Show leek lovelier th than 11 lily vegetables are not usually regarded a subject for eloquence hut but sir charles wakefield certainly attained some fine flights recently on the presentation sen tation of a basket of fruit noil and vegetables to the lord mayor of london the master of 0 the gardeners company first declared that the pw pos of on an allotment was an almost certain test ot of good citizenship and growing alliterative in hla his enghu enthusiasm Insl 04 said bald he saw more beauty in the potato than in a pansy more loveliness in a leek than in a illy more honor in cultivating tiva ting the humble cabbage than in causing the cultured carnation to further displays of pride it Is to be noted however that the delegation to nelch sir charles acted us as spokesman presented the lady with a bunch of orchids and not of leeks such as sir Clin charles rles statements might have led the lady to expect |