cardiff. for the best ex hibit of
roses.

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best exhibit' of n;)ses by nu rse ryme n; the J' Peacc Cup at

has now won it. not
He thus

But t he . record of .Mr. Hicks' s ucces ses does not

holds for the ye ar the Ro y al H orticultc ral Society's

...,J he;e. for he ha s won Gold Medal s at Wolverhompton .
Croydon and Birmingham. Silver Gilt an d Si lv er Medal s'
at the Royal H orticultural Society 's Show in Lo ndon.
36 fir sts. and many other prizes for rost's at m~ny of the
j leadi~g ~x hibitions during the cU~rEnt year. . Th is is.

on l y fOllr tim es. b u t three time s in s uc cess ion.

Champi o n sh-i b for

Roses.

Th e {!roup

of ro ses thctt gained

Mr. Hicks t h'is honour occupied 300 sq uare feet of space
~nd was staged as an island group , ,c apable of being ~ cen
[rom any positi o n. and contained 'OVier
weighin1! over seven hundredweigh~s.

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cut blooms.

indt:'ed, a t fine r ecord , and ought t o prove th e qua lity of

t he pla nts from which such a high standard has been
ach ieved.

The Magnificent Display of Roses at the Cardiff Show which won the Wigan Cup.

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Pho t{) by)

Mr. ELISHA J. HICKS.

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Weeping Standard "Lady Godiva," grown at Hurst.

ELISHA J. HICKS'
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A pedigree hybrid tea seedling
Rose of great beauty grown by
Mr. E. J. Hicks at Hurst. This
rose has take n numerou s prizes,

an d was awarded a Certificate of
Merit by the National RoseSociety.
London. on April 27th. 1920.
also an additional Certificate of

Merit at that Society's Show at
Leeds on July 13th and 14th.
Amongst other distinctions gained
by Mr. Hick. was an Award o!
Merit. Royal Horticultural Society.
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London. June 15th. 1920. and a
First-Class Certificate. at Grand
York Gala. on June 16th. 1920.
This rose is a pertect specimen,

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and although it has been on show

several ,time ', it has n'ever been
criticised by J ny of the judges.

Mr. Elisha Hicks receiving the Wigan Cup at the hands of the ex-Queen of Portugal.
"Mrs. Curnock

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