NEW ZEALAND—EGBERT H. WALKER 345 
and experimental aspects of botany neglected. All are thriving and 
carrying on the advancement of pure and applied science in New 
Zealand. 
The botanical traveler in New Zealand will soon come to know 
many amateur and professional botanists. Nearly every community 
has a local naturalist or two, often with special interest in some 
limited group of plants, and nearly all much interested in growing 
native plants in their gardens. The commercial nurseries are in tune 
with this spirit and have separate sections devoted to natives which 
can be successfully grown in gardens. The city parks are usually 
dominated by exotics, but it was most gratifying to hear one superin- 
tendent with 3,600 acres of park and public domain in his care, in a 
city of under 11,000 population, explain his extensive use of native 
species. ‘The planting of natives versus exotics in reforestation is a 
lively subject. 
Botanical travel in New Zealand is relatively simple and most parts, 
except the Fiord region of the southwest and Stewart Island beyond 
the Halfmoon Bay region, can be reached by car, train, bus, or boat 
plus not too strenuous walking. The diffusion within the population 
of people sympathetic to botanical travelers makes the experience one 
never to be forgotten. The common bond of the English language 
facilitates explanations freely given. The handicap to the visitor of 
the frequent use of native Maori names is lessened by the unusual 
familiarity of many people with scientific names, so necessary for clear 
understanding. Indeed, New Zealand is a botanist’s paradise. 
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 
1. ALLAN, H. H. 
1940. A handbook of the naturalized flora of New Zealand. Bull. Dep. Sci. 
and Industr. Res., No. 83, pp. 1-344, figs. 1-141B. 
A systematic treatment with keys. 
2. ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C. 
1926. Popular names of New Zealand plants. Trans. New Zealand Inst., 
vol. 56, pp. 659-714. May. 
A discussion and alphabetic list of generic and specific names with Maori 
and English names. 
3. Barus, G. T. S. 
1948. Vegetation of Great Island, Three Kings Group. Rec. Auckland Mus., 
vol. 3, pp. 239-252, pls. 35-40. 
4. CHEESEMAN, T. F. 
1925. Manual of the New Zealand flora. 2d ed., xliv-+1163 pp. Wellington. 
This is the best currently used systematic manual. A new edition is 
being prepared. 
5. CockaYNE, LEONARD. 
1908. Report on a botanical survey of the Waipoua kauri forest. New 
Zealand Department of Lands, C.—14, pp. 1-44, 10 pls. (figs. 1-20), 
1 folded map. Wellington. 
One of many reports by Cockayne on important reserves, parks, and 
regions. 
