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Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 3, 28 September 1944, Page 4

Apart from the merit of the suggestion in a letter from a Wellington soldier now in Italy that roadside plantations would be appropriate and attractive war memorials, the general idea of highways and secondary roads bordered by trees is an excellent one. The writer mentions having seen and admired in countries overseas highways which have been made “great picturesque avenues of poplars, sycamores, planes, cypress, flowering elms and even walnut trees”—leafy avenues running for hundreds of miles, arched overhead with foliage. Visions of this kind do not'materialize overnight, or from well-intentioned resolutions. A beginning has to be made with infant plantations if 'posterity is to benefit from arboreal amenities of whatever design. In many districts scenery preservation societies and beautifying societies have done praiseworthy pioneering work in their own particular sphere. As one example, young trees have been planted along the Hutt Road near Wellington which should enhance its attractions in the years Io come. Systematic planning and effort are all that are needed to make the young Wellington soldier’s dream of veidurcd highways throughout the country come true.