LORD BLEDISLOE.
SERVICES TO HORTICULTURE. (Per Ptress Association). WELLINGTON, March 9. The Loder Cup, which was given by Mr Gerald W. E. Loder, now Lord Wakehurst, to encourage the protection and cultivation of New Zealand’s native flora, was to-day presented by the Hon. C. E. Macmillan, as chairman of the Loder Cup Committee, to Lord Bledisloe “in recognition of his distinguished advocacy of the merits of the indigenous flora* and his services to New Zealand horticulture and forestry.” Lord Bledisloe said lie regarded the award and the warm endorsement which it aroused as perhaps the most gratifying of, all the experiences he had had in the Dominion. The cup lias been open for competition since 1910, the awards being made hitherto for the best display of native plants.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 127, 11 March 1935, Page 6
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