CITY RESERVES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16149, 1 March 1918, Page 9

CITY RESERVES.

.VISIT OF INSPECTION

a pleasant and profitable time ivas ««>nt yesterday by members of the Council in making tbo annual mIVjion o* various rcservcs iLnd the control <»i <-ho municiiHv Tho party consisted of the flavor 'Mr H- Holland), the Town 5 *k (Mr H. B. Smith), the City Solictor (Mr H. Loughnan), tho City fiurTevor (Mr A. Dudley Dobson), Crs. T K." Hayward (chairman of the Ito.'rvCs Committee), A\ . Nicholls, A. tf Kellar J. W- Bcanland, A. 2,1. K S i). G. Sullivan, in- W. H. rooper' (ex-councillor),, and Mr "W . uicKcns (.City Councils head gardener)- lh '- P art >' wus con^'cd 111 ta fho old cemetery, Barbadoes street, „ visited, and gratification "was with the improvements ' effected sinr-e the City Council took the over. At. St. Albans park all Li-cd beautifully trim, the sward was in good condition, and tho avenue of - limes, on the eastern boundary, was much admired. The party enjoyed Sr walk over the Bottle Lake reserve /SIS acres), and were astonished at the Lwth shown by the pines which were .planted !a,t winter. It was stated Lt the growth was the best oxper - ciced for any one year. About oO acres were planted last winter, and the "strike" was particularly good. I/in- « wood park and tho old and new nui-se-ries -were next visited. Attention was' drawn to the groat growth made by eomo two-year-old poplar daltoides, which sprung up about ten feot last vear. The value of the tree 6, shrubs and seedlings at tho nursery is estimated at £2048. There are of different kinds of pine 230; 300 two-year ' plants, and 325,000 one-year-old plants; of Lombaptjy poplars, two-year-old, there arc SCOO, and the same number'of poplar daltoides, of deciduous trees (silver hft-ch, alder, oaks, mountain ash horse chestnuts, and limes), 5880 t»ro-vear-old plants, of native trees and "shrubs (matipo, panax laneifolium, cordyline'Mndivisa, and other varieties) 1750; and of <three-ycar-old pines, 152,000. Tho total number of trees and shrubs and seedlings is 719,930. After visiting the new cemetory, off the Canal reserve, ■where shelter belts have been planted, and paths aro being /.laid out, tho party were driven to Victoria park, where, they had lunch. The • Major, in proposing the health of the chairman of the Reserves Committee, referred tp the excellent work dono by tho committee, and by tho city surveyor and the head gardener. Beckenham and Sydenham parks were visit-

crl next, the tour of inspection finishing • at the Jerrold street (Addington)rescrvo. It was suggested thjrt the ontranee to this reserve shouldibo improved, and that suitable trees (should he planted in the short street leading to the entrance.