GREYTOWN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1167, 1 September 1882, Page 2

GREYTOWN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.

A special general meeting of the Grey town Hoftfoiil Hlfal Society was held" j m the Gotmoit .Gbarobeis kßt^evening. j Present K /Messrs /Wood Braithwaite, Barrett, Brooks. Nation, a Bollard, St. George, Porritt, and 'the' f secretary. , ' ; , « j The minutes of the previous meeting i were read and confirmed. 1 , The deputation appointed to wait on > the .Pastoral Society.« the, oentvaUhow j Rave their report,-"' ''■■ : ' , ' l; ,•:-' ■'■■ A letter was read ; from; Mr ,Bocki' promising any assistance' in liis' power at the proposed show, J- ; A letter was also read, from the'seore- ; taryof the'W; & E;C. Pastoral Sooiety,: j stating that it was decided to ereet a 1 shed 60 x 21 to hold the proposed >hov ; in, ini that; a su>committee he appointed i to'confer with other" committees on the i subject, to meet at the Council Chambers,' > Carterton, on th'B-Bth:in>t.'>! •:• :<V ■.'■•: v It was resolved on the motion of Ml ' Braithwaite, seconded by Mr Barratt- [ v That; a deputation "oohsistihii; of, Messrs ■■' Wood, Barratt, and Hollard be appointed \ to represent Greytown on the Sthirißt, ; t Mr Wood proposed, and Mf""?or"ritt seconded—That the -deputation he'jnstructed to make a proposal 'to have a J: joint .• ton and Pastoral Societies, three members i from each, and uaoh to bear their share t. of profits, or, losses; and s in default, )' Greytown to take the management alone, givine the Sooiety half the net profits, if 5 any, with the'understanding that the ex--3 hibition ha open to'all comers,—Carried. A vote of thankß was accorded to'the j deputation, and also 7 to Mr Braithwaite fo the trouble he had taken lii forward t ing the proposed show, ! The meeting then adjourned till Saturday, the 9th inst _,;;at7 p,mV % ;',■■., ':

thistl.es.;,

It is stated that a good growth of thistles 'eaves the aoi]> richer, than before, This, is doubtless the truth, and the same maj be said of any crop, provided thai it is ' not removed'from the ground. This is' '■ merelythe_general way thai;the soil' ia made rich in the organic elements -that j are'.so etoemjalto the growth of profitable 1 crops. But' therelis more than ordinary ability possessed by the thistle, plant to ' enrich the soil. The roots penetrate to a '-■ i^?! 1 .depth, and bring np large quantities ' of potash and .other valuable constituents, 1 and deposit them upon or near:fche'surface, as their stems and leaves 'decay.' Again, the - raeobah'ical action of : a vigorous i growth of thistles is to loosen, 1 'pulverise and render the soil more accessible to the roots of other plants." Granting that the, action of the thistle'plant uponHhe'gnil is' | unnd/.we must look at the other side of ', the question. ..What isi-the cost of this • method of ; improvement 1 'While''the 1 thistles hold possession; ho paying-crop! ; . can be obtained. When useful plants are' sowtvthey niusl be carefully tended ', "or (thetbistleawilloroffd'th'em'out. Listly, the bringing up of valuable substatieeg j • from the subtoil, can be.as well rtofae by r ■ plants 'that : are tlieniselves "üßefuli;;for food, ns clover, &c, and' no nuserable weed afterwards left to infeßt the ground. The beatthat can be said of the,thistle is, > that it is a miserable prickly pest,, whioh, : l when allowed to have its way, loosens and : enriches the upper soil. , . ,■. j;- ; ■ f ''" ' iiwuiiiiija.iLJuwwma .~. ' / | AN INCIDENT AT PBINOE IEOi Fold'smarriaqe:- (•;.', A special correspondent of one of the : London daily papers, being desirous r of ; the;Slate. Binqni'ti at Wind: " spr,for;:the journal prevailed upon a cimle official to smuggle him into the banqueting.-Mll,' so that' lie ; : n»Bht...have.a., good,^'view,.of ( ,every:. _ thing which wm going on; hear a)litba> was said, and not be jeen-himself as, no' Press 1 .w,eTe : ' such an ocoassibii. "This gentleman j ,to get up into ; the organ-loft s just behind, the' sny»l , peeped down on all bejow occasionally from between the lion's two fore-feet. ' v This suited him admirably, and he went' § on ■ scribbling/, leaf * -after ]0 with' Ms hat'on'hisi knees? using the crown of it for bis desk, By aome sudden movement, . however, ha dropped' hia ); ailver- ! peWctl- : case, which went straight-down on'to to table where the guests were enjoying i themselves, and fell plump, into.a tureen of soup, doseito the elbow of the : Duke ofPnbqrsh.withaloudaplash, There was pome |t la; cpmii|o'(lQn. at thaliina, but n»' |qriUer ; i nettye Var taken <if the matter, atidlhe spun was. in diie course [ soon'-'afterwards removed.' Whether 'the ) servants ever discovered the silver pencilcase in the tureen ia. ndt on iecord j but the {act mayjjbe stated, that the Journal , wJjioh' tjjij, »PBPi&l correspondent represeated was-iheonly bue.of iheJl(ondon ; dailies which:, gave a fiilj■; acciunt'of the j State fy'nqu;et'Q i n 1 (hat eventful"'ocoaaiofly and everybody f thai* report, for Ji wng nut stated at the i time that the notes were taken su'rrepti- . .tiouslj from a perch in the organ oft.