Rain timely for flower show

Cut flowers were well represented at the Dunedin Horticultural Society's Summer Show, which was opened in the Art Gallery Hall yesterday afternoon. The weather lately has been remarkably good for all outdoor growing, and consequently there is a splendid show of flowers, vegetables, and other plants. Altogether the exhibition was very satisfactory. At first it was feared that it was to be held too late in the season, a good deal of delay having been experienced in obtaining the hall. However, this was not so, and of roses, which caused the most anxiety, there is a beautiful display. The fall of rain on Saturday evening and on Monday proved beneficial, for it served to bring on the second blooms, the first blooms having passed. Of some which did not flower so quickly the first blooms are shown, and among the exhibits there are many of these. Plants for exhibition purposes only are in the majority, and large collections from the City Corporation, the Hospital Board, Dr Hunter, Messrs Perrett and Marshall, Mr S. Cousins, and Mr J. H. Seidelin are to be seen.

Lore of the green

To the uninitiated the jargon of the bowling green is just about as intelligible as Hebrew is to a Zulu. It would be extremely interesting if one had the time (and more particularly the inclination) to compile a glossary of bowling terms. Undoubtedly, such a volume would be of distinct service to bowling novitiates, and might serve the purpose, of avoiding misconceptions on the green when skips, are angry — (a thing of which, they, are occasionally, guilty). For instance, if a new bowler is to be told that he is as "narrow as the Free Kirk," how is he to know that a serious reflection is not being cast on his religious principles (assuming, of course, that he has any), but that he is merely being advised that his bowls draw, and that it is necessary for him to take more green, or as is sometimes called "more paddock" or "more land"? If it is not desirable to allow it to be thought that a bowler’s religious ideas are as narrow as his bowls, it is preferable to inform him that he is "skinny," which, physically speaking, may or may not, be true. At any rate, if he accepts the admonition in its true sense and attempts to make a better shot next time, but plays too wide, then one may assure him that, he has "flattened" his bowl, or advise him that he should play with his "drawing bowl." Should he by any chance draw the shot, then proclaim in a loud tone of voice, and with the prescribed amount of unction, "Shottee!" or its equivalent, "Shotto!" This will have the effect of giving the bowler the desired amount of encouragement to "repeat the dose." It may be that the bowler has delivered a beautiful bowl, which has "saved something." In this case it may be a "Toby Roacher," or "one out of the box." On the other hand, he may have attempted a dead draw, but played too strongly. The bowl may travel through a "port," in which case he is appraised of the fact that "the window’s open," or that he has been "exceeding the speed limit through the gorge." A bowl may at one stage of its career have the appearance of being "a promising pup," which, being interpreted, means that it looks as if it is going to reach, its objective, but if he who has sent it on its journey has "joined the Drivers’ Union," then it may become the "backest bowl." The player should then be urged "never to drive without a license.’’ — ODT 13.12.23