YOUNG, TREES STOLEN.
LOSSES FROM THE DOMACf i T. ——— -_> many? Native varieties.
Incredible- as- it- may be ~to some people, s&res-of the young native trees planted in sther Domain by the Auckland Cftjh Cotmcil have been stolen. This information was conveyed to the council last evening in a report from the superintendeirtNof parks (Mr. TT E. Pearson) hacj. been. asked for particulars asand plants that had- been planted • oflate. Of the 2894 native trees planted in parks and reserves' during, the. past three years several hundreds of 'them had been planted in the Domain bash, "and I regret to'say ~ continued Mr. Peaison, r-t&epijßlic Idtve removed qmte tie iof, that number." In the 2894 trees jilanted Pittoeporums ■<rere most nuxfajerotia,? •mimTigprMr ' jnrt over 1400. The know*: d£theSiv as far *3 the. public are epnceinied, would be the crassifolium, or. karo,and the eugenoides, ,or tarata, sometimes called "lemon; wood," owing 5. to the pleasant aromatic smell of the crashed leaves. Other popular trees * ere pohutukawas, 250;' puriri, 106; | gramas, 78; rewarewa, OQ; kowhai, al; totara, 41; rimarama, 22; titolri;" a-; nmu, 41; kauri, 47; houhere, 30; 51; miro, 17 andpukatea*2& Priced at 3/6 each the above would «st £506, added to which 5266 -tree ferns had been an aveiairt! • ?®t 2 / 6 > making a ltotal or £658. "" L* ,£ oa to '&* tree 3 mentioned above 1000 native trees had been transferal from the ,bush at Waitakere and • I " ra ngi to the' Waiknmete cemetery.
YOUNG, TREES STOLEN.
Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 195, 19 August 1927, Page 15
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