Daffodils

Date: [Circa 1930-1935]

From: Birrell, Kenneth Stewart (Dr), b 1909 :Albums of photographs taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell

Reference: PA1-q-030

Description: Family photographs, and scenic views of New Zealand taken by Kenneth Stewart Birrell. Most are taken in the South Island, particularly around Dunedin, and Queenstown. Several are dated, taken in the 1930s. Images include the old cob cottage at Taioma, the "Waianakorua Camp", and Kawarau Dam. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Green cloth-bound album labelled "Enlargements", 230 x 295 mm

Date: [ca 1900]

By: Permin, James William, 1880-1921

Reference: PA4-0942

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of children, accompanied by two adults, sitting amongst the daffodils at the Botanical gardens, Wellington. Pushchair in the background. Photograph taken by J W Permin. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Botanical gardens, Wellington; Recto - right of image - J W Perman - photo; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: [ca 1930], 1946-1960

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-175

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Kapiti coastline (including view looking north from Paekakariki); Lower Hutt - St James' Church; council buildings; Riddiford Baths; library; St Stephen's Presbyterian Church; aerial view of southern end of Lower Hutt (over Moera); elevated view of Naenae (showing Rata Street School in foreground). Rimutaka Hill Road; Kaitoke, 1948 (shows swing bridge); filtration plant site (Hutt River) re Kaitoke Waterworks construction; bridge at Pakutatahi; Akatarawa Valley road (with Morris Minor at roadside); house in Akatarawa Valley; Hutt Valley Pony Club members with their ponys on Akatarawa Road; Kapiti coast looking north from Paekakariki. Middle Run, Gladstone in Wairarapa - Daffodils in paddocks at Middle Run (owned by Mrs W H Booth), and view of homestead Elevated view of Miramar looking south-west; Lambton Quay with Kirkcaldie & Stains on left; Pigeon Park; Wellington Botanic Garden and tulip beds; view from Mount Victoria looking towards the Basin Reserve, Mount Cook and Brooklyn, with houses in Mount Victoria in foreground (taken ca 1930). Demonstration house at Karori designed and built by The Architectural Centre, 1949 Quantity: 44 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1915]

Reference: PAColl-7012

Description: Assorted images mostly close ups of different flowers, a daffodil, a dahlia, a briar rose and a martagon lily, but also copy negatives of a child crawling up a sand dune; a studio portrait of five women, probably a mother and four daughters; two women, a man and a pug dog sitting in the bush; and three women and two men under a ponga next to a stream on the Rahu Road. Photographer unidentified. Arrangement: Negatives housed at 1/4-094394 to 094407 Quantity: 14 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass ¼ plate negatives

Date: 1961 - 1969

By: Hayes Gardens (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Hayes-1961-01

Description: Catalogues of daffodils for sale. Quantity: 2 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, 220 x 140 mm

Date: 1927 - 1977 - 1928 - 1980

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the activities and exhibitions of horticultural societies in New Zealand]

By: Otaki Horticultural and Daffodil Society; Otago Rose Society

Reference: Eph-A-HORT-SOC-O-1900s

Description: Includes ephemera from the following societies: Otaki Horticultural and Daffodil Society: Bulb show 7 Sept 1927; Spring shows 11 Nov 1927; Autumn show 27 April 1928 (all in one booklet) Otago Rose Society, combined with Taieri Gardening Club. Autumn Festival of Roses: 5-6 March 1977; 3-4 March 1979; 15-16 March 1980 Some individual groups whose names begin with O may have been catalogued separately Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 220 x 140 mm.

Date: 1933

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the activities and exhibitions of horticultural societies in New Zealand]

By: New Plymouth Horticultural Society

Reference: Eph-A-HORT-SOC-NP-1900s

Description: Includes schedules: 1946/47 - Spring show (Daffodils) 19-20 September 1946; Summer show (Gladiolus) 9-10 January 1947; Autumn show (Dahlias) 20-21 February 1947 (all in one booklet) 1947/48 - Spring show (Daffodils) 11-12 September 1947; Summer show (Gladiolus) 8-9 January 1948; Autumn show (Dahlias) 19-20 February 1948 (all in one booklet) Schedules of the Society for the 1970s are held in the Serials section of the Library Quantity: 2 folder(s) booklets. Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying up to 180 mm. Provenance: One item from the estate of W E Askwith, 2004.

Date: 1932 - 1978 - 1934 - 1982

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the activities and exhibitions of horticultural societies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HORT-SOC-P-1900s

Description: Includes ephemera from the following societies: Palmerston North Horticultural Society. Summer show. Empire Hall, 19 November 1932 Poverty Bay Horticultural Society. Schedule of shows 1932-1934 (Daffodil September 1932-1933; Rose November 1932-1933; Dahlia March 1933-1934; Chrysanthemum April 1933-1934) Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust. Two members tickets: 1978/79 and 1981/82 Some individual groups whose names begin with P may have been catalogued separately Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying around 220 x 140 mm. Provenance: Donated from various sources.

Date: Between 1923 and 1928

From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand

Reference: Pan-1058-F

Description: Panoramic view of an unidentified two-storeyed wooden house on the far side of a wide stream running across the whole image. Flaxes along water's edge, cabbage trees and an arbour to the right of the house. Corner verandahs on both floors, steps leading up to front door, finials on gables. Large bed of daffodils on the right of the river with a track alongside. Gate to roadway on far left centre. Road sign beyond the gates (on road to Stratford?). Photograph taken by Robert Percy Moore. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 121.7 cm

Date: 1968 - 1987

By: David Bell (Firm)

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Bell

Description: Mail order catalogues illustrated with photographs. David Bell was a daffodil grower of Templeton, Christchurch, and won prizes at daffodil shows from around 1959 onwards. Years held are: 1968/69, 1970/71-1972/73, 1974/75-1975/76, 1877/78-1978/79, 1981/82-1982/83, 1984/85-1986/87. Quantity: 13 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes around 210 x 135 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Arnold Books (Christchurch) in 2003.

Date: 1986 - 1996 - 1993

By: Daffodil Acre (Firm)

Reference: Eph-B-HORTICULTURE-Daffodil

Description: Mail order catalogues listing daffodils, irises, and other small bulbs from the Daffodil Acre bulb nursery in Tauranga. Years held are: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996. Quantity: 7 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Stapled typescript pages, 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Arnold Books, Christchurch, in 2003.

Date: 1928, 1946-1959

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-174

Description: Photographs for publication in NZ Free Lance, ca 1946-1959 Hagley Park in Spring showing daffodils and cherry trees; Hagley Park in Autumn; various views of the Avon River (some include the band rotunda); canoeists on the river; view of Scott memorial with Chamber of Commerce building in background; Nurse's Home with field of daffodils in foreground; Bowker Fountain; Bishopscourt, Rolleston Avenue (in Spring) Quantity: 41 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: Sep 1949

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-162

Description: Photographs published in NZ Free Lance, Sep 1949 Includes: E G Christian, supervisor of staff training at New Zealand Railways correspondence school with his assistant A G de Joux; Mrs L Flower with her collection of jugs; Miss Margaret Haddon-Jones, music tutor for adult education department of Victoria University College and her pupils, making and playing woodwind instruments. Also: Damage done by an explosion to a house nextdoor to Mansion's Private Hotel, Ghuznee Street, Wellington; furniture and other items to be exhibited by the Dominion Museum, Wellington (after being in storage during the war years); new 5,000-line automatic telephone exchange at Lower Hutt. Also: Procession walking down `Royal Mile', Edinburgh to mark the opening of the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama; construction of Auckland Electric Power Board building in Newmarket; Kent Wong sexing chicks at E Chambers' farm, Hornby; opening of Kahungunu War Memorial at Nuhaka by Rt Hon Peter Fraser; New Zealand Railways laboratory (chemists testing for faults); Molyneux River hydro-electric power scheme (Roxburgh camp); public gardens in Christchurch & Wellington in Spring; Omarama; Larry Frost of Ruapehu Ski Club; electric train on display in a London department store at Christmas time. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints

Date: [ca 1960s]

From: Ingle, Alfred John, 1917-2003 :Colour slides of New Zealand and a world trip

Reference: PA12-7007

Description: Photographs of Christchurch region taken ca 1960s by John Ingle. Views include Lake Victoria and Hagley Park; the Supreme Court Building; Christchurch Provincial Council building interiors; a cob cottage at Sumner; Christchurch at night from the Port Hills; Lyttelton Harbour and Quail Island; Christ's College; exhibit of cranes in the bird hall of the Canterbury Museum; a damaged willow on the banks of the Avon; the Scott Memorial; Christchurch Cathedral; and daffodils in Hagley Park. Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies slides. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies, 35mm

Date: 1925 - 1935

From: Rykers, Leslie Bertram Archibald, 1897-1976 :[Original art works for, and print of, advertisements, greeting cards, and illustrations for Auckland Star and Brett's Christmas annuals, mostly 1920s-1930s. Artwork by Neville L and Trevor Rykers, 1940s and 1950s].

Reference: B-185-095

Description: Repeated image shows a green black-topped automobile with spoke wheels. A couple is seated inside the vehicle, with the man at the steering wheel at the left side. In the foreground a woman is picking daffodils. The background shows trees including poplars beside Auckland Harbour with North Head and Rangitoto Island in the distance. Because the steering wheel is at the left, this image may have been copied from an American source. Or the printing process may have reversed the original drawn image. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - L. Rykers Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithographs, on sheet 255 x 315 mm.

Date: 1970 - 1988 - 1979 - 1994

Reference: Eph-B-HORTICULTURE-F

Description: Includes material issued by: Ken Farmer Nurseries and Garden Centre (Rotorua). Exhibition daffodils 1970s Flower Carpet Ltd. Ground cover rose; triple gold award winner. 1990 Food Plant Resources (Auckland). Lists for 1988-1989 Forest Research Institute. Nursery price list 1989 Forevergreen Seedlings (Tauranga). 1994 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and typescripts, sizes varying up to 330 mm.

Date: 1951

By: Waipawa mail, Waipukurau, Kaikoura and Harpenden advertiser (Newspaper); Tikokino Country Women's Institute; Thorp, Nigel, active 1978-2018

Reference: Eph-C-THORP-1951-02

Description: An arrangement of text, in colums, listing the sections of the competition, including: bulbs (open, amateur and novice), decorative; miscellaneous open; handicrafts, fancy work, knitting, cooking; children's classes; home industries (including soap, eggs, jams, preserves, butter) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 477 x 295 mm.

Date: ca1928

From: Searle, Roland James, 1904-1984: Slides, negatives, photographs, letters and printed material

Reference: PA1-q-592

Description: Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: 2000-2015

Reference: Eph-A-HORTICULTURE-Labels-2000s-01

Description: Includes: C J Law Ltd (Star Seeds), 12 York St., Parnell, Auckland 1. Lettuce, Webb's Wonderful (seed packet) C J Law Ltd (Star Seeds), 12 York St., Parnell, Auckland 1. Peas Greenfeast (seed packet) C J Law Ltd (Star Seeds), 12 York St., Parnell, Auckland 1. Radish, mixed varieties (seed packet) C J Law Ltd (Star Seeds), 12 York St., Parnell, Auckland 1. Swiss chard; silver beet, dark green, white broad ribbed (Seed packet) Floramedia. Carnival beans, Dwarf French Tenderness 2015 (seed packet) Floramedia. Just daffodils, 10 exhibition mixed (bulb packet label) Floramedia. Swede, Table Champion 2014 (seed packet) McGregor's Bean, Dwarf Butter Cherokee, sensational flavour (seed packet) NZ Colour labels. Mandarin clementine citrus (pot label) NZ Colour labels. Solanum jasminoides grandiflora, climber. (plant label) Watkins Buttercrunch lettuce. Good for sowing season 1996 (seed packet) Weathersfield certified organics. Silverbeet Fordhook Giant (NZ favourite) (punnet-placed ticket) Yates marigold, Cupid mixed. Quick to flower. Sow by 1999 (seed packet) Zealandia. Grow fresh. Leek Cardiff (punnet-placed ticket) Zealandia. Grow fresh. Vege combo mesclun pack (punnet-placed ticket) Quantity: 15 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on labels and envelopes, sizes varying up to 140 x 95 mm.

Date: 1929 - 1935

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to the activities and exhibitions of horticultural societies in New Zealand]

Reference: Eph-A-HORT-SOC-NDS

Description: Includes schedules for: Third annual exhibitions of daffodils. Scot's Hall, Symond's Street Auckland, 12-13 September 1929 and Art Gallery Christchurch 25-27 September 1929 Annual report and schedules for Sixth annual exhibitions of daffodils. Alexandra Hall Hamilton 13-14 September 1932; and Drill Hall Oamaru 5-6 October 1932 (Includes a loose "List of daffodil names registered with the National Daffodil Society of N.Z. (Inc.)") Annual report and schedules for Seventh annual exhibitions of daffodils. Showgrounds Palmerston North 13-14 September 1933; and Old Art Gallery Christchurch 28-29 Deptember 1933 (2 copies) Annual report and schedules for Eighth annual exhibitions of daffodils. Town Hall Wellington 19-20 September 1934; and Caroline Bay Hall Timaru 25-26 September 1934 Annual report and schedules for Ninth annual exhibitions of daffodils. Drill Hall Wanganui 12-13 September 1935; and Town Hall Dunedin 2-3 October 1935 Schedules of the Society for the 1970s are held in the Serials section of the Library Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Booklets, sizes varying up to 180 mm. Provenance: One item donated from Eric Moult 1997.