WILTON'S BUSH AND GARDEN SOCIETY
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—ln connection with, the Wadestown Garden Society a competition for children was held a short time ago for gathering leaves of native trees. ' One little girl visited Wilton's Bush to obtain leaves of various specimens, and,. bein" uncertain in one or two cases, she asked the. caretaker of the bush to name the uncertain plants or trees. Much to the child s surprise and keen disappointment, the leaves were confiscated and the child censured, after all her trouble in collecting a fair number of leaves: While the caretaker may have acted withm his rights, should not the object, tor which the leaves were desired, be taken into consideration? Is the letter m all cases to choke the spirit, which, in this instance, was associated with the commendable object of gathering information about our native trees? I think that a little licence, if it may be called such, might have- been shown in such a case as referred to above; and might, in possible similar cases in the future, be also shown. Such cases, moreover, are hardly likely to occur often, so that nothing detrimental to AVilton's Bush could possibly happen.—l am, etc.,
REASON.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 63, 16 March 1933, Page 10
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201WILTON'S BUSH AND GARDEN SOCIETY Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 63, 16 March 1933, Page 10
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