£,icain puiposcs. Everywhere there is sufficient wood without 

 the ground being encumbered by dense forests. The foliage 

 of this part of New Zealand is very beautiful, for although 

 the kauri is not found so far south, there are other handsome 

 pines, and the eye is refreshed by the laurel-like green of the 

 karat a (Corynocarpus levigata) and other handsome shrul)s, 

 such as the Cordiline stricta and the bright green iPittosjporvm 

 Eufjenoides. 



The banks of the Waikato and some of its islands are or- 

 namented with the waving flowers of the Toi-toi (Arundo 

 conspicua) which resembles the pampas grass, but is yet more 

 graceful. 



When peace shall have been restored to this unhappy land, 

 the hot springs that I brought under your notice on a previous 

 occasion, will probably become the Saratoga of these colonies, 

 and prosperous cities and smiling villages will spring up 

 around the homes of the Waikato settlers. 



