AUCKLAND BOTANISTS.
VISIT TO BIBKENHEAO. Kauri Pnrk at Birkenhead was visited "n Saturday afternoon by many member* of the Auckland Botanical Society, '"•'■onipiiniofl by several Hamilton bntnnintn and ariothrr from Oisborne. Nii 11 \-f. troon in Kami Park were clr«rri|) P ,i to thp party by Mis« Lucy < ninwcii, AI.A.. botanist nt tlip Auckland War Moinorial Museum, the "rinoipal features being tbp numerous l< ;t ii rin. the magnificent species of '"fitoa, the beeches, anrl mme of the rarer ferns. The borough nurs,,|'.7 in Mnkoia Road, containing tlioiwandu of young native trees, and the area overlooking the Birkenhead wharf, where 8000 native trees have been planted, were aUn inspected. Admiration of the work of conservation and extension of nntive bueh at Birkenhead was expressed by the visitors.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 124, 29 May 1939, Page 11
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