NAPOLEON WILLOWS
A reminder that the first weeping willow trees to -be introduced into New Zealand were planted ,-at Akaroa came before the Akaroa centennial committee at its 1-aslt meeting. These sli-ps of -willows w.ere brought to Akaroa in 1840 by Francois Le Lievre, ope-iqd; the oi'iginal French settlers, when the emigrant ship called at St. Helena,"and slips were taken from the trees on Napoleon’s grave. Mr. W. Bruce, of Wanganui, wrote that |he was sending a cutting of -one of these original willo-ws -which had been planted at the Maori settlement known as Jerusalem, on the Wanganui This was taken many years -ago ifrem the Akaroa willows, as were those along -the River Avon .in Christchurch and elsewhere in Canterbury. The chairman of the committee, Mr. F. Davis, suggested that Mr. -E. X. Le Lievre, soxv’cf the original Frenchman who had introduced willow trees into New Zealand, should plant the Wanganui willow in the old French cemetery grounds at •Akaroa, and this -was approved by -the committee. .'. .
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20028, 29 August 1939, Page 15
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168NAPOLEON WILLOWS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20028, 29 August 1939, Page 15
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