PLANT ACCLIMATISATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18171, 17 August 1922, Page 9

PLANT ACCLIMATISATION.

NEW SEEDS DISTRIBUTED. VALUABLE CUTTINGS RECEIVED. The plant introduction and improvement branch of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society met yesterday afternoon, Mr. : F. C. Rollett presiding. Arrangements were made for securing j seeds of special varieties of cranberries, whortleberries, etc., from the Department * .of. Agriculture, Washington, and from 1 Guelph, in Ontario, Canada, where the £ cultivation of thes® fruits is a specialty. 1 Seeds of the Hymalay&n variety-of cranberry were sent to Mr. David Tannock, ( director of the Dunedin Botanical { Gardens, and to Mr. C. Smith, curator ' of Pnkekura Park, New Plymouth, with , ♦he viiiw of propagation and distribution • in tbf high, oasintry of the South Island ' and an Mouni Egmont. ' it was decided is secure supplies; of pecan . nute from the Chamber of Commerce, Tampa, Florida. __ J A .request for soeds of New Zealand plants and trees was received from a restdent of Chile, now visiting Che Dominion. The request was acceded to on condition ol' receiving seeds of grasses from the rich districts of Southern Chile, where 1 varieties likely to be of use on the West Coast of the South Island are likely to '. "*> be found. „ v A number of cuttings of tb© Chines© gooßiibarry were received from Mr. F. Maawi.iof Fail ding. These are- to be tested by Mr. H. Wright, of Avon dale, witbi a view to Inter distribution. A'rrangetnents were made** Tor the distribution of the new season's report and circular, and steps wen? taken to secure affiliation with acclimatisation and kindred societies in- olher parte of the Do- ( mi &ion and to popularise the work of the -j Auckland plant introduction and improvement li>ranch with the view to further ex- 1 tending ita useful work during the new i season. '