§ MR. T. M. HEALY (Louth, N.)To ask the Secretary to the Treasury when and under whose supervision it is proposed to expend the extra sum of £3,155 on replanting and improving the Phœnix Park; is he aware that any timber trees planted in the Park in recent years have been of the cheapest and commonest kind; and that there are a variety of expensive trees and shrubs planted in the London Royal Parks to which the Phœnix Park is equally suited, but which are not to be found there; and will the work of replanting be entrusted to some landscape gardener or nurseryman of recognised authority.
(Answered by Mr. Victor Cavendish.) The money will be expended after the 31st inst under the supervision of the I Board of Public Works, who have had the best professional assistance as well as the co-operation of amateur experts, one of whom has presented the Board with about 800 specimen trees not to be obtained in the open market. The answer to the second Question is in the negative. No expense is spared in selecting the best trees and shrubs suitable for the soil and climate of the park. The replanting will be entrusted to the park bailiff.