The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 10
... abundant among those plants which are common to New Zealand and Australia , and the probability is that many were thus introduced into these islands3 . I regret that I cannot give the date for the following interesting occurrence ( I ...
... abundant among those plants which are common to New Zealand and Australia , and the probability is that many were thus introduced into these islands3 . I regret that I cannot give the date for the following interesting occurrence ( I ...
Page 29
... abundant on Kawau . In 1893 , Captain Bollons , in N.Z.G.S. ' Hinemoa , ' liberated 72 opossums in the West Coast Sounds . They are now abundant from far north of Auckland to Stewart Island . In all localities they appear to have ...
... abundant on Kawau . In 1893 , Captain Bollons , in N.Z.G.S. ' Hinemoa , ' liberated 72 opossums in the West Coast Sounds . They are now abundant from far north of Auckland to Stewart Island . In all localities they appear to have ...
Page 38
... abundant , especially in the South Island . Vast quanti- ties of these plants were grubbed out by the wild pigs , which are particularly fond of their succulent and aromatic root - stocks and roots . Aston states that they eat down Gaya ...
... abundant , especially in the South Island . Vast quanti- ties of these plants were grubbed out by the wild pigs , which are particularly fond of their succulent and aromatic root - stocks and roots . Aston states that they eat down Gaya ...
Page 52
... abundant on Kapiti , and that they were the descendants of some given to the natives there in exchange for flax . I recall in 1868 how they used to come out of the Southland bushes during the winter season to feed on the paddocks of ...
... abundant on Kapiti , and that they were the descendants of some given to the natives there in exchange for flax . I recall in 1868 how they used to come out of the Southland bushes during the winter season to feed on the paddocks of ...
Page 54
... abundant were cut up and sold , pr re - leased in smaller areas , the purchasers found it necessary , for the protection of their own interests , to exterminate the variety , of which hundreds were found straggling over the country ...
... abundant were cut up and sold , pr re - leased in smaller areas , the purchasers found it necessary , for the protection of their own interests , to exterminate the variety , of which hundreds were found straggling over the country ...
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abundant Acclimatisation Society Agricultural Department animals appear Ashburton attacked Auckland district Auckland Society introduced Australia Bay of Islands beetle birds breeding brown trout bush Canterbury Society received Chatham Islands Christchurch common cultivated deer destroyed distributed dogs Dunedin early eggs Family fish flowers fruit further record garden escape hatched Hatchery Hawke's Bay Hokitika Hooker's list imported increase insect Invercargill Lake land large number larvæ Linn Manual Maori Maskell moth native naturalised Nelson Society North Island occurring opossums Otago Society pest pheasants Philpott pigs plants ponds probably Queen Charlotte Sound rabbits rats recorded by Kirk recorded in Hooker's reported River salmon says season seeds seen sheep shipment shipped Society liberated South Southland Southland Society sparrows spawning species specimens spread starlings Stewart Island stoats streams taken Taranaki Tasmania trees W. W. Smith Waikato Waitaki Wanganui waste places weasels weed Wellington Society Whangarei wild young Zealand