ROTORUA GARDENS

Te Puke Times, Issue II, 15 April 1913, Page 3

ROTORUA GARDENS

CONTEMPLATED IMPROVEMENTS Various wo'.'ks and improvements are contemplated in the Government Gardens by' the Tourist, Department (?ays the Hot Lakes Chronicle), A commencement will be ■• made on Monday, under the supervision of Mr E. Hall, head gardener. The Queen's Drive, the approach to the New Bath Buildings, and jftfcber parts will be metalled. '■ jWitlTjthe view of minimising the for renewing i' has been i. obtalnevHv'in sji'tkble stone disJ covered* on^.Qj i '^Ber% iv The - blinding wiH'bft $bcoeri- , in.es from Te KuiH;vwhvoEffects': ■ the purpose. i proposed to lav down c#m|ho ■ water-channels lending from tho' ) terrace in front of the New Bath 5 Buildings, and round off the road i to prevent the scouring out wlvch tikes place after heavy > rains. ! ' It is recognised that the bowl- ' ing greens, tennis courts, and . croquet lawns have been deficient in many respects in the J past. ; To alter this state of J affairs, the Depigment has or--1 soil from Onehunga, speeiallv recommended by experts as f siitablefor tie purpose. It has 1 nhrady been used with excellent 2 effect oi the Onehunga, Epsom, i C/'iiton, and West End bowling ' greens. The Department is t honing for'the very best results, • and;' anticipates that the lawns c will be better than ever next 5 year. Four trucks of soil have , been ordered, nvo of which have 3 already arrived. <\ compost will e be made by nrxhg the new material M'ith lecal f»)il and fer- , 'tilisers.' To he certain thru: it is i, Proceeding on right lines, the T Department has obtained an ex- \ hausljive analysis of the soil in { th" .pnnlens from tho AgrieulfU'ural'Chemist nf the Dominion with the view' of i ,|iscertaining what it lacks. The ? jLlficiiil consulted recommends an -I Application of 2i cwt. bonedust, '- !<$ <;ivt. superphosphates. and-2£ blood nw acre,*