COMBATING GORSE MENACE
USE OF TREE-LUCERNE MENTIONED
The effectiveness of growing tree* lucerne as a means of getting rid. gorse is mentioned in a circular front the New Zealand Forest and Bird Pro* tection Society.
The circular comments; —“It is men* | tioned by members of the Forest an ‘ Bird Protection Society that an.eco* , nomical method of conquering gorseis by planting suitable trees which..!WUi * shade out the pest, for this weed need* 1 sunlight to survive. In some locaii- f : ties ngaios can do this useful V'or | In other places the hardy, quick-gro * ing tree-lucerne may be P r ®^ r ® hg i, | These trees can also act , as ,, go °hJnful ' ter for native trees, and th ® hj k ! ‘nurses’ can be cut out when | term of usefulness is fished I, they are playing the P art o A E[ ooir ,- I tives they have long seasons of « ing, and the flowers, rich in n i attract tuis and bellbirds.’ I
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22922, 19 January 1940, Page 8
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159COMBATING GORSE MENACE Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 22922, 19 January 1940, Page 8
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