TOWERS OF BEAUTY
N \TIVD TREES Some Mow /Va'andcrs, viio In .•*. scant knowledge of their native trots have a notion that and kauris will not thrive in loneliness Of course they like to live in splendid companies, but they can flourish/ as solitary landmarks. Here and there in the Northland one - sees a majestic Kauri that has oscapcd the fate of steel and lire—a noble survivor whose trunk is ever coveted by sawmillers for conversion into board timber. In the Northland, too may be seen separate punris, each with its own groat dome of verdure in a dairying fr>ld. In vailevs of Akaroa one sees isolated white pines totaras and other natives which farmers have happilv spared. Similar lonely natives stand as towers of beauty in many other districts. Of course the ability of smaller trees, such as the kowhai. pohutukawa, matipo and others to grow strongly in .solitary state, is well known.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 69, 2 October 1939, Page 7
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