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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 267, 7 August 1929, Page 9

_ Several interesting facts about the cultivation of roses were given by Mr. H. Morse at the luncheon given in his honour by the Institute of Horticulture (states the Auckland “Star”). It was commonly thought that the sap of the stock went to the roots in the dead season. said Mr. Morse, but this was not so. It would be found that the bud at the ton of the stem invariably moved first in spring, showing that the sap went to the top of the twig. The budding rose also had a great influence on the stock. A small rose would still be the same, even though the stock were large and healthy. Some three weeks before he left England Mr. Morse said he had supplied a large order to the King’s gardens.at Sandringham. The stage was set. The happy couple stood side by side before the altar, ready to act the matrimonial drama, when a goat calmly entered the door, surveyed the scene with blase eye, and walked indifferently up the aisle. Impressed by the air of solemnity that pervaded the church? Not he. That be might not be welcomed as a spectator did not occur to him. and it was with indignant mien that he retraced his steps with the assistance of half a dozen men. Under such auspicious circumstances was a happy couple in Taranaki married the other daj,