WHAT MEMBERS SAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19457, 22 December 1934, Page 16 (Supplement)

WHAT MEMBERS SAY.

Valerie Vernall says:—We have a lot of young flowers an'd vegetable plants in the garden. Our asters are coming on very well now, but they need a lot more rain. We have some gorgeous gladioli out. The pansies and sweet peas arc Just about done now.

Marjorie Key to says:—The birds are quite 'happy now the days are fln'e. Aren’t the white butterflies getting plentiful? We kill dozens a day, 'but It seems to make no dllTerenco. The garden Is looking very thirsty without rain. Have you got any clahilas out yet? We have got six out and the rest are In bud.

Lewis MoMiUan says:—Hasn’t the weather been very hot lately? A lot of our spring-flowers are going to seed; the sweet peas have stopped flowering now. One morning when 1 got up I round a lark which the cat had had, so I caught it andi put it in a box with some worms to eat. In the arternoon we went out to the hush to see if the pumpkins were growing, and- when we came home the •lark was- dead.

Chartla Swann says:—Up at Woodlartds we have an orchard with gooseberries which are nearly ,ripe, three plum trees, three peach trees and two nectarine trees. We have a cherry-tree with cherries too, but I have never tasted them. Also two pear trees and about six apple trees. In the garden we have some tomatoes, kumaras, and cabbages, a small crop of potatoes, and a few peach trees. There are about four rows of peas, and cauliflowers. Doreen Weal says:—Our sweet peas are ilowering well, but they are nearly all dark red ones except for a few pink ones. We have a very pretty pink gladlola out. It has a white and red striped throat. The lady next door got some gladioli bulbs sent up from Felldlrrg and they have grown as high as lam and are In bud. They are supposed to be rare ones, so we are just waiting for them to come out. One is out and it is blue with a red throat. It Is a beauty. A few weeks ago 1 got a very delicate little flower from the bush. I planted it in the shade under a punga tree by the house, and I hope It grows. My Aunt thinks it might be a rare orchid. It is very pretty but very Trail. ab '