Mount Cook National Park
Sir,—lt is very gratifying that the Mount Cook National Park Board has decided to defer cutting down exotic trees in the park. It is to be hoped that the National Parks Authority will see fit to decide against removal of trees for an indefinite period. If shrubs and trees native to the park could be grown quickly and easily to supply shelter I would support that they be planted. However, my experience as a botanist, with a background of ecological work in high country, tells me that most of the tree or large shrub species in the park are slow growing, difficult to plant out, and in some cases unable to regenerate, even in natural conditions. Before the larches are destroyed it would be a wise step to start some planting trials of the species present—silver beech, Hall’s totara, celery pine, snow totara, dracophyllum, senecio, and others.—Yours, etc., C. J. BURROWS. Timaru, May 12, 1959.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28894, 14 May 1959, Page 3
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159Mount Cook National Park Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28894, 14 May 1959, Page 3
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