CONQUEST OF GORSE
TREE LUCERNE HELPS
The Wellington City Council has spent many thousands of pounds on futile grubbing and burning of gorse on various parts of the hilly Town Belt during many years. Of course, thousands of seeds lie snugly in the ground, well protected from the flames, and up they come. Also many of the old rrots send up shoots and soon there is another thorny cover on the slopes. It is mentioned by members of the Forest and E : ru Protection Society that an economical method of conquering gorse is by planting suitable trees which will shade out the pest, for this weed needs sunlight to survive. In some localities Ngaios can do this useful work. In other places the hardy c.tiick-growing tree lucerne may be preferable. These trees can also act as good sliciter for native trees, and the helpful "nurses' can be cut out when their term of usefulness is finished. While they are playing the part of protect ives they have long seasons of blooming and the flowers, rich in neelar, attract tuis and bellbirds.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 114, 24 January 1940, Page 6
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181CONQUEST OF GORSE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 114, 24 January 1940, Page 6
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