TREE PLANTING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 503, 10 May 1909, Page 6

TREE PLANTING.

LOCAL SOCIETY TO DISBAND,

"WANT OF SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT.

$,?£:i'3:'->-''-?P£iseverali, years/.pi»t>/.fio.t, Wellington: ';fl-;.Vi; : i r;;Sceriery'-V;Pj£^ervatiaa..:• aid-: -Tfeo ;,Planning^ of .'decline, owing' ; ;v&' :■£; toi the ; tipatliy \. of citizens -indie bbjocts of:tho '■i ■■ ii'i&Asooiety^wliiba. tend to'tli©- realisation of "the. s^S'i^?idbal'of ja!pity ; 'b6autiful^''■ Z;ltViis ; doubtful if : a-large (city.; liko 5 should M Eft .to a'socioty; such' ;ithe :one'v.which: 'has V decided:' . ; commit ■'?§-', tois.oy«ning.f.~.THo society-has'dpnp; ;C? ! -' : wbrkj :as':far<as; Its "means allowed; ; : S?;?if!iand simttar;. [institutions::have done, good: sor--tho beautifying' of :v5/i : S;ia?oi^^uld^be. : 'a3 / mnoh ,'a "part..'.of.: the. ;:;:i:, as.the' drainageVand water j^'ffift;^iculation;;aM. : should; be/worked put; not :%i; Km; 'littie }:bitsV(as ■; has. 'been''the case in the 0&l : ?\ : j»st); : -:;butVin; conformity' witti-a. plari'.-that ::ii{i-t ; y^:tiikoiviitii6 i'.'whole'.''.of .the cityV hillsidb;r.byts.;V' : fe-^ladeligM'tb'jt^ v ; S^<;-commercially,;; asi;rt':inakeß'Hho: place .;.more; yi-yy S; desirable-'as I a'place of residence, ■ and -in that; $£ ■ -devoid^of

?3r s' i,"> "aTbbreal -ornamentation, though laconically, , ; it :;;'!-# /ivies' vwith ..the V; .most ; ■■ -picturesque;''.- of j-,-,:-flow; _gft;^;^]and;'cities/:»-r ; Hjv:' 7 ' '; v^; ft"; ; -''V ' v^: -'-'' i^iiS : S s iThe;annual]report,: to the society' this "evening, to.'toe-want"of sympathy': ''^.'■p/'and:.'support;by ; : ;the citizens:;it : has -been'do-: -i'festi^^tp,':'.aßJc;.'the' anntuUimeetihgof-members -i;i::Y-'a^^ ; - ; iin™to-'to:€SistWce.'of-:thb''society.:.. At last J s'; ; meeti><g:a,;motion.'to:-this" effect ; was v:- - ; : :;by. : •* narrow -majority—as.'■ it. was ?;fe.V^li6ped''ith'at" a.canvass for .donations and- sub- !';;',' Yscriptiohs Iby the secretary (Mr. Morris) : Vi'/fand Mr>o. Mohaghan,would be more success-. ;i;,\:-V ! tul'than-fdnnor,efforts in this direction;:but '$%■ 'J^someimbnths';. hardvwbrk bidy;; resulted in; .bwigl--»Uk^/:l\iir.. .Morris -;'. '':;, ] i: resigned :.thb:; secretaryship ■in -December. /No j£;^fe'te.?aintt v'V,ls;order r ':to. kOTp;'the':prcsent';.'.plantotions iifa r..v;.'.-i;lK<W^. ; aß!d.!:t6;.«ttTy.!oui';fqrtii«r. i planting on :^':;' ; v'tt6' : i-ToTO''-'Bolj^tfie/.p'bje6tß: for. which this ■ as': there- jSeomß t no ■■ »K| : getting;this, even'with the annual ; ''•''?-,' •: -granted.; by "tho Cfty Council,' it..has " ::<;;■ :reluctantly;decided/to disband, and ask.. >: : .::the' corporation ..to take oyer :tho plantations' .'nWseries'at /P^>seneath;, Leraud Street, . ,;':jy: Adelaide. ;Road. (2), -.Har'graves. .Street,- ''and ' ;v;v'V;;Church; ;ThbMoim't; Victoria reserve ~ ..'.,'..V-Was shanded:oyer-to;the ;r/" ; ?tt«_year ; aJrthesociety; h^,no.funds to .keep , ■ , ,i:;;',; ( : :,ambuirt of'money, oh this.reseifvo, ;: and.is glad /' >-'~:.,t0_ note that; the few.trees survived ..the |

' 'grass'.,fires by- the*'gardeners' '<!■ v'f;' K ' o . J -^ > ' .'?iO!mg'•■'fe^ihe;fa7otl^»blo v .sj!ason', v all .J \f. the"rpsery^s'. ; aro;]<»kii)g; well, '■'and. there aTO y : : ; ,'...,:about; 500 ypiing itfoes in "the nurseries ready !'lt;iis.;with;;exireme!:regret, (adds the re-: ;.•^'.'port)..tnatiyonr : ; opmmjttee; has .decided-, they ;': '; '•.".';must;.; abandon'\the "very;, necessary .'.work, of. ':;'. ■ 'trying .to'beautifyl'.tho.barren 1 hills.about'.'ithe! o; ;'city;'btit : it -Mopes'that the City Council will; " vcarry. on the -good .work of'.afforestation in a '■;.";■ .■■.^sfeMtjo J .inannorVfr'']leT6:is;sM an. oppor- ■;.- vvtnnity. for citizens,with; more.time at' their •-.''' - disposal:; than' "your 'present •'■. committee 'to i';W^arryoh :; the;society's,wori;. ; There will still :, .'«pe a.small balance of 'cash,in-hand after;pay.■::..;..■.nig' STrndiy .;•'. liabilities /-incurred '"■' since the ;: ; balance-sheet .was made np, and if the meet-' .;:,-.ing decides; to 'wind up'.the 'sdciety.it is'pre-" r:-.;,,.r^ed. , to;.hand;,thisi-to,-,the- City'-Council." ;:;:Any :. citizens^who ?,;/?• fnbscribers.are/invited;to; attend.'this eyeri;^.;;nigVmeGtmg.:;A;'";^