LOVELY FLOWERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1936, Page 17

LOVELY FLOWERS

PIONEER CLUB SHOW

Allhpugh the weather lias been — to put it mildly—trying to amateur j {'nrricners, the show of flowers by the Harden circle of the Pioneer Club held at the club yesterday afternoon was a great credit to their skill in growing and their patience. There were lontt stands in the smaller lounge, and wi.de green covered tables in the big lounge, and on these were a charming display ol' roses, carnations, gladioli, campanulas, delphiniums, aquilegias, calendulas, lupins, nemesias, nasturtiums, stocks, ranunculi, sweet peas, scabious, rock flowers, linaria, viscaria, sweet williams,' pansies, poppies, antirrhinums, and many others too numerous to mention. Brilliance and fragrance' were around everywhere, and the large number of members and friends present were delighted with the show. , • ■

The New Zealand flowers were specially interesting. Mrs. Righlon showed a fine variety, and Mrs. Knox Gilmer no fewer than nine varieties of manuka—few' people having realised that there are so many. The baskets of flowers were beautifully arranged, as also were the bowls, while some picturesque "gardens" made of the heads of flowers arranged in large square tins were delightful. The one miniature garden shown was particu-