LIST OF HISTORICAL TREES HAVING AN ANTIQUARIAN IMPORTANCE ORDER

LIST OF HISTORICAL TREES HAVING AN

ANTIQUARIAN IMPORTANCE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 445.02

LIST OF HISTORICAL TREES HAVING AN

ANTIQUARIAN IMPORTANCE ORDER

19th July, 1933

GOVERNMENT NOTICE 269 of 1933.

The title of this Order is List of Historical Trees having an

Antiquarian Importance Order.

(Article 2)

List of trees protected by law

1. The group of ancient holm-oaks (Quercus Ilex) situated at

Il-Ballut tal-Wardija at the foot of the Wardija hills facing the

Pwales valley.

2. The group of ancient holm-oaks (Quercus Ilex) at

Im[iebah, limits of Mellieħa.

The more important trees to be protected by law are listed

in the Schedule to this Order.

The ancient olive-trees (Olea europaca) existing in the

lands of Bidnija, close to Wardija.

The following trees at Buskett

(a) the holm-oaks close to the main road;

(b) the large ash trees (Fraxinus excelsior) in the valley.

The following trees in the Sant’ Antonio Gardens

(a) the large pine-tree (Pinus halepensis) at the back of the

Palace;

(b) the collossal tree (Gleditschia triachanthos, ar.

inermis) and the old Indian coral tree (Erythrina

indica), both in the private gardens;

(c) the group of pine trees close to the pumping station on

the main road;

(d) the three huge Araucaria excelsa in the private

gardens;

(e) the seven cypress trees (Cypressus sempervirens

pyramidalis) and the four cypress trees (Cupressus

sempervirens horizontalis) in the central part of the

public gardens;

(f)

the old olive trees in the said gardens.

The large pine trees in the Mall Gardens in San Filippo

bastion at Floriana.