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Forest and Bird, Issue 142, 1 November 1961, Page 15

NOTABLf MEW lEALAHD TREES THE ALEXANDRA BEECH. Early ' ’• ''' miners and settlers, enduring the rigorous -UUWfUS •■■■>:<■<:> climate of the Central Otago plateau, & •.•Ss'-o'' ***;& regretted keenly the absence of trees. nh&ii. TaftsE «. s And when Mr. W. Fraser, an Alexandra ...: f, . flaHWeO .-••a’S horse-shoer, planted this English Beech jBafejßMK4.. in the nineties, he was hoping “to grow enough timber for a coffin”. Presum- J|&-~ ably, other sources were found to fill %&&!s£. this important need, and the solitary ~ fenfflr ... .-::sMW Beech has survived to splendid maturity. ’ Now with a girth of 12 feet, and tall enough to be an impressive local landmark, it is fitting that the serenity of its old age is assured by a lawn surround in front of the Alexandra Carnegie -■’fe- . <|i Library. This pioneer tree planting might now be seen as pointing the way to the farsighted afforestation projects of * '■' 11 later years. , PREVENT FOREST FIRES fe’ gW KEEP NEW ZEALAND W HgL&> GREEN y S maa HBEM fi IHHMH La Nmk i K 3333 nraSi . hrShi a !l|i llii mwr I MlsfeliWr —.• .-•Ji : 3333 mm m™ ffimii ' "N R H^Fif'fcTHnWP 9^ 7 i ■ - | j j _ Im|M --_^..ii.wSfflPW i|||, | »jg _ ni'ir • ; t min n—- ißSsftß Send for this picture: Sets of three large prints in this series, suitable for framing, are available for 3/- (Postal Note) per set. I 1 Write “Reprints** P.O. Box 199, Wellington. Other subjects: The Mission Bay Pines; The Rotorua Redwood. 126