The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 18
... says : " The excellent plants left by Captain Cook " ( in Queen Charlotte Sound ? ) " viz . , Cabbages , turnips , parsnips , carrots , etc. , etc. , are still numerous , but very much degenerated ; and a great part of the country is ...
... says : " The excellent plants left by Captain Cook " ( in Queen Charlotte Sound ? ) " viz . , Cabbages , turnips , parsnips , carrots , etc. , etc. , are still numerous , but very much degenerated ; and a great part of the country is ...
Page 26
... says : The merit of the introduction into Canterbury province of the brush- kangaroo of Tasmania is due to Captain Thomson , and from the thriving condition of those in the Society's gardens , their adaptability to the pro- vince has ...
... says : The merit of the introduction into Canterbury province of the brush- kangaroo of Tasmania is due to Captain Thomson , and from the thriving condition of those in the Society's gardens , their adaptability to the pro- vince has ...
Page 34
... says " they were turned into the woods to range at their own pleasure . " In the following year , October , 1774 , he says ( vol . II , p . 467 ) : We took the opportunity to visit the innermost recesses of West Bay , in order to be ...
... says " they were turned into the woods to range at their own pleasure . " In the following year , October , 1774 , he says ( vol . II , p . 467 ) : We took the opportunity to visit the innermost recesses of West Bay , in order to be ...
Page 35
... says : " the natives have great quantities of pigs , which have run wild , but are easily caught by dogs " ( this was in the Piako ) . Dr Monro , who accompanied Mr Tuckett on his trip through Otago in 1844 , speaking of the hill ...
... says : " the natives have great quantities of pigs , which have run wild , but are easily caught by dogs " ( this was in the Piako ) . Dr Monro , who accompanied Mr Tuckett on his trip through Otago in 1844 , speaking of the hill ...
Page 44
... says : Deer increase more rapidly in New Zealand than in the northern hemisphere . Whether there is a larger percentage of calves born , I cannot say , probably there is , considering the conditions here . But the large increase is ...
... says : Deer increase more rapidly in New Zealand than in the northern hemisphere . Whether there is a larger percentage of calves born , I cannot say , probably there is , considering the conditions here . But the large increase is ...
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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