Show leek lovelier than lily vegetables are not usually regarded a subject for eloquence but bu t sir charles wakefield certainly attained some one fine flights recently on the presentation sent sen tation atlon of a basket of fruit and vegetables to the lord mayor of london the master of tile the gardeners company first declared that the possession of an allotment was waa an almost certain test of good citizenship and growing alliterative in his enthusiasm said he saw more beauty in the potato than in a pansy more 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 which sir charles acted as spokesman presented the lady with a bunch of orchids and not of leeks such as sir charles statements might have led the lady to expect |