TOURISTS' FERN-SNATCHING
A STUPID SUPERSTITION
A critic of the illegal acts of tourists of dragging up ferns by the roots and leaving them at the foot of a
"'wishing tree'' beside Hone's Track, on the way to Rotorua, states that this mischief ii a reminder of the sad havoc caused in woodlands of England in preparation for "Primrose Day*' (in memory of Benjamin DisJnacli, the first Earl of Beacons Held). This annual celebration was cursed by nature-lovers, sorely grieved by tli c widespread raids on wild primroses in the woods and oil the 1J auks beside hedges. There are st 11 'many breaches of the New Zealand law Avhich fo"b.Ub {Continued at foot of next column)
the removal of ferns and other plants or the blossom of trees from native whether publicly or privately owned unless a permit has been obtained for such removal. The continuous complaints about van-lalisr/i 'ndirnte thtt the admin'.slralicn cf the Act :s far from effective.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 66, 25 September 1939, Page 6
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160TOURISTS' FERN-SNATCHING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 66, 25 September 1939, Page 6
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