GARDENING CLUB

Evening Star, Issue 19000, 23 July 1925, Page 10

GARDENING CLUB

There was a large attendance at the fortnightly meeting of the Dunedin Gardening Club to hear Dr Holloway on the ‘ New Zealand Hub-Alpine Plants.’ Mr E. H. Hollingworth presided.

The lecturer, in bis opening remarks, explained that he would confine his attention chiefly to plants of the Middle Island which he had soon, explaining their natural habitat and Mow they grew. Starting with the dry mountains of Marlborough, the moisier hills of North-east Canterbury, and the still more moisier mountains of Nelson and Westland, and coming back to Canterbury and Eastern Otago, he described the chief characteristics of the plants of those districts, explaining their mode of growth and natural likings. With the aid of lantern slides he showed some tine examples of individual plants grown on our New Zealand mountains, and also some of the natural rock gardens that are to be seen on the sub-Alpine areas. The lecturer gave it as his opinion that most of these plants with careful study of their natural habitat could bo successfully cultivated iti our lower levels, and suggested that members should give them a trial. At the conclusion of the address Mr Crosby Smith gave a short account of some of the West Otago mountains that he had visited, and offered to assist the club at any time in connection with popularising our native flora by exhibiting his collection of slides. On the motion of Mr W. H. Johnston a hearty vote of thanks was accorded Dr Holloway for his interesting and instructive address.

A vote of thanks, on the motion of Mr J. Nelson, to Air Simpson, who operated the lantern, concluded the meeting.