COLOURFUL GARDENS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20917, 23 September 1939, Page 19 (Supplement)

COLOURFUL GARDENS

Dear Peter Pan, —I expect you have been thinking that I have Torgotten you and your Circle, but I have been reading vour interesting page all the time and then 1 have just arrived home from my recent school holidays as a week or so ago and I expect you know what it is to have holidays.

The weather has been terrible lately out our way except for the last three days and thev have been perfect. Our gardens are looking very cheerful at present. considering the weather. Mother has out double and single wallflowers In all shades, pansies, anemones, such a lot of poppies, primroses, double and single stocks, marigolds, grape, double and single l.ycaniths, all kinds or bulbs, freezlas and goodness knows what else—there is such

a great assortment. The flowering peach tre \ren’t°the orchards looking very pretty. Our trees are just bursting into lowers. We have a lovely lot of lambs now and it Is lovely to see them chasing each other u*p and clown the hill. We have planted a lot of trees out at our new High benool already. Summer will soon be here once again and it will be lovely to be able to go lor swims and play tennis and have lots or fun again, won’t it. Well 1 can’t think or anything more Just now.—With love from Lucky Wendy (14), Morrlnsville. The spring gardens arc very colourrui, aren’t they, Lucky Wendy? Peter is looking a picture at present. Don t rorget us for such a long length or time again, will y OU ?—peter Pan.

still learning to play the violin and I am going to play in the Presbyterian Sunday School concert, which is to be held at the end or October. This winter I have been doing some knitting- and I have knitted part or the back or u pullover for myself. I have also knitted a tea-cosy lor iny mother’s birthday. I have started gardening and I have planted some radishes and some flowers. We have some blue, red and mauve anemones out in our garden. They look very pretty with Virginian stocks as a border. 1 will close now with best wishes. —Texas Lad (12), Putaruru. Such a jolly holiday you must have had. Texas Lad, and Peter hopes that you are enjoying Scouts, too. Do write and tell us all about your concert, won’t you? Peter Pan.