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Mataura Ensign, 15 March 1909, Page 3

There »!>■« on view ill tlio X.Z. Cloth- :'!;.; Factory's window iu Slain street ■wo dozen cactus dahlia blooms grown !•>■•■ Mr .1. B. P.'iterson. Mr Paterson is :!ii fiiii:ii::i;i'.i nini has. brought the culmrc <U thi?i fashionable flower to a hh-.h pilch approaching perfection. Each *v3i ho imports a number of new ..uitues, some of which bloom too late iur exhibitk.u at the annual horticultural show. Among the dozen or so n<:w varieties Mr I'aterson is at present cultivatiii;.- "übert Henderson (a pure yellow." '.'iid Ruby Grinsted (pink shading to yellow) hare probably dono best, but there are a number of other blooms crown this and last year which are well worthy of inspection amongst which may bo' mentioned Pilot, Iris, Mrs McMillan, Mrs Grinsted, Cockatoo, Fairy and Star. Thosc> interested should not fail to inspect the stands now shown.