The Royal Palm Rose Show, held over three days, concluded Sunday at the Royal Palm Hotel as a large number of flower enthusiasts from amongst the general public attended the show, looking immensely heartened by the different varieties of flowers, over 80 in number planted in 99 beds and totaling 14,000.
Some of the extraordinary varieties like Uncle Nazir, Double Delight, Baba De Kuli, Benazir, Teli, Bobo, Makan ti Rose, Allama Iqbal and Quaid e Millat were appreciated by the experts. The interesting thing is that these varieties were all developed in Punjab and the men responsible for the amazing show were Col Jamil and Sabir Hussain.
A painting competition was also held on this occasion with categories for special children, other schools and colleges. Ayaz Ahmed topped amongst the special children, winning a cash prize of Rs 5,000. In this category Yasir Abbas came second and was awarded a cash prize of Rs 3,000 while Afifa Islam picked up the third p[rize, with cash of Rs 2,000.
