HORTICULTURE IN OTAKI.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 18 August 1920, Page 3

HORTICULTURE IN OTAKI.

A GENEROUS DONATION. The following letter from Major Ad- j dington was read at the meeting of the i committee of the Horowhenua Horticultural and Industrial Society held on Monday night last:— , : •<l beg to thank you and the raembors of your committee for your very kind letter of' IStli inst. and for the j ~„.,| wishes contained therein. Otaki i ij, more than usually favoured by | Nature tor the cultivation of the more j render plants and flowers, and the beautv o< its surroundings and of its i ,l ima t o alwavs strike ...e afresh after I an absence 'in other farts of the Dominion less favoured by Nature.. and | I was in hopes that a little encourage- . aient in the shape 'of a prize for cot- j ta«e gardens would be successful in . creating an interest in this direction. ! and thereby tend to give the township r. more attractive appearance to visitors. lam not without hope that al- . though my experiment appears to have been a failure, the idea may yet bear fruit ia the future, tor there art- signs that citizens itr« anxious to beautify their town and to make it more ill keeping xrith i* s surroundings. "I :mv -ay that I am not at present leaving Otaki permanently, as I hope to return for the coming summer—or ~,,; 0 j it—before leaving ;Lc Dominion for England. >,T enclose cheque for £O, whreh I .. li us k , >u ro divide- equally between ihe 6tr,ki-Bhil..;Soci«ty wsd tp.c Horo_ rpeeial raizes or in such, other ?;&r as they may consider desirable." Th ; rea dmg -ot the letter. was ~r eete d with applause, and a hearty **• i- ■' ii""'>f was accorded to Major Addiagtonloi Ma liberal donation.