CO129-463 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1920 [10-12] — Page 171

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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong....19120.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No........!!

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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