A STRANGER'S OPINION OF THE FLOWER SHOW.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3714, 19 November 1880, Page 2

A STRANGER'S OPINION OF THE FLOWER SHOW.

(To the Bditor'of the Evening Star.) . { Bib,—" Aren't you coming to our flower show P " laid a newly made, acquaintance of mine last evening... "What! do you run such a thing in this out of the way place P" I queried, " y«f, of ooarse I'll go." So I went, and was surprised and pleased at the real excellence of the exhibition. ' I don't wish to butter up your horticulturists, but I must say never through a long residence in America and the Australian colonies, have I previously wen suoh magnificent" flowers, and suoh artistic skill in the arrangement of the bouquets and designs. L Your * soil must be pecularly adapted to the growth of flowers, and your people bom hortocmlturists. One. thing that rat* prised me was the paltry nature of the prises give*, tad I » marked to my companion that, "Were I the possessor of such flowers, I would notput t^emihtooompetitionfor • '■ tin of jam or a crochet antimacassar." \ He responded "We do it til forth* honour of the thing," and I suppose that it must be so. I would suggest that to* should,hold a show inyoar Fall, when fruits and late flowen and. vegetables coald compete, and, likewise, that the exhibition be held in % larger building. An exhibition of singing; birds tad pigeons might also be added, and would increase the attraction. Hoping my suggestions will? be taken in the spirit in which they are, given, I beg to subscribe myself, yours trujr. Bootokiah.