A GLORIOUS DISPLAY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1230, 21 January 1918, Page 3

A GLORIOUS DISPLAY.

SWEET PEAS AND CARNATIONS. There was one display at the Bakers' Exhibition last week that called forth unanimous enthusiasm. Strangely enough, it had nothing to do with the magnificent exhibition of bread, cake, and pastry so creditable to tho organisers of the venture. We refer to the glorious show of 180 varieties of sweet peas and carnations displayed by Mr D. Bradbury of the Cashmere Nurseries. The dffect was a glorious mass of harmoniously-blended colours that had rarely been witnessed in Christchureh, and it is a remarkable fact that these blooms were not raised under any artificial conditions, but in the open field, without shelter, without trenching, and without special manures. Beautiful as was the fine display of sweet peas the carnations shown were even more meritorious in their excellence. Looking at this disp'ay it became easy to understand how it is that during the f< .r years he has been showing in Christchureh Mr Bradbury has won l(i gold medals, one silver medal (special), and 18 first-class certificates. It is no wonder also that. Mr Bradbury's display attracted the enthusiastic attention of distinguished visitors from tlie North Island who visited the Bakers' Exhibition.