CORRESPONDENCE CONDENSED.
John Geaha.m writes that' in his opinion the trustees of. the Benevolent Institution did themselves honour in again electing Mr Solomon as chairman. He reviews the administration of recsnt jears and then, comparing the institution to a ship, says that Mr Solomon paid off the first mate and took Mr Mcc in bis place. The change was so successful that, instead of saving £500, they saved £2000.
— A naturalist oE eminence find] that land birdn make their journeys in the day time aud vra' er birds by night. — A vory curious theory lately revived id that tee sap of a living tree ebbs and flows in some way ia sympathy with the tides of the ocean. This idea comeß from Italy, where a grower of vines and other fruit trees, who is also a chemist, has been experimenting in this direction. He says that no tree should be lopped or pruned except during the hours of ebb tide. He has taken 14 years to come to this conclusion, and now always acts upon ifc. The result is his trees and vines have developed beautiful foliage, bear splendid crops, aud are quite froe from the attacks of the insects which devastate surrounding properties.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11046, 25 February 1898, Page 8
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