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plants as they grow naturally ; but, on the other hand, 
I owe much to the writings of my predecessors and 
contemporaries, especially those of Sir Joseph Hooker, 
F.R.S., the late Mr. T. Kirk, F.L.S., and my friend 
Mr. T. F. Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
Besides the photographs taken personally, a few 
were generously given by Messrs. J. Crosby Smith, 
F.L.S.,, W..C. Davies, MC. ;Gudex, M.A.) Face 
Gibbs,. M.A., J. J. Collins, A. Hamilton, and W. H-. 
Field, M.P., and to these gentlemen my sincere thanks 
are due. I am also much indebted to Mr. W. 0. 
Kensington, I.8.0., for permission to make use of any 
photographs published in my reports on botanical survey 
to the Department of Lands and Survey; and to the 
Philosophical Institute of Canterbury for the use of 
three photographs from the important work just issued 
by that body on the Subantarctic Islands of New 
Zealand. My friend Professor C. Chilton, M.A., D.Sc., 
has most generously assisted me in revising the proofs, 
and I thank him most sincerely. 
The book is published under the auspices of the 
Department of Education, and I gladly take this oppor- 
tunity of thanking the Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister of 
Education, for having arranged for the publication of 
the work. My thanks are likewise due to Mr. W. EH. 
Spencer, M.A., M.Sc., of the Education Department, 
who has rendered valuable assistance in various ways. 
Finally, it gives me much pleasure to express my obliga: 
tions to the Government Printer, Mr. John Mackay, 
and to the photographic branch of his Department. 
Christchurch, 15th August, 1910. L. ©. 
