BATTLE MEMORIALS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1924, Page 5

BATTLE MEMORIALS

THRIVING VERONICAS,

CFROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

wi «• -r LONDON, 21st May When Sir James Allen made his tour of the cemeteries last week, he was particularly interested in tho work of P t h 6 Horticultural Department, A wonder ful amount of caro has been expended bY the members of this department in phK??. *° a- cclh™1™ the native plants of tho various Dominions These of course, are mainly for tho decoration ot plots round the battle memorials So tar as New Zealand is concerned,' the many varieties of veronicas have done well, and oven if the phormium tenax aitU other more tender plants do not "n Vei i!° ;; or.onicas of New Zealand will hold their own, and probably make a name for themselves in France «oth at the Gravenstafel and at the Messmes memorials the veronicas have taken on a vigorous growth. Mr. S. Hurst Seager is devotine- tho same energy and enthusiasm to the work of the memorials as he displayed in connection with those of Lonirueval and Le Quesnoy. He is living at Ypres, and is consequently in a position to superintend every part of the work.

"I want it known," said Sir James Allen, how much the people of New Zealand are indebted to Mr. Hurst Sea ger for the way ho has devoted his ti mo and energy to this work. He has lived on the spot and wnlched over the. con slruct.on day after day. He has put his whole soul into tho efforl. fittinclv to commemorate IW Zonland's sacrifice in tho war, and the Dominion owes him •■. great debt of gratitude." "lm a