HOLLAND'S GLORY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 84, 6 October 1943, Page 4

HOLLAND'S GLORY

Mr. G. S. Nicoll, Dominion .secretary of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, has made the following notes of a visit to the Wellington Botanical Gardens:—^Celestial Queen and other pansies are used as edgings and ground work for tulip beds alongside the main .drive. ,Qn the right, Ingleseombe Giant tansies are outstanding in varied colours. On the left, scarlet Isis tulips fill a large bed and .deep yellow Coronation .Gold surround and blend with the green of an overhanging Phoenix palm. Next are large I beds of Br,on&e Queen with cerise pinkFarncombe Sanders near the summerhouse. More tulips, in ten varieties, are on the right of the main drive. On the bank to the left just past the rose garden, magnolias in full bloom make a fine background to Inglescombe Yellow, probably the latest bloomer, and further on is an arresting bed of bright Orange Caledonia. The short upper path leads to an entrance, opposite to that of the rose garden, where, in the enclosure, will be found a large bed of beautiful pink Princess Elizabeth, everybody's favourite and outstanding last season, whilst opposite is a clump of deep lavender Valentine. Further along the path thousands of pink Clara Butt will make a fine show. To the right of the main drive, near Gle.nmore Street, a fine large bed of scarlet pink Pride of Haarlem is at jis best, and Jnglescombe Yelk>w will make a later show. Approximately 13,000 tulips were planted this season despite short staff arid continuous cold wet weather. The longer period of planting will, however, \naturally extend the flowering season. Altogether, with many other beautiful flowers and flowering trees and shrubs, a stroll through Wellington's Botanical Gardens about 2 p.m. next Saturday will be a fitting 'prelude to the Dig for Victory and local Compost CJub's public demonstration of compost taken from the bins recently installed at the Botanical Gardens.