The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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... field naturalist is second to none in the Dominion ; by Mr B. C. Aston , chemist of the Agricultural Department , who also is a most observant naturalist ; by Dr F. Hilgendorf , of Lincoln Agricultural College ; by Dr C. Chilton ...
... field naturalist is second to none in the Dominion ; by Mr B. C. Aston , chemist of the Agricultural Department , who also is a most observant naturalist ; by Dr F. Hilgendorf , of Lincoln Agricultural College ; by Dr C. Chilton ...
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... field of considerably more than one hundred acres , which presented the appearance of one well cultivated bed . " In 1824 , De Blosseville of the ' Coquille , ' writing from Captain Edwardson's report says : " Potatoes , cabbages and ...
... field of considerably more than one hundred acres , which presented the appearance of one well cultivated bed . " In 1824 , De Blosseville of the ' Coquille , ' writing from Captain Edwardson's report says : " Potatoes , cabbages and ...
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... fields , the hills and the dells of that homeland . They recalled the sport which was forbidden to all but a favoured few , but which they had often longed to share in the game preserves , the deer on the mountains or in the parks , the ...
... fields , the hills and the dells of that homeland . They recalled the sport which was forbidden to all but a favoured few , but which they had often longed to share in the game preserves , the deer on the mountains or in the parks , the ...
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... fields , grazing like sheep , and in the summer went into the garden , stripping it of fruit and vegetables . There are still a few left about Kawau , not more than a dozen or two , according to Colonel Boscawen . Pademelon Wallaby ...
... fields , grazing like sheep , and in the summer went into the garden , stripping it of fruit and vegetables . There are still a few left about Kawau , not more than a dozen or two , according to Colonel Boscawen . Pademelon Wallaby ...
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... fields and orchards , and destroying plantations - apparently an attempt to justify the destruction of the animals which was then commencing . Such a charge was not supported by evidence . On the other hand Mr T. C. Plante of Melbourne ...
... fields and orchards , and destroying plantations - apparently an attempt to justify the destruction of the animals which was then commencing . Such a charge was not supported by evidence . On the other hand Mr T. C. Plante of Melbourne ...
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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