ELEPHANT-GRASS
Mr R. iS. Warwick, Rongokoka, writes that he obtained seed of this forageplant from Australia three years, ago, a n d gjrewit at^aueru, near Masterton. .'TA^^Jfejiri faifiv well, and reached a •■■j»e^ftjft^*fcfliK sftl Tl?e season was VeMßfcbfyT and while all other >;B»®undWg herbage dried up the _ alephant'grasa remained green and •■-wcoulent-lookinx. It would not stand •■ the somparatively sev.ere frosts exparienced in the Wairarapa, ihowtver, and died out in the succeeding winter.
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 5 June 1919, Page 3
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72ELEPHANT-GRASS Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 5 June 1919, Page 3
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