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Excerpt from Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, 1908-9, Vol. 34
Auckland and its environs may truly be said to be a horticulturist's paradise, but the conditions here are also greatly varied, more perhaps in respect to the soil than temperature. We find two distinct classes Of soil, one Of which is heavy clay and forms the true soil Of the district the other is volcanic and overlies the heavy soil in those localities where volcanic action took place. The burnt lava, or scoria, as it is called, overspreads large portions Of country, and in process of time has become decomposed, and forms a soil Of variable texture, sometimes a light puffy material, which is liable to be blown away by the slightest breeze and sometimes a soil of a more adhesive character, while there are soils of all intermediate grades between the two. One peculiar feature of the soil is that, excepting in the volcanic districts, it is free from stone, which makes it much easier to work. Volcanic soil is peculiarly suitable for the growth Of the various Narcissi, being warmer than the Clay, and on this account most Of the successful exhibitors at our spring show grow their ?owers on this soil. But though the earliest they are not always the finest, as the ?owers grown on the heavier land are, as a rule, when properly cultivated, of much greater substance, and more durable when out.
A Daffodil conference has recently been held in Auckland, where the varied experiences Of different growers were exchanged. Among other matters allusion was made to the length Of time which was covered by the different varieties, and it was remarked by some who had seen a schedule Of a Daffodil show in England that nearly all the varieties, both early and late, were exhibited at the one Show, while here there is a difference Of 7 or 8 weeks in the blooming Of the early and late varieties.
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