Roses! Roses!

Roses, roses, all the way. A riotous blaze of colour filled the Y.M.C.A. stadium for the 1970 Rose and Iris Show.

Champion bloom, Mrs R. E. Coulston's "Tiki".

Mr S. Monck with the 12 exhibition blooms for which he won the Mrs H. B. Williams cup.

Mr E. Gray with his novice premier iris blooms

Mrs J. Hilton, premier floribunda rose winner

Mrs N. E. Caughey, winner of the Wellington Rose Society's Silver Medal for one exhibition, one decorative and one stemmed decorative rose.

Julie Kinloch won the Sally Tombleson cup for most points in the junior floral work section>

Mrs Joan Guard, winner Royal National Rose Society of England bronze medal for six decorative blooms

Champion iris bloom ("Wild Ginger") won the Molly Emms cup for Mrs E. Jones.

The Gisborne Photo News