THE JAPANESE PLANTS.
[To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.] Sia, —The Japanese plants have sold very well, and no doubt their introduction will benefit the district by supplying the table with new varieties of truit, and the shubberies with ornamental clumps ot bamboo, but there is some danger that these advantages may be outweighed by the introduction of new pests. There is a large quantity of Japanese soil adhering to the roots that may be full of the germs of animal and vegetable life unknown in New Zealand which may prove a curse to the gardener and the farmer. Old colonists well remember the time when we had neither slugs, snails, ground crickets, oidiura, etc.— now all have been imported from older countries, As Japan bus been cultivated
over 4000 years its soil must be full of germs. I should suggest that purchasers ought to shake off all the soil clinging to the roots and immeree them (or a short time in & very much diluted solution of sheep-dip, soft-soap, or carbolic acid.— I am, &c, Old Gardener. June 11,1881.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3106, 11 June 1881, Page 2
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