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same year DIELS’ “Vegetations-Biologie von Neu-Seeland” was published, a 
pioneer work which laid securely the foundations of ecological botany in 
New Zealand. The study of mosses by R. BROwN and T. N. BECKETT formed 
a feature of this decade, BROWN, whose love of botany was intense, publishing 
many supposed new species’) year by year up till his death. The veteran 
CoLENSO forwarded large consignments of epaticae to Kew, and these, de- 
termined by -STEPHANI, yielded many species new to the flora.. An important 
work of this decade was the determination of New Zealand tertiary fossil plants 
by ETTINGHAUSEN. In 1897 New Zealand science experienced a great loss in 
the sad death of, Mr. T. Kırk. For about 34 years all his time and energy 
had been devoted to New Zealand botany. Early on, he became leader of 
botanical thought in the Colony, and that position he held fırmly till his death. 
The incomplete flora which KIRK had prepared at the instance of the Govern- 
ment appeared in ı909. Though lacking the author’s guiding hand, it is’a 
fine piece of work, and one can but deeply regret its non-completion. 
b. From 1899 to the Publication of Cheeseman’s “Manual” in 1906. 
The 8 years of this short sub-period show a decrease in contributions to 
New Zealand botany. Nevertheless, this was more apparent than real, for 
there was much activity that did not appear until the publication of CHEESE- 
MAN’s “Manual”, many collectors?) having been busy supplying that author with 
material. 
In 1899, L. COCKAYNE commenced his ecological publications with a 
paper on the burning and regeneration of subalpine scrub°). LAING continued 
his much-needed papers on algae (1900, 5, 6), BROWN his papers on mosses, and 
CARSE wrote a detailed paper on the botany of Mauku. The influence of the 
- University somewhat increased, as shown by an important paper by Prof. A. P. 
W. TmoMAsS on the prothallus of Phylloglossum, and several papers by stu- 
dents of Canterbury College. R. M. LaınG and Miss E. W. BLACKWELL wrote 
a popular book, entitled “Plants of New Zealand” (1906), which is profusely 
illustrated by excellent photographs and contains a ‚good deal of ecological 
information. In 1906 CHEESEMAN’s “Manual” appeared, he having been employed ” 
by the Government for its production. It showed how great the progress m. 
floristic botany had been since the publication of the "Handbook” in 1867, the 
species of FRBORSEAE pecapnhyten). DATBE been raised gr 935° to Aal 
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