THE TREES TO PLANT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 276, 14 August 1908, Page 3

THE TREES TO PLANT.

There aro many species of trees which produco excellent ! timbers that could be grown in the Dominion (says the annual report of tho officer in chargo of Stato nurseries),-but they suffer from frost. In this class may be mentioned pnriri and pohutakawa among native trees, and jarrah, sugar-gum, red ironbark, spotted gum, etc., . from Australia; ■ Another 'class may be mentioned which comprises most valuable timber trees, but their slow growth. renders them unprofitable .from a commercial point -of view—kauri, rimu, kahikatea,.matai, .tanekaha, kawjvka, northern, manaoa,. southern manaoa, silver pinb,' yellow pine, mairo species, -and many others.' : . . .. ' -

A third class comprises exotic trees producing various timbers suitable for all technical purposes,' but, owing'either to the high cost of tho . seeds, or tho uncertainty of procuring annual'supplies, their general cultivation is not considered expedient. ' The common English :bcech, for jnstance, is a valuable timber, tree, but thore are few trees in tho Dominion of sufficient' age to produce seeds. The crop is riot an annual one generally every , third or fourth year), arid all attempts to'import it in a': sound condition have failed: 'Other species comprise the English" elm, hickory in variety, many of the American'oaks, maples, pines, fnceas,; and abies, seeds of which aro cither difficult to procure iri quantity, do not carry well,'or are too expensive for general plantation purposes. .