AT THE GARDENS.
FERNS AND ALPINE PLANTS. AJpine plants chiefly make up the collection which the City Council has decided to buy from Mr. Travers. The ■plants come from the Southern Alps and from lofty parls of the islands. They will make a valuable addition to the Botanical Gardens, which yearly grow in beauty. The superintendent (Mr. Glen) says he thinks the best home for the new inmates wall be bj r a main path just below hi* house. This ground will give the vegetation a good opportunity to display itself, and the precious things will not be far from watchful eyes, on the alert for the vandal. Mr. Glen proposes to build up a cookery as an appropriate setting for the plants. Presently visitors will have a chance to see a wealth of ferns. The shade-house is receiving its final touches, and rockeries inside will soon be set up. Some healthy tree ferns already spread pretty canopies in the new place, and they will soon have abundant company. For somo time Mr. Glen has been collecting all sorts of ferns and cosily storing them in a shady nook, not far fropi his house. The new section, skirting Tinakoriroad, will not long be bare. It has been necessary to give the made ground time to settle, and ifc is now about ready for planting. By next summer this area will be something to cheer the eye.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 7
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236AT THE GARDENS. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 48, 27 February 1911, Page 7
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