THE DANGER OF FOXGLOVE.
To the Editor. "gi r> — In your last issue of the "Evening Mail" "i E?e by a discussion of the Waimea County Council of thenon-im-portanue attached to the growth of "foxglove" as a noxious weed. I may say that when about the Bay of Island and the far Noith, one could not but notice the many hundred acres, mostly Maori and old missionary lands, that were wholly abandoned to the growth of this useless, though pretty, plant. It spreads rapidly, will grow anywhere, having spread from missionary settlements, etc. Also re gorse for sheep feed. The common gorse is excellent feed, but iv th. Bay of Island the Hon. Williams planted one thousand acres of double-flower-ed seedless gorse, propagated from cuttings, growing always within reach of sheep, carrying more sheep per acre than good grass land. I am, etc., G. S. COOKE, Ex-Stock Inspector. Richmond, 7.2. '08.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1908, Page 2
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151THE DANGER OF FOXGLOVE. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1908, Page 2
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