B.H. JUST,

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1924, Page 16

B.H. JUST,

Botanical Nurseries, Palmerston N. Palrrierstbn North is. renowned for its general scenic beauty, and by some called the Garden City of the.Plains. It is^Joubtful,"however, if the great.scope of fertile graudeur as illustrated, in Mr. B. H. Just's Botanical Nurseries has ever >been:.realised^ even by the local residents themeelves. ■ Here we have thirtyseven acres of the most fertile spot in the Dominion deyoted exclusively to the growing of flowers, shrubs, shelter trees,' hedge plants, and such like. This is a veritable paradise, and a source of delight, and an education to visit. The Botanical; Nurseries are now the largest privately-owned qoromercial enterprise in' New Zealand.. : ■ .; Outside the Government's scheme of forestry there .certainly .is nothing to come within striking distance of Mr. B. H. Just's fine example of . the skilled j nurseryman's work. To judge the. i growth of trees and shrubs at these nur- ! series with similar plants from other districts is jiist like looking at the Falmerston-grown goods with a mag: nifying glass,' so much stronger and larger are they. This, of course, is due in a measure to the great fertility and mutability of the: PaknerstoS soil, but to the ordinary layman the. ways of Nature and"|experts are truly marvellous, .and from: whatever cause the rfact remains that Mr.. Just's, nursery.stock is wonderfully well. done by by Nature, and .perhaps stimulated% by the expert knowledge of' the skilled nurserymanIt is recognised that the past seaeon has been an ideal one for growing' plants and trees,, and Mr. Just's, stock in quality is -far superior to any in the Dominion, in many cases lines aie quite twice as large, healthy, and strong las you would find in any other.nursery. ■'''.-A.^comprehensive and interesting display is being made at the present National' Dairy Show by Mr. Jnst. His stand is located in No. 2 Hall, and while the space devoted Jx> it is twenty feet by twenty fact, it is by no means large enough to adequately • exhibit the wonderful re-soux-ces of the. Botanical Nurseries. ■, If .you cannot find:what'you "want in the: nature of hedge,' forest, shelter trees, flowering^hrubs, ornamental plants,!and bushes... at his/-stand, take the writer's advice and spend: an hour at the nursery; it will wel], repay, you. Just grows trees, etc._, by s the million while] otjhers struggle on'in hundreds and thousands. When a "Post" representative visited the nureery a few days ago the. staff were busy packing orders for the Waikato district from which Mr. ' J ( ust had recently re^ turned. One order alone amounted ,to nearly £200 in value. Included in this was' ten thousand lawsoniana, a similar, 'number of barbery; hedging plants—sufficient of the latter'to plant one arid a. quarter; mijes jn- length—^and five thousand'laurel. , As a result, of a siz days'l, visit to the Auckland Province orders to the value of over £1000 were booked, arid there are mOlions.and- millions of all kinds 'of nursery stock still' waiting ,the public's favours at the Botanical Nurseries, .including privets, laurel, >'ab elia, escalldriia-, eleagnea,.: piitaosporums ma,tipos igriselina, enpressus lawsoniaria.macrocarpa, pinus insignis, azaleas, camellias, boronias, .daphnes, jhododendrons,; heaths, etc., etc;, all extra fine^well-" grown\ stuff,, and at .exceptionally low; prices this'^year. j Everything" on llri Just's stand r^is there 'for sale, and it will'be a pleasure to him and his staff if you will make your requirements' known, because if-it is not. oh the stand it can I soon' be procured from the nursery.. 'A