I
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong....19120.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No........!!
11
170
1 have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
an
Grdinance to provide for the protection of trees, shrubs and other plante
od 1 m of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to the
Governor's Instructions.
2.
it is now.
of the
The occasion of the introduction of this Ordinance is the desira-
bility of protecting the flowering shrub azaleaf from gradual destruc-
tion on the hill sides of the Colony. This shrub was formerly in the flowering season a much more striking feature of the landscape than
Its gradual disappearance is due to the picking flowering branches for house and table decoration. The shrub, how- ever, does not lend itself to that purpose, as once the flowering - branches are cut the plant does not produce a further full supply of
flowers for at least five years.
Wild
·
Some of the existing azaleas are