ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS
Importation Criticised
The importation of artifi cial flowers into New Zealand seems the height of folly, and if the government wishes to conserve overseas funds, deserves “the red pencil,” says an editorial in “Fruit and Produce," the journal of the New Zealand Fruit and Produce Merchants’ and Auctioneers’ Federation. “New Zealand is one of nature’s favoured lands, as is illustrated very beautifully by the profusion of flowers which are grown by our people, in private gardens and by commercialgrowers,” the editorial says. “It should never be necessary for us to resort to artificial flowers lifeless travesties of the real thing. “When we are short of over- ’ seas funds and when countless useful necessary articles are denied entry it seems the height of folly that New Zealand should be permitting artificial flowers to come into; our country. “Real flowers are alive and fragrant. They are a joy forever, yet the appearance of imitation daffodils all the year round robs that beauti-. ful flower of its rightful place as the harbinger of spring.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31016, 23 March 1966, Page 16
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