Station Gardens Competition.

For some can pot begonias,

And some can bud a rose,

And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows.—Kipling.

The judging in the competition for the silver cup given by the Otago Women's Club for the best kept Railway station garden in the Otago district resulted as follows:—

Nine stations altogether competed for this cup. Lady Fergusson, President of the Club, in writing to the Minister of Railways, expressed the Committee's great pleasure with the beautifying results achieved and with the interest manifested by the various station-masters and others concerned.

We heartily congratulate Burnside on its distinction.

The cultivation of such gardens by the staff has much to commend it both aesthetically and from the “better service” aspect. We trust that other districts will emulate the splendid work of Otago in this direction.