The Chornicle LEVIN THURSDAY, JAN. 3,

Levin Daily Chronicle, 3 January 1918, Page 2

The Chornicle LEVIN THURSDAY, JAN. 3,

Ihe ideas that many people enteitain respecting' tiie growth, of JNew Zealand trees are most extraordinary, and have no foundation of fact. The common belief seems to be that the trees of this country have a slower''rate of growth that of most exotics. In combatting - this popular but erroneous theory, Mr T. P. Gheeseman, a ."well-known authority, in a letter to the President of the ]Vew Zealand Forestry League, says there is no reason why our trees should behave in a maimer different to those of other' countries. The very idea is most _ improbable, especially when it, is considered that there are obviously 110 reasons based on climate or soil. In reality the. average growth

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