CHRYSANTHEMUM CLUB

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 121, 25 May 1931, Page 8

CHRYSANTHEMUM CLUB

WANGANUI GROWERS’ IDEA. MAINTAINING THE STANDARD. For several years chrysanthemun growers in Wanganui have maintains a high standard of quality with thesi beautiful blooms, and numerou; trophies won in other centres testify t< the ability of Wanganui enthusiasts t< “hold their own’' with growers else where. It is understood that growers in Wan ganui have under consideration the for mation of a “ ’thum” club to encour age tho cultivation of chrysanthemums by arranging lectures and demonstra tions for novices an J gardeners goner ally. Information is being sought fron Auckland and Palmerston North, -where simila r clubs are already established Within a few days a meeting will b( called inviting those interested in establishing a club in Wanganui. The object of tho club will be to maintain the high WanganuK, standard. The history of the chrysanthemum goes back to ancient times, and it is claimed that this flower is probably the most ancient of cultivated plants. The Chinese philosopher, Confucius, who lived about 500 years before the Christian era, refers to the chrysanthemum in a work called “Li Ki.” Uda, Emperor of Japan about 900 A.D., insti tuted the first chrysanthemum show in the gardens of the Imperial Palace. Wanganui ’thum enthusiasts have certainly a royal example to liv e U p to.