THE QUEEN GARDEN OF THE DOMINION.
The growth at Mr. Clement Wragge’s beautiful tropical gardens at Birkenhead is truly amazing, clearly showing the marvellous results to be obtained by deep cultivation and drainage. Although it is the alleged winter, yet the palms from all quarters of the world are throwing out new fronds, and the Abyssinian bananas are bursting into full flower and fruit, while the whole place savours of the charming South Seas and the jungles of India and Ceylon. Truly, people taking up land on the North Auckland Peninsula have only to visit these wonderful gardens to obtain a practical object lesson in the art of horticulture. Even cocoanut palms are thriving all in the open. Everyone is welcome, and all should see this unique spot. The small admission fee is merely for upkeep.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1573, 17 June 1920, Page 36
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136THE QUEEN GARDEN OF THE DOMINION. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1573, 17 June 1920, Page 36
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