The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 21
... flowers and trees which delighted the eye . They recalled the pleasant memories of hours passed on the hills and in the woods of their beloved native land . Here , in a land of plenty , with few wild animals , few flowers apparently ...
... flowers and trees which delighted the eye . They recalled the pleasant memories of hours passed on the hills and in the woods of their beloved native land . Here , in a land of plenty , with few wild animals , few flowers apparently ...
Page 22
... flowers they had loved , and they sowed these in all sorts of localities , wherever it seemed to them that they would grow . No biological considerations ever disturbed their dreams , nor indeed did they ever enter into their ...
... flowers they had loved , and they sowed these in all sorts of localities , wherever it seemed to them that they would grow . No biological considerations ever disturbed their dreams , nor indeed did they ever enter into their ...
Page 81
... the inflorescence of the kie - kie ( Freycinetia Banksii ) and of the Nikau palm ; and the fruit of the native passion - flower ( Passiflora tetrandra ) . T. N. Z. 6 * Brown Rat ; Norway Rat ( Mus decumanus ; CARNIVORA 81.
... the inflorescence of the kie - kie ( Freycinetia Banksii ) and of the Nikau palm ; and the fruit of the native passion - flower ( Passiflora tetrandra ) . T. N. Z. 6 * Brown Rat ; Norway Rat ( Mus decumanus ; CARNIVORA 81.
Page 141
... flowers , such as Celmisias and Sundews , they afford the only relief to the dreariness of this frowning mountain side . The presence of the lark is , of course , proof that the food they are dependent on , viz . seeds and insects , was ...
... flowers , such as Celmisias and Sundews , they afford the only relief to the dreariness of this frowning mountain side . The presence of the lark is , of course , proof that the food they are dependent on , viz . seeds and insects , was ...
Page 144
... a good deal of the evidence which Kerner has given on the subject , especially that relating to plants which are now found in these islands . Thus Kerner in Flowers and their Unbidden Guests ( p . 29 ) states that thrushes " 144 BIRDS.
... a good deal of the evidence which Kerner has given on the subject , especially that relating to plants which are now found in these islands . Thus Kerner in Flowers and their Unbidden Guests ( p . 29 ) states that thrushes " 144 BIRDS.
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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