THE WEATHER
DISTRICT REPORTS. 'From Our Special Correspondents.! Featherston, January 26—Pino. Greytown, January 26.—Very bright. In presenting his address at the animal conference of tile New Zealand Nurserymen's Association, the president (Mr. T. Waugh, of Wellington) remarked that few even among Mie inirservmen themselves realised what the nation owed to their profession. "Its orchard trees, its trees for forest planting for beautifying the parks, gardens, and farms, tne flowering and decorative plants that go to make our homes truly homelilto, all those conic from the nurserymen, who anticipate years ahead mid prepare for the demand that they know should come. It is the nurserymen, practically without State aid, who havo brought horticulture up to the standard which it has reached in' this Dominion. While the great- majority is cutting down and destroying, tbo nurseryman is propagating and. planting so' that the face of Nature may bfl improved."
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 28 January 1918, Page 4
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147THE WEATHER Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 11, 28 January 1918, Page 4
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