New Zealand Plants and their Story
Contents
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- [covers]
- [frontispiece]
- [title page]
- Preface p. iii
- Table of Contents p. v
- Corrections p. viii
- New Zealand Plants and their Story
- Chapter I. — The General History of the Plants p. 1
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Chapter II. — How the Story has Been Written p. 14
- [introduction] p. 14
- The Forsters, Father and Son p. 15
- Menzies, D'Urville, and Richard p. 16
- The Cunninghams and the Plant-life of Northern Auckland p. 17
- Raoul and the Botany of Banks Peninsula
- Colenso and his Botanical Work in the North Island p. 19
- Sir Joseph Hooker and the Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand p. 21
- The Botanical Exploration of the Southern Alps
- Modern New Zealand Botany and Thomas Kirk p. 23
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Chapter III. — The Forests p. 25
- [introduction] p. 25
- General Characteristics of the Mixed Forest p. 26
- Origin of Special Forest Plants p. 29
- The Flowers of the Forest p. 37
- The Fertilisation of the Flowers p. 38
- New Zealand Forest-trees as Timbers p. 39
- The Kauri and Kahikatea Forests p. 43
- Variation and Distribution of the Mixed Forest p. 46
- The Beech Forests p. 47
- Chapter IV. — The Natural Shrubberies p. 50
- Chapter V. — The Vegetation of the Coast p. 63
- Chapter VI. — The Meadows p. 84
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Chapter VII. — Plants of Fresh Water, Swamps, and Bogs p. 105
- [introduction] p. 105
- The Water-ferns
- The Pond-weeds and Water-milfoils p. 106
- Fresh-water Algae p. 107
- Relationship between Lakes and Meadows p. 108
- Swamp Vegetation p. 109
- Bogs and some of their Plants p. 110
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Chapter VIII. — The Plants of the Outlying Islands p. 114
- The Subantarctic Vegetation p. 114
- The Chatham Islands and their Plants p. 120
- The Kermadecs p. 124
- Chapter IX. — The Naturalised Plants p. 126
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Chapter X. — The Story of Some Common Plants p. 137
- [introduction] p. 137
- The Cabbage-tree
- The New Zealand Flax p. 142
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Chapter XI. — The Story of Some Common Plants—Continued p. 146
- The Manuka p. 146
- The Native Fuchsia p. 149
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Chapter XII. — The Classification Of The Plants p. 153
- Popular Names p. 153
- Scientific Names of Plants p. 154
- Meaning of Terms "Species" and "Genus."
- The Families and Genera p. 157
- The Lower Plants p. 163
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Chapter XIII. — The Cultivation of the Plants p. 167
- [introduction] p. 167
- Methods of Propagation and Collecting p. 168
- Alpine Plants p. 172