A Pica for Horticulture.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1887, Page 4

A Pica for Horticulture.

(To the Editor,)

Sjr,—The Autumn Exhibition of the Auckland Uardooore' Horticultural Society will be held on Friday and Saturday, tho 25th und2t}th met. TbeC jrumitreeareusingevery possible means to maku tho Exhibition worthy of the public patronago, which I hope will be liberally appreciated, and the efforts of the Society rewarded. Flowers (ire of all enir bollifhments the niost beautiful. The lova of thorn commences with pur fnfancy ; it follows the delight of our boyhood days, incroHHOd with our advancing years, and becomes a pleacure in declining "»ge. The aavaeos of the foreet have a taete for flowers, for they deck their brows wi|;b wild (lowers from the native woods, and as civili.-ation increabos in every country so onjjin horticulture to exttnd in proportion. Horticultural societifle give uvoiy encouragement to tho 1 ye of flowers, and ornamental gatdening, and iilto tend by their operations to tecu o domestic eoaifoit and happiness. Hoiticulturo -is a recreation which conduce? materially to henltht Ie promotes civilisation, and sofimia ithe manners- udi! temper of man, and ia a powerful luver in attracting men to their hiines for tho purpose of learning and cultivating v much higher standard of horticultural tkill in the superior cultivation of plants, How eagerly the amateur and cottager tends tho first tender growth of aomo pet plant and carefully protects it through all the changes which plant life undergoes to the period oi its utmoßt perfection. He watches with delight the miniature bud ns it gradually develops, and looks into the expanded bloom, delights in its rich tints and fragrance, and feels a charm in contemplating movements and regulations before which the combined ingenuity of man dwindles into nothingness. Sambuctts.