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Melanoxylon All legumes are to be freshly innoculated
100 Albizia Lopantha with the correct innoculum.
100 Cytisus Proliferus
Fertilizer
The following willow and poplar species are Lime: 7500 Kg/hectare
required. These trees may be open ground stock Superphosphate: 875 Kg/hectare
or rooted cuttings: Diammonium Phosphate:125 Kg/hectare

50 Salix Arenaria The lime is to be spread and
cultivated in concurrently with clearing of
50 Salix Caprea P.G.
50 Salix Caprea N. toitoi during November-December, 1978. The
50 Salix Viminalis remaining fertilizer is to be given after further
50 Populus x Euramericana Flevo cultivation in February/March, 1979.
50 Populus x Euramericana 1 - 154 This contract has been let and most of the
50 Populus Ynnanensis opencast perimeter and the area allocated to the
pony club has been cultivated.
All plants to have a habit of growth that is
normal to the species and are to be sound, PLANTING
healthy, vigorous nursery grown stock. All 1 Planting to be carried out in September, 1979,
plants are to be free of nursery pests, plant or as directed by the Landscape Architects.
diseases, sun scald abrasions and other 2 During delivery and while holding plants
disfigurements. All plants to have a normal and on site, care must be taken to ensure peat
vigorous root system which are neither root nor pots do not dry out.
pot bound. 3 All handling, storage and planting operations
All plants to be of the species, variety and to be in accordance with normal
pot size as specified. No plant substitutes shall horticultural practice.
be made without the written approval of the 4 Prior to planting operations, planting plans
landscape architects. and/or full site supervision and direction
At time of planting all plants to be fertilized will be given to the location and general
with a "complete" commercial fertilizer. The disposition of planting
application method, rate and timing of this 5 Planting operations to be modelled on forest
nursery operation to be discussed with the tree planting technique, and as such, ground

landscape architects. preparation to be minimal. That is, where
grass exists, this is to be screened off in 1 foot
A light grazing was recommended in (300 mm) square. A hole sufficiently wide and
Autumn to reduce the growth that would
otherwise need to be sustained over the dry deep enough to take the peat pot to be dug or
grubbed. Plant to be placed in a hole so that all
summer. During May, the plot was to be grazed of pot buried. All plants to be firmly heeled in.
heavily, and super applied. 6 Peat pots to be thoroughly wet at time of
Specification for Perimeter Grassing at planting. During planting operations, all
Kimihia
plants to be maintained and watered.
The area shall be completely cleared of all 7 At completion of planting, all equipment to be
toitoi by grubbing out all roots. This material is to removed and rubbish to be cleared from site.
be piled into a heap and burnt, when dry.
Concurrently with the burning of the toitoi, the
area shall be fertilized with lime, and the lime
worked in by cultivating to a minimum
depth of 20 centimetres.

Seed Mix Kg/Hectares
Ruanui Ryesgrass 20
Yorkshire Fog 4
Browntop 2
Chewings Fescue 5
Maku Lotus 2
White Clover 2