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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23022, 12 August 1949, Page 2

GISBORNE COMPETITIONS SOCIETY ANNUAL COMPETITIONS FESTIVAL OPERA HOUSE (Also at MAJESTIC THEATRE, COSMOPOLITAN CLUB, and ! GISBORNE MUSIC SOCIETY’S ROOMS. August 22nd to 27th 1 Members arc reminded that bookings open at Messrs Tattersall & ' Bayl.v's on Monday next, 15th ! August. General Public. Tuesday, 16th August. Programmes now obtainable from Messrs. Tattersall &■ Bayly Ltd., and from all Booksellers and Music Shops. D. A. WELLS, . 866 Secretary. FOR HIRE FOR HIRE CARAVANS AND TRAILERS Tents. Camp Stoves, Camp Stretchers. MOTEL CARAVAN TRAILERS (GISBORNE) LTD. 4 Herbert Road. Phone 3919. Box 253. MWF PLANTS. TREES ETC. CITRUS. Fruit Trees and Seedlings in variety. See our selection. Marmalade Oranges now ready, 8d lb. At Hardy's Fruit Exchange. 34 Peel St. DAZZLING Phlox: Hardy perennials n brilliant scarlets, purples, pinks, allies etc., 6 for 8/6. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden,_Auckland. VIICHAELMAS Daisies, for massed displays. in rich reds, mauves, pinks etc. ; for 8/6. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden, Auckland. _ _ MONEYMAKER Peas: First early, proific- well-filled pods of luscious peas, ?/- lb. 31b. for 7/6. Griffiths, Mt. Eden. Auckland. PUKEKOHE Onion Plants (any quantity) Choice Selection of Healthy Seedlings. Cabbage, Cauliflower, Letuce Plants, Lyons Vegetable and Flower Packet Seeds, Asparagus, Rhubarb. Wildish’s Auction Mart. PLANTS ready now: Calendulas, Canterbury Bells, Cinerarias, Cornflower, Delphiniums, Dianthus, Lobelia, Livingstone Daisy, Nemesia, Primulas, Stocks, Scabious, etc. D. S. Thompson & Co. •ARE. Unusual: Write today for free ook of Spring Novelty Plants and ieeds. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden, Auckand. . ;PECIAL Carnations from Burpee’s [and Pollenised Choice Seed. Good lants. 5/- per dozen. D. S. Thompson ; CO. ALVIAS: New introductions in hades of mauves. rose, blues, etc. 6 3r 11/-. Griffiths Ltd., Mt. Eden, Luckland. .. PRJNG Seeds: These 6 for 2/6: Aster, •hlox. Zinnia, Petunia, French, African larigold. Griffiths, Mt. Eden, AuckSBAGO, the best cropping potato of em all. Now on sale at Te Hapara ursery, 271 Gladstone Rd. Phone /ETRASNAPS,” the new change from ntirrhinums. These are a novelty id worth trying. Plants 2/6 per dozen. . S. Thompson & Co. "PLANTATION TREES JC. Botryoides, Saligna, Macarthurn, ip. Macrocarpa, Benthamii, Acacia ibinia, Dealbata, 30/- 100. Hedging variety, 45/- 100. Fruit Trees, nail Fruits, Rhubarb and _ Asparagus lots, etc. Pukekohe Onion Plants, G 100; 12/6 1000. KIRKTOWN NURSERY, Gordon St. Phono 5386. MWF

TUXFORD NURSERY v SEEDLINGS IN VARIETY Floral Emblems at Shortest Notice. H. PARKIN 31 deLautour Road, Kaiti, Phone 2921. MW !< FRUIT TREES IN QUANTITY AND QUALITY ARBOR NURSERIES (Previously E. J, Bettelheim) Antirrhinum, Asters, Calendula, Cornflower, Dimorphotheca, Lobelia, Iceland Poppies, Livingstone Daisy, Phlox, Schizanthus, Stocks, Viscaria. Wallflower, Statice, Jncobea, Annual Chrysanthemum, all 1/6 doz. Cineraria,, Violas, Petunias, 2/- doz.; ■Canterbury Bells, Double Hollyhocks, Giant Pansy, Polyanthus, Geums, 2/6 doz. PERENNIAL PHLOX, 12 varieties, 1/6 ca. TOMATO PLANTS—2/- doz. BERRIDGE’S FLORISTS PETUNIAS & ASTERS NOW READY Full Selection of Spring and Summer Flowering Seedlings. Tomato Plants in Quantity & Quality. FRUIT TREES NECTARINES: Twyfords Surprise, New Boy, Goldmine. PEACHES: Millien Dollar, Hobb’s Late, Black Boy, Prizetaker, Paragon, Golden Queen, La Vainquer. PLUMS: Satsuma, BurbanK, Elephant Heart. Giant Prunes, Greengages. APPLES & PEARS, early and late, in many varieties. Shrubs in many varieties. Hedges and Forest Trees. TE lIAPARA NURSERY FRUIT TREES FRUIT TREES THE New Peach, “Gisborne Golden,” is excellent for all purposes, ripening April when most peaches are finished. Twenty other varieties of peaches from which to choose. Also in stock: Plums and Pears in variety, Walnuts, Feijoas, Black and Red Currants, Cherries, Grape Vines, Figs, Guavas, Loganberries, Boysenberries, Raspberries. Tree Tomatoes, red and yellow. Strawberry Plants, 1/6 dozen, 10/- per 100, or the new Strawberry, “Melody,” which is blight proof, 2/6 dozen, 15/- per 100. . D. S. THOMPSON & CO. Gladstone Road, Gisborne. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPER DELPHINIUM HOW THE BRILLIANT ‘MONTEREY’ STRAIN WAS PERFECTED FROM a championship Pacific strain, a selection of perfect bloom spikes was made. ONLY TWO FLORETS on each of these were allowed to mature, and these were carefully hand-fertilised. The seed was grown, and process repeated AGAIN—AND AGAlN—many times. The results of this tedious, painstaking work is now presented for the FIRST TIME! Huge florets on stately six-foot spikes—almost unbelievable richness of iridiscent colours —silky methyl violet and mushroom pink, hyacinth and gentian blues, amethyst and pastel rose, silver grey and petunia purple, pastel rose and bishop's purple, petunia and lilac—those and a score of delightful variations are the unanswerable arguments in favour of their being in every beautv lover’s garden. Yet they’ve INEXPENSIVE! Special collections of mixed shaded, 6 for 11/6, 15/- dozen. ONLY FROM JOHN BRIGHT, the QUALITY Seedsman, 9 Rangitikei St., Palmerston North. 726