The Naturalisation of Animals & Plants in New ZealandThe University Press, 1922 - 607 pages |
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Page 19
... weeds of cultiva- tion which are now so common in the south end of New Zealand were introduced in these days of early and casual settlement . But few animals would be thus brought in , except perhaps certain flies and other domestic ...
... weeds of cultiva- tion which are now so common in the south end of New Zealand were introduced in these days of early and casual settlement . But few animals would be thus brought in , except perhaps certain flies and other domestic ...
Page 45
... weed out the old and weakly , but above all to break up the family life and prevent inbreeding . Left alone , deer ... weeds and deer with malformed antlers . Some mal- forms arise from injury to the horns during the velvet stage ...
... weed out the old and weakly , but above all to break up the family life and prevent inbreeding . Left alone , deer ... weeds and deer with malformed antlers . Some mal- forms arise from injury to the horns during the velvet stage ...
Page 93
... weed ( Raoulia australis and R. lutescens ) are thickly dotted about the bare ground . Though otherwise useless , these moss - like composite plants help to keep the soil from being blown or washed away , and when old supply , in the ...
... weed ( Raoulia australis and R. lutescens ) are thickly dotted about the bare ground . Though otherwise useless , these moss - like composite plants help to keep the soil from being blown or washed away , and when old supply , in the ...
Page 116
... weed ( Phytolacca ) are ripe , the pheasants feed largely on them , and their flesh becomes very dark - coloured at that season of the year1 . 1 The way in which incorrect statements get abroad and are quoted later as facts is ...
... weed ( Phytolacca ) are ripe , the pheasants feed largely on them , and their flesh becomes very dark - coloured at that season of the year1 . 1 The way in which incorrect statements get abroad and are quoted later as facts is ...
Page 120
... weeds that accompany the cereals . For instance a rather bad weed with us some years is the rough poppy ( Papaver hybridum ) , and when this weed is bad in any district the quail are plentiful , and I have seen young quail raised ...
... weeds that accompany the cereals . For instance a rather bad weed with us some years is the rough poppy ( Papaver hybridum ) , and when this weed is bad in any district the quail are plentiful , and I have seen young quail raised ...
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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