A NEW HEDGE PLANT.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 357, 6 April 1889, Page 6

A NEW HEDGE PLANT.

Eaulikr in the week attention was* drawn to the fact that x tbe Government were pioposing t io introduce as a hedge plant the Prunus Myrabalano. We pointed out that there was no necessity to go to that expense, as it had already been grown in New Zealand tor many years. In support of this statement Mr William Goldie, Domain ranger, has forwarded to the City Council offices a reportupon the question of hedge plants. Hestates, ' 'i?cln trod u ction oiPrun usMyrabalano. This plant was introduced into New Zealand many years ago, and has been extensively grown. The best hedge plant that I have as yet tried in this part of New Zealand is. the Gleditschia triacanthos, the deciduous honey locust tree of North America. Four years age I planted as an experiment rather more than a chain of fencing in the Domain with this plant. Every year it has been cut back. About the middle of last December it was cut back to a height of about four and a-balf feet. The young growth made since is now aboafe four and a half feet long, with a number of hard spines about two inches long, as you may see by the specimen handed to you. As a fence plant the above would only be suitable for farm* and places where it would not come in contact with large standing trees. Anyone wishing to try the Gleditschic as a hedge plant could easily obtain, seeds from America, the cost being only a few cents per pound. Before sowing the. seed it should be placed in boiling water and allowed to soak for about two hours, and then sown immediately. Early in August in my opinion is the best time to sow. The seed can be sown thinly in the permanent portion where the fence is to grow or in a seed bed, and afterwards transplanted, as it can be moved with ease. The soil should be subpioughed for a breadth of six feet where the fence is to be. I have been informed that the plant is liable to be attacked by the borer, but I have not seen any trace of it in the plants in the Domain." The specimen of the new plant is now' on view at the Municipal Offices.

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