Death of trees
Sir,—With joy I passed along the new motorway connection between Lincoln and Blenheim Roads early in the spring. A new forest had sprung up, large trees as well. What sorrow yesterday to see the countless, dried-up sticks, witness to an ignorance of both the plant and the environment. Who is responsible for this bold use of our money and valuable plant material, left to die slowly in the heat and drought and wind of the inevitable Canterbury summer? Are we, the public, not guilty of the same’ neglect, by not drawing attention to it? Where else are young trees dying, even closer to the houses of the gardening public, for want of a bucket of water? These are “our” trees, not “my” marigolds. Perhaps some authority could get a water tanker and try and save those few trees still struggling for a precarious footing by the wind-torn motorway.—Yours, etc.,
R. A. CROWDER. January 31, 1982.
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