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But now we must again spread our sails, and visit those 

 lands to which so many English hearts now turn with in- 

 terest, the Colonies, namely, of New Zealand, South Aus- 

 tralia, and Tasmania. Gladly shall we gain some idea of 

 sights, unknown to us, which daily meet the eyes of absent 

 friends ; and for their sakes too we shall rejoice to find that 

 amidst the very foreign-looking vegetation of these lands, 

 some forms are still met with which raise a thought of the 

 old country. All thanks are due to Dr. Hooker for the result 

 of his botanical researches in those countries, both from us 

 at home and from the colonists themselves ; for whom, in 

 great measure, he has published the beautifully illustrated 

 ' Flora of New Zealand/ with a view to enable the colonists 

 to identify plants, and call them by their right names ; so 

 that now they need never raise strange and false notions 

 in our minds at home, as uninformed settlers in Australia 

 have formerly done, with marvellous accounts of " wooden 

 pears," and " cherries with the stones outside ;" of " grapes 

 growing on bindweed " " prickly currant-bushes," and 

 " gooseberry-bushes without thorns ;" "honeysuckles with- 

 out odour," and " oaks with no foliage." " These," says 

 Professor Lindley, "are mere idle tales, arising from the 

 names of European plants being misapplied to New Holland 

 species of a totally different nature." 



