FLOWERS YOU CAN DUST

Hawera Star, Volume L, 31 July 1930, Page 8

FLOWERS YOU CAN DUST

METAL BLUMS IN THE GARDEN

The garden of the future may be a Blaze of flowers iu winter as well ats in summer.

But if .you were to .discover these flowers closely you would discover that for all their natural appearance they a,re synthetic things of el ay or metal—in short., nature robot ised. , Already the Queen, Princess Mary*, and the Duchess of York have evinced interest in these new flowens and have bought some of them. Me&mvhile the inventor —a Loudon society woman—is making plans for popularising the flowers alfl . over the country. By way of settling- an exaiiiplo to others, her home in Chelsea, is ablaze with synthetic peonies, tulips, irises, Midi lilies, and islie proposes! to improve the strip of garden in front of the house with large painted metal blooms. 'The inventor originally got the idea Tor her invention when she was on the Rhine with her soldier husband. “I saw someone doing play modelling, ‘and I thought T would like to try it,” .she said to a “Sunday Express” representative. “f used to paint wild flowers at my home in Scotland, and naturally my first clay models were of flowers. “That gave mb the idea of doing groups for table and 'lious'e decoration. These artificial flowers can be made to match the scheme of a room and they do not need to be changed. “Then I thought of making flowers •to brighten London’s gardens. The garden flowers are made of bronze and are painted in natural colours. “They can be dusted or washed or even repainted. “People do not seem to get tired of them. Princess Mary recently sent her blue flowers to me to be touched up, ”