MACROCARPA TREES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16762, 11 June 1920, Page 7

MACROCARPA TREES.

TO THE £1)11011. Sir, —You say it would be interesting to know tue approximate age and tJic cost or cutting up tiio macrocarpa trees in the Tikoraiigi Cemetery. As near as 1 cun remember tliey would be from od to 35 years old, were donated and planted by the late Levi Barton. Tho cost of cutting them up was £ll Bs. Of course m a cemetery, where all rubbish had to bo carefully 7 picked up and burnt, tho cost was a good bit more than if they had been growing somewuoro else.—l am, etc. T. M-KENZIE. Tikorangi, June 8. [We thank our correspondent for the information, which is interesting and valuable. —Ed. T.H.J