DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S OAK

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 185, 1 May 1924, Page 6

DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S OAK

SHIFTED TO SUSSEX STREET GATE There is a sentimental interest attaching to the old oak tree which has stood for so long behind the band rotunda at the Basin Reserve, owing to it having been planted by the late Duke of Edinburgh on the occasion of his historic visit to Wellington in H.M.S. Galatea in April, 1869. It will therefore be learned with no little gratification that four men with the aid of a horse and dray have succeeded in transplanting the tree in a spot 60 yards away near the Sussex Street gates. The director of parks (Mr. J. MacKenzie) states that there is no doubt that the tree will grow. As a matter of fact, it had not done so for two or three years past, owing to being in a shady spot, but be confidently anticipated that the change of soil and location generally would do the tree good. . . Another historic oak is that on Phmmer’s steps, which w r as planted by the late Mr. John Plimmer —an acorn brought from Cape Town to New Zealand by Sir George Grey.