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I do not know, but they seemed to value it very much ; that it was very 

 scarce among them I am inclined to believe, as we have not yet seen 

 among them species large enough for any use, but only bits sticking into 

 the holes of their ears." 



According to a Maori tradition the aute shrub was brought to 

 New Zealand by the Oturereao canoe which made the land at 

 Ohiwa, where her crew settled. This was at the time of the great 

 emigration, about twenty generations or five centuries ago. 



The plant is quite extinct in New Zealand now, nor do the Maoris 

 know it; but aute sails and awnings are mentioned in Maori lore. It 

 is still abundant in many tropical and subtropical regions. 



JUGLANDE,E 

 Juglans regia, Linn. Walnut 



Walnuts were probably introduced early last century by mis- 

 sionaries, but the first of which I can find any record, was a tree 

 planted in Newmarket (Manukau Road), Auckland, about 1842. The 

 species has nowhere become naturalised. 



SALICINE^ 



Salix fragilts, Linn. Crack Willow; Withy 

 First reported as a naturalised plant by Armstrong in Canterbury 

 in 1 879 . In the Manual ( 1 906) it is stated to be " abundantly naturalised 

 on the banks of the larger rivers of both islands." It would perhaps 

 be more correct to say that it has been freely planted on the banks 

 of many rivers, and has been spread widely by floods, etc. 



Visited in Europe by Bombus lapidarius, B. terrestris and B. lucorum. 



Salix babylonica, Linn. Weeping Willow 

 First reported by Cheeseman in 1882 as follows: 



The "weeping- willow" was planted many years ago at the Mission 

 Station, at Tangiterora on the Northern Wairoa River, and from branches 

 and twigs floated down the river has established itself in profusion on the 

 banks, often fringing them for miles and in some places impeding the 

 navigation. It is also naturalised on the banks of the Waikato, but not 

 nearly to the same extent. 



Quite recently (1916) five weeping- willows were cut down in Eden 

 Crescent, Auckland, which were brought out by Major Mavis, of 

 the Commissariat Department, about 1861. The vessels coming out 

 touched at St Helena, and the cuttings were taken from the trees 

 growing at Napoleon's grave; they were planted in a box and so 

 transferred to Auckland. The species has been very extensively planted 

 in all parts of New Zealand. 



