HORTICULTURE IN IRELAND.
A story comes from Ireland of an inheritor of land, who planted his estate with fruit and flowers. The neighbours and labourers were enchanted, and loudly sang the praises of the newcomer, who was to revive the prosperity of the district. But when the trees came into bearing and the parterres began to bloom the people of the revivified neighbourhood ate a’l the fruit and stole all th • flowers.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 40
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72HORTICULTURE IN IRELAND. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 40
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