STUDY OF HORTICULTURE.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 70, 23 March 1907, Page 6

STUDY OF HORTICULTURE.

The Committee of the Dunedin Horticultural Society proposes this year inaugurating a policy which (says the Utago Daily Times) should prove immensely popular with the flower-loving section of the community, an_ also Be> of great advantage., to the society itThis is the formation amongst members of a mutual improvement society, to meet during the winter months for the consideration and1 discussion of leading features of horticultural interest. It is proposed that the session should commence 12 fortnightly meetings, at each of which a paper should be ready on some subject of mutual interest by a recognised expert and that the discussion should be opened by two persons, previously selected, qualified to speak with some amount of authority on the particular questions raised in the paper. The draft syllabus includes the following subjects: — Ferns, chrysanthemums, garden pests, pelargoniums, hardy flowers, roses, the cottage garden spring garden, pruning, carnations! native plants, and dahlias. From this it will be seen that a wide field is proposed to be covered, and the information that will be disseminated should prove of great value not only to those who grow flowers and fruit for show purposes but also to the much larger section who do so for the sake of making their homes bright and attractive, feimilar institutions are in oper&tlion in conjunction with the big horticultural societies in Great Britain, and Mr V. lannock, who is convenor of the sub-committee which has the matter in band here, has had an intimate acquaintance with their working in con nection with the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, the Royal Horticultural gardens at Chiswick, and also at Ealmg Last year the Dunedin Society started a horticultural class in connection with the Dunedin Technical bchool, and the departure proposed this year is really supplementary to the work done in those classes