HURTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 14 February 1907, Page 2

HURTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A deeply jrrimmlcJ district in the i'ldees appoint n| has for mam- year's a great hindrance to tli;• work ot horticultural socictie-, and this has always been a very serious ij itesiion mm the ollicers and cnniuiittees. A man Him knows very well tliat lie lias jjihhl tlowers or lit l„ take is often reluctant to show, because "l Iter local growers are the judges. Whilst the judges frniii amongst 7,iii" "«n people arc just as competent ami jii-t as lair as any who may lie obtain"l from other centres, this prejudice ha- to iic considered by the committee-. and, if pu.-siblc, overcome, flic executive ot tile New "Plymouth Itorli<■"ltLirul .Society, with eoniinciidabl:inlcrjirise. lias sticces.sfullv "rappV.d with tlie di (lieu 11 y, and communicated wnli well known judges outsi.le 1M ,., j ml "' Jli m "'t cibhs the appeal hah u and the Nncieh- i-, alile 1,1 ;,! lnotii!ce that at I lie lortheuiiiiii" snow, entries for which close on Tuesday next, the judges wi'l I* ladies and g 'ittleiiien outside Taranaki, or

1 1 "in W«>u. Ii Taranaki, tliinijii^li!v competent in their work, and 1 nuien imiiiL cd with local exhibitors 'J'lius there i- lelt no ground for plaint on tiiis score. Tile selection of jllll"es is n good one, and we hope the people of V-w J'lyiniiiilli and snrr. (lis . 11-icts will show their appreciation of the Society's cll'orts by sending in lije entries. A horticultural show can be made a groat ailvi-rtisemciit for the di.-drict, lor if guud Idooms and crops are shown to lie easily cultivated by amaleitr hardeners, that fact lends ail attracliw-ne-s („ the district. This is "It 'll termed the "Harden nf Xcw Zealaiid," and we hope the ...rlhcoining siiiow will worthily uphold this ttnttoring nomenclature.