THE POHUTUKAWA
ACCLIMATISATION IN AUSTRALIA
(From "The Post's" Repreuntatlvt.) SYDNEY, 12th December. A brilliant feature of Sydney's Botanic Gardens just now in New Zealand's Christmas bush, the pohutukawa, in all the glory of its flaming, scarlet flowers. For years Australian experts have been advocating strongly the planting of this tree. The display in the Botanic Gardens is witness to the wisdom of their recommendation. The pohutukawa, at first glance, is not unlike the more familiar giant bottlebush, but a closer inspection reveals a tree of much greater strength and character. The hope is expressed by botanists that the tree will find Australianwide favour. When the buds break, they throw out ' a fringe of pin-like petals which, clustered together, produce a flower that makes an immediate appeal to the eye. Metrosideros tomentosa is the botanical name under which the pohutukawa is now being catalogued and sold in Sydney.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 149, 20 December 1929, Page 10
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147THE POHUTUKAWA Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 149, 20 December 1929, Page 10
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