HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
A very interesting evening was spent in the, PominioniFarmers' Institute yesterday by 'members of .the Wellington 'Horticultural' Society and their friends. Informality .marked "the meeting, which was .one 'of 'a*quarterly 'series v:-Noble' rspeeifaens' of' gladipli^re^eihibited.^togetherv with•vases jof:s.\^eet;,peas'and> roses.; There 'was also.• an'■interesting-;exhibit-of. a. specimenl of Burmese •honeysuckle, as yell asseyeral' other novelties/ Short little --talks Joij.-be-Mr:::H.::A/F6X;;:the-newer '*yarieties;^of ;glaaioli were ,: briefly-, describißd,' by: ;,Mr^' •Griffiths; ; sweet pea cultivation -waß lucidly explamed-ty -Mvr G.-Nicol- and-Mr; D. Wall; carnations and hybridisation were the subjects dealt with by Mr. Jones; and Mr. R. N. Porteous talked about roses. The late hour necessitated the holding over until another meeting of projected .talks on gative flowers and. pansies,
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1932, Page 6
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114HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1932, Page 6
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