KARORI FLOWER SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 2

KARORI FLOWER SHOW.

IMPRESSIONS. v '(By l the.. Impressionist.) rTo step inte'uthb irooin: ati Earori .whore- - . the flpwervshow-;has>been, progressing , was; . r;: •like ' migratinjg:'-!fc(j ia ; ricouhtry.swith: a>. new climate! ; The .'sweetest ', fragrance; that, one .;c. . experienced sincesthe ' drought began 'smites" you" on; the face atr.tho: very ■ threshold.! ?... .with a v'oool; • wisp. :,that-: reoalls 'recoUectjonsV • of-quite j long-ago days..- .A. long ..acquaint- ■ s ■anoe with:brown .grass, -..-.waterless,'.brooks, ;• panting ■ stock, -and skies'.that; - dimly through aperpetual'Bcreen of;:smoke, . had . made ono • forget that Nature oould; ; be.; , fragrant; : It was- not necessary: that the..... .. ■Karori-show should bo. good .in the' eyes of the specialist,■ with', his■'demands Jori-correct;;-. shape, : 'and ■ size, -.and markings.',-- It; was- ♦,* enough 1 that;the.flowers.were fragrant,,_and; tlie greenery really, grefen, s.and. the. blooms on;masse .'beautiful. \y,{rv '■ '.Sunny- Karori can (certainly,- grow things .in these " hot : dry : times that'we, in- tho. low levels, havp l6ng , abandoued-:in..despair'.:.you secretly wonder, as: you. .admiringly;?'.xoTet-. > puslv,' caress the big pumpkin,'.whether:the...',. . • ; forbidden hose has net been surrept'itieusly applied:"at- nights.-■! But 'tho.evil'thpught,in.cursi instant.'rebiiko. ■ i.For,-Karori:»has no public water supply.lt .drinks • from.'.well's•■ ■. .- and ''water tanks, and ;thcsp: sources,are'jnot . < •, '•.usually .'-'tirfiicd to ; account'in : thei-.gardens..; .>' ;! No,- the'ro must, bo 'somb'other .reason why ,'. , tho highlandcrs of ■ the 'city, .succeed?'where • tho lowlanclers; fail. - .-There were pots con- • : ■ taihing sweet' peas; three -or four, feet high, . whoso.luxuriant, blppms wpuld put tp shame . \ anything'.:that : vthovcity'; water:'supply; has' ■. . .produced' on :lower lands.'-:, And they :were ■. .grown by(a:'.ofl^Miss l^jMie'' , Atkin.;-i!/^TB^^. %, '''v' were': vegetables]of: a sort; that? the; : amateur- has: searched :his' garden, for: ihiyaihiv - during past; >'and -' tho ■- general'. . ■ groups : pf ;flprists^'flpwers : and i)pt iplants > afforded an agreeable'rest- 1 to; tirea," drought-- - .. • worn'eyos. ::-It was'lifeo' ;stand inside and let. tho: sight-rest'upon that'copi- ' ; pact littlo jcpllcc'tion of vftgetation.Karori lias done woll.v 'The ! promoters'of K the:; shpw' ' wore keen .enthusiasts,- and.';ono :pf ; their >first • acts was to disqualify, themselves' fromi'fcompeting 'for. the awards.® They : showed for ex-hibition.'only,.-iMr. (3.Fern, , gardener^to ■. the Hon. C. J.';'Johnston, "staged a'.massivo group.of, pot plints;,iwhioh wero'a::featiire :ot - ' the show.: Tho'gladioli of Mr M.; Jaok-' • . son (Vogeltowji), , . the cactus -dahliasi. from : Bellevue Gardens :(Hutt),vtlie pot plants'i(insome v bf.tlio.Tara. gloxinias), otvilrs, , ■Kirkcaidie, j tho'.vegetables; of: Mr!'.j,.G,v' H, Davies. 'tho frnit and vegetables-eftcMessrs;-H. 'senior• and junior,' Mi - .:: Wilfred Dasent, Mr. Tarr,, and :Mr. Newcombe, : r wero among tho star,-items; ~ Tho .decorated c tabltß :-: 'A were,tho subject of! a plebiscite!among'i'.tlie. - ••, visitors. Miss G. Davies'.won':withio9 rotes.r . Miss Cook's, table ; (second'-, oil rihe list) j also:, .• • -h ad m any. admirers, and l the whole -five." were capitally arranged.. It >ai; pleasant:-xo we tho prize fei r .: tho best-kept- girl's:.: garden going to an inmato of the St. Stary's: Cottage.Homo—Miss Nellie. Evans. i.Thore.wcra ip the:oontesti .It isia'good feat-ui;o,/ for-it will open, the: oyes of; tho girlsi,tb..what . ■, there. is;> of-: pleasure, and,-.profiti,ini garden-, ing.- . Girl gardeners • may even,vyet-cpecome a thriving cpnimunity . arpund Stella' Hudson was second, and.Hilda.Drydon . ■ was h.c. Leo Nowcombe was theiiost;gar- ' dener of the: boys. - . Tho Karori Flower Show.; is ,to : .ibe'-an . annual. affair, and : Karori, ■ it; i 6 . hoped,:'!will. soon rie 'with- the vHutt for thoiihouour ,of : being Wellington's! garden suburb. ,