CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 195, 14 August 1873, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. To thk Editor of the Nelson Evening Mail. fr-jR — Will you kindly insert the following letter in your i-exf, issue ? I am, &c, Fuancis H. Pickering, Secretary. To ahe Committee of thr "Nelson HouticdlTURAI, fcOCtKTY. Gentofji'-n— Your lavdable endeavor to re-m-ivß the almost dis race by whieh Nelson has been shn'-oweil so long — in tint though it is by nature the garden city of New Zealand, it has no Horticultural Society — has i-dnced mo to notice particularly one f< ature in connection with a similar Society iu Wanganui, to which I beg leave to invito your attention; I reh-r to the list of' 1 special prizes" offered by the merchants and trade**mrn of the town. There were no fewer than fourteen of these priz> s offered at the Inst Spriug Show, ad-iing very materially indeed to the interest, excitement, and success of the undertaking. Permit me to lake the wit-ative, in the hope thai others will lollow, and offer an •* eight-day time-piece" for the be6t four pot plants grown by cona*ers. I enclose a copy of the Pules, &c, of the Wanganui Society, thinking it may be suggestive. I am, gentlemen, Yours very respectfully, Henry Drew. Nelson, Aug ust 12.