PRICES OF PLANTS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1647, 14 January 1913, Page 8

PRICES OF PLANTS.

Sir,—Can you tell me why most things are dearer in New Zealand than in tho Old Country?.. I am a gardener, and have been out here two years, but although my wages, ard.'higher than they were at Home, I find I can get far less for my money: I had a good live-roomed house at 3s. Gd. a week; here I am paying 12s, for very inferior accommodation. But .what strikes mo-most is the out. rageous price asked for flower and vegetable plants in ' these southern regions. Here arc a examples:— . In Wellington: Carnations, 10. each. In England: Ten'for 3d. In Wellington: Asquilegias, Gd. each. In England: Twenty for 3d. In Wellington: Canterbury Bells, 4d. each. In England:' Twenty-five for 3d. In Wellington: Pansies, Id. each. In ' England: Twenty for 3d. t I In Wellington: Polyanthus, • W. each. lln England: Twenty for 3d. ', 1 In Wellington: Sweet Williams. 3d. k each. In England :.Twenty-fiva for 3d. In Wellington: Poppies, 3d. each. In England: Twenty for 3d. ','.'■ , In Wellington: Cabbages, 50 for Kd. In England: Fifty for 3d; [■ . ■■ ■ In Wellington: Herbs, 6d. each. In England: Six for 3d.'.",' .. ' : In Wellington: Strawberries, Is. dozen.' In England: 3d. dozen., ' ■■ '• i Tli'ese prices.are taken.from a locally- - published catalogue,'and a recent adveri tis'emont in the'. "Birmingham Weekly r Post," and tho .difference is almost m- - credible, especially when it is well known i that flowers bloom more 'profusely, in the 3 Dominion than in the N6rtbern t Henii- ' spheres Sonibbodjr '.must .be making a - tremendous profit out.of tho general puba li °-- 1 am '; et t:GEORGE.WILUAMS. V