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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11579, 18 February 1901, Page 6

In a New York paper a somewhat curious but successful manner of dwarfing trees is mentioned : Take an orange, and having cut a small hole in the peel, remove all the pulp and juice, fill the skin thus emptied with some cocoanut fibre, fine moss, and charcoal, just stiffened with a little loam. In the centre of this put an acorn, date stone, or the seed of any tree that it is proposed to obtain a dwarf from. Place the orange-peel in a tumbler or vase in a window, and moisten the contents occasionally with a little water through the hole in the peel, and sprinkle the surface with fine wood ashes. In due time the tree will push up its stem through the compost and its roots through the orangepeel. The roots must then be cut flush with the peel, and the process repeated frequently for some time. The stem of the tree will assume a stunted, gnarled appearance, making it look like an old tree. When the ends of the roots are cut for the last time, the orangs-peel, which, curiously enough, does ■ , not rot, may be painted black and varnished. Tenders for erection and completion of a grandstand for the Avondale Jockey Club are 5 invited by Mr. Ed. Bartley, architect. To-day Messrs. G. Lewis and Co. auction at Newton Road, near reservoir, the household furniture and piano of a gentleman leav- ■'. ing Auckland. At the City Hall last night the address was given by the Rev. W. P. Matthew. Mr. Brakenrig occupied the chair. The attend- : ance was good. -ft.