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TREE PLANTING
At a lecture on trees given before the Trained Gardeners Association (Old Burnley Students), Miss Edna Walling, the well-known garden designer, said:
“It may seem rather obvious to say that tree-planting in the suburbs is usually a very different matter to tree-planting in the country, but it is not until you are faced with a few acres instead of the accustomed suburban block that the important part trees play in developing large acreages of the country is recognised.
“Even when the supply of labour for the maintenance of an extensive garden scheme is available, nothing will produce a richer or more dignified effect than wood land or a little forest.”
The Australasian, 1933
Edna sat curled in the winged-back armchair pondering the police visit. Rowland’s telephone con
