GARDEN OF ROSES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 589, 3 December 1920, Page 2

GARDEN OF ROSES.

[Published by Arrangement.

ON PUKEKOHE HILL.

FOUR ACRES OF BLOOMS. VIMTORS CORDIALLY INVITED. Potatoes and onions 4 being the ; staplew>roducts of Pukelfche Hill, few peopleVvould expect tomee an extensive role garden perebjp up on that fertile toot, but it ifithere, nevertheless, 111 a' blocmin«and pervading the atmolphere with ffagrant scents. The locality is Mr.ml. H. Dimond's property, fciposite Jm C. H. Mason's farm, wherlfour ac# ar,e devoted to the eulture\of ovei»2oo varieties of roses. including lawand early crops, dwarfs and \stan<prd, weepers, ot every conceivlbk. Mcis and hue. Just now, \hi|B the blooms are flourishing, thevidlt is an entrancing cne, and it is rlJy remarkable what !ine blooms Mr. Ipnond has produced on a shelterless Bateau without any manures. The pwie bushes, transplanted in shelt#e% places and given the usual dressMgslpf manure would produce very fii bVoms indeed. The proprietJ. - inlrtes the public to visit the roswy at\ny time, weekday or Sundayfand flast their eyes 03 the beautSjul Those wishing to buwplants imy do so now, and have theißnames written on labels attached tg the plantS which will be forwardedfto them in%the transplanting seasfn. By thisfcmethod a purchaser haathe advantagEof knowing preciselyjvvliat he or s\e .is getting, which $> much more %atisfactcry than clf>nsing from catalogues, which are often unintentionally misleading. Itinuy be as well to point out that tie present bushes are young, and tfiat each one will develop to very much larger proportions than ;,t present, At anyratc, whcthci one wishes to purchase or not. a visit to the rosary is well repaid by the beauty of the sight.