THE NIKAU PALMS.
Sir,l am pleased that an abler pen than mine has taken up the cause of the slaughter of the beautiful New Zealand nikan palm, and I am sure there are many old colonists in this fair land who are grateful to Mr. Clement Wragge for his public expression of regret at the loss of these plants. I noticed a number of these graceful palms in Queen Street during carnival —not the branches merely, but the whole tree ruthlessly cut down to make a shoir for a few hours' pleasure. No doubt a number of these palms must be sacrificed with the advance of settlement, but there is no reason why they should be destroyed for ornament. Okas. E. Dacre.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16097, 10 December 1915, Page 4
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