FLOWERS AT ROTORUA SHOW.
' MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY OF DAHLIAS I [ Tlie Rotorua Show this year was a , many-sided ..no. iilu-trative of the ier- - tilitv ..i" tbc pumice lands, once =o much . despised. While most sides of this show I exhibited tbe farm and its products, by far the mewt beautiful was the part ,w]i.-re the ibrv. •-- were displayed, and 'right in the centre "as a gorgeous exhibit of dahlia- by Mr. W. Scott, the peony, the ny - nnd the decorative, forming a fa-.inaniu: riot of colour, --r.-.u bb.nm- .-..-h almost a garden m itself, on- v.yi known expert on such things said that i ,cse were equal, if not i superior, to ai'vthin-j ever staged » : Auckland: th-> ' w.-re a tribute to the . grower- and t."> th.- niimice soil. , 7" In another < .-rm-r "were the table dal turns, and the wi nn in. exhibit was very effective-it wj* with tbahctrmn and gaillardias. . Alongside woro th- huits ' a^7. I and plum< all kin, veryjg . tising. Then in a corner war- an ex m - of tbo Tourist Department contairu^ t i, 3 great selection ..f vegetables, great . in quality and in size.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 45, 23 February 1926, Page 6
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