The Penalty of Dryness .
A Carden Corner.
A CORRESPONDENT from South Canterbury is lamenting the loss of many of her treasures as the result of the dry, hot conditions of last summer. From the list published in the inquiry column of the Garden page, some reason for the collapse of most of them may be ascribed to inability to conform to conditions foreign to their nature. Treeplanting in most countries is largely experimental. With seventy years’ experience behind them, our experts are still looking for the ideal tree to suit particular localities; and so it is with our garden favourites. Given a good deep soil in which roots can roam freely, the powers of resistance to drought will be greatly strengthened. Under the conditions mentioned by our correspondent, we must look for dry-weather plants, free-rooting and heat-resisting, such as come from the open places, not from mountain valleys or swampy dells. Of course, we may never have a repetition of the drought referred to, but the risk is there. T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 809, 8 July 1933, Page 16
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