TREE-PLANTING FOR SCHOOLS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 392, 2 September 1911, Page 5

TREE-PLANTING FOR SCHOOLS.

The Hon. T. Mackenrie. Minister in Charge of the State Forests, writes to Mr W. T. J el'!' in,": . M.P., as follows: " lie trcr-(''.:,i:{ in;; in : i boo! .grounds : Peferring to vonr letter <■!' the 2fith u!l., re the ion »f obtaining nuitahle tree::- for planting n:. one' of the school grosmdr "in ycnr rU rtorate, and my re j; t y te yen ei '); idem., 1 find that, owing to iht a ; eat, expansion of the plant ins; operations of the State Fores is branch ibir y< ar, and the large area of ground already prepared for planting, of s'rcrh ti>es, (hero will lie verv few tu-er a ft ever at the end of the planting season fnr d istribut.ion to local l-.> It oae heen (fie CUB- - in the pan that fovani-s the end of the planting aa:v:), if the superiniending; norsriyii.i n find (hat. they will have trees to spare, which have been lifted reedy tec g:' ntmg out, hut for which Space ease! lag he found, 1.0 dispose ofstioh t re,!-.' to ' chool committees rant lorn I t»>ui;< a. only ad vice I can give in thai each : choof committee in your district that • eiji-.iros treeH for planting in the : drool grounds should writ',' to Mr Coud:r, Superintending jv u rse: yaa a. Whaknrewarewn, giving the votr-bei of trees required, and sal; if ii> ( r< are any trees to spare this .• . a: on that a number be forwarded to them if possible. It is net. likely that ary ire-";- can be f/Upplied before Augur*, next, as the superintending mi v sey in a a will bo unable to estimate what number of treofl, if any, will he available for distribution, un! i 1 a hen ( that time. ''l am proposing (a grow New Zealand trees and shrubs in the State Forest Nm aerie-' for the purpose of supplying the 177 !o aesi be lies, but. it will be three veaia >et before such trees will rea.iy tor planting out."