THE FLOWER SHOW.
To The Editor of the '« Evening: MAIL." Siit--A paragaph in your pnper of tbis eveniug re my opinion of your Ohrysanbla* mum Show ia not correob, and ooald only hava found a plaoe there through --ome misanderstanding. 1 depreoate ranking any invidious O'jmpuisons between cout. nding kindred societies who are generously striving for tbe advanoemer.b of horticulture. My opinion has been freely ask-id as to a com* puison between the Nelson and Wellington Autumn Shows, whioh I have given, aud to set myself right with aU friends will repeat. A telegram I cent to Wellington iau ttiue: "dhow generally superior t> Wellington. Blooms slightly inferior," Yonr superiority mainly consists in it being a tfeueral exbib t.on, while bhe obher was purely a Ohrysaipthemum Show. Your .lapadesa blooms are very fine, but ths Chinese or large flowering seotion may still be improved. 1 have n9ver referred to Bny other bub this particular show. Thinking yoa ia antioi* pati.n, I am.&o, , _. „ F. Coomb. April 27, 18H,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 98, 28 April 1894, Page 2
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167THE FLOWER SHOW. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVIII, Issue 98, 28 April 1894, Page 2
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