The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 9
... plants which are apparently in a state of flux even at the present time . These have been submitted to close examination , a vast amount of material has been gone through , and in consequence innumerable differences have been recognised ...
... plants which are apparently in a state of flux even at the present time . These have been submitted to close examination , a vast amount of material has been gone through , and in consequence innumerable differences have been recognised ...
Page 10
... plant of South American , Polynesian or Antarctic affinity is furnished with a pappus . The list of Australian plants includes four species of Epilobium , furnished with pappus - like hairs on the seed ; and 14 species of Orchids ( out ...
... plant of South American , Polynesian or Antarctic affinity is furnished with a pappus . The list of Australian plants includes four species of Epilobium , furnished with pappus - like hairs on the seed ; and 14 species of Orchids ( out ...
Page 11
... plants are met with in considerable numbers in New Zealand , but rather that they are not more common than is found to be the case . As far as all truly indigenous species of animals and plants are concerned it is quite impossible to ...
... plants are met with in considerable numbers in New Zealand , but rather that they are not more common than is found to be the case . As far as all truly indigenous species of animals and plants are concerned it is quite impossible to ...
Page 12
... plant . Subsequent immigrants by the Aotea , Arawa , Tainui , and other canoes , also brought the plant . Indeed it is probable that it was continuously introduced by many of the new arrivals . Mr Cheeseman in the Manual ( p . 100 ) ...
... plant . Subsequent immigrants by the Aotea , Arawa , Tainui , and other canoes , also brought the plant . Indeed it is probable that it was continuously introduced by many of the new arrivals . Mr Cheeseman in the Manual ( p . 100 ) ...
Page 14
... plants and animals into a country which he knew by his previous experience did not furnish much food for voyagers , is shown by his leaving geese at Dusky Sound , and these were the first animals which were introduced of set purpose ...
... plants and animals into a country which he knew by his previous experience did not furnish much food for voyagers , is shown by his leaving geese at Dusky Sound , and these were the first animals which were introduced of set purpose ...
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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