PUBLIC GARDENS.

Southland Times, Issue 1578, 14 May 1872, Page 2

PUBLIC GARDENS.

_ «l — (to the editob op thb times.) Sis, — To my other deficiencies I mayadd that of letter writing, and possibly may not have been quite as plain as I might have been ; I simply wished to show the unsuitability of the proposed site on the Puni Creek, and, thus far, I think my ideas have not even been touched, still less shown to be wrong. I have just come into town, and seen a letter in a local paper signed " Zanoni." By the signature I think the writer is a gardener, dealing with geraniums, and possibly a competitor for the bonus. Whether or no, I would ask him how a generally sluggish and all but stagnant stream, cutting straight through a small piece of land like the proposed site, can be particularly ornamental ? Albo I would ask whether, with the liability to sudden and at times rapid rises, a less slope than 90 feet would not occasion the necessity for frequent repairs to creek banks, as well as damage to the garden itself ? "With these few lines my work is done. I have set the ball rolling, and believe the Council will not now throw away the public money on the Puni creek project. — I am, &c., Senex.