GOOD DAYS COMING

Northern Advocate, 18 November 1929, Page 4

GOOD DAYS COMING

BEAUTIFUL SPRING GARDENS.

With the clearing of skies over the week-end Whangarei is hoping for seasonable weather. Warm, muggy dampness succeeded by cold showers has flushed growth everywhere, but farmers would welcome a dry spell to harden grasses. The growth of clover has been, altogether abnormal and many farmers find difficulty in avoiding bloating of their stock. A number of valuable animals have already been lost through this cause. , Market gardeners have had much to contend with, the absence of sun preventing healthy growth, so that most early tomatoes and cucumbers will come from hot-houses. Orchards, too, have been affected, the wet interfering with polinisation and encouraging fungoid growths. Flower gardens everywhere in the district are a picture, and have put on their best summer ■ dresses despite everything. The borough gardens arc a blaze of colour and are a credit to Mr R. Woods and his assistant! It would be difficult. to place a pin between the blooms in the Triangle. The plots at Kensington. Park, where poppies, pansies and roses vie with each other among a hundred other varieties, are also worth}' of inspection. Another striking array is to be seen at the entrance to Mair Park, where every one of the punga trees has struck root.