ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19419, 30 August 1926, Page 12

ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.

NEW ZEALAND VARIETIES, .ADDRESS BY MR. B. C. ASTON. (' -- • : , ■ f A lecture on " The Ornaments! Value |of New Zealand . Herbs, Shrubs and Trees,'.' was 'given in the University •College on Saturday oveniog by Mr. B. 'C. Aston, chief chemist,to the Agricultural Pepartment. Mr. J. W. Poynton, :S.M., presided. ' ! There were three groups of such .plants, Mr., said. First, those .which attracted the eye bjr their colour; jsecpnd, those which .appealed, to the. sense of ; smell., and, third, those which atthe eye by their perfectr forriiiation.' There was also a. fburth" class — ■ without, scent., colour or form. He could jonly say that they must he 1 grown for "/ove, and one could'not "reason about love. (Laughter; ) l " - ' ■■■ •■ ' • : • ; - i While ■ its herbs, trees And shrubs had very, little colour) although there w®s: an abundance of scent', New, Zealand's,.floijfl. fConiM'sld with aiiV ; tlie ,: world.'" ■'* ! ' Well over.u hundred lantern slides were used.- by.-Mri Aston Jo . illustrate■ his do,tailed, description of ornamental plantti. Ho asWed his hearers'that most of the plants could be -easily' crown, but he, emphasised the necessity. for natural conditionfk He deprecated the. hideously (geometrical lay-out of some ornamental gardens, which ware neith®r'beautiful nor' natural. ■ " • '■ •' '• ■ •

Many questions were answered and a vote of thanks was .passed, t . The lecture was given under the auspices of the Workers' Educational Association and the New Zealand Institute of Horticulture.