NEW ZEALAND FERNS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 231, 30 September 1935, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND FERNS.

POPULAR IN CANADA.

KEPT IN GREENHOUSES

Mainly on a holiday trip, but keeping an. eye open, nevertheless, for new plants, Mr. A. .J. Taylor, a prominent horticulturist and landscape gardener, of London, Ontario, is a passenger, to Sydney by the K.M.S. Niagara, which arrived at Auckland this morning. He is accompanied by Mrs. Taylor. After spending about three months in New South Wales, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor intend to return and tour New Zealand shortly after Christmas, on their way back to Canada, Mr. Taylor being desirous of adding to his collection of New Zealand fern 9, which, though they will not grow out of doors in the vigorous climate of Canada, are popular in greenhouses. "Even the punga, mamaku, cabbage tree and flax, which 1 have sceu flourishing in the South of England, cannot survive in the open our Ontario winter, when we have three feet of snow and a temperature of 15 degrees below zero," remarked Mr. Taylor. "Tliey arc, however, very popular in greenhouses, where they thrive without a great deal of attention. For our gardens we depend chiefly on bulbs —daffodils, tulips, and the like. During the winter they suffer no harm, the deep layer of snow protecting them, and in the spring, when the temperature is almost tropical, often over 100 degrees, they bloom profusely."