THIS VOLUME 
IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF 
J. H. MAIDEN, 
I.S.O., F.R.S., F.L.S. 
WHOSE WRITINGS AND WHOSE PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP LAID 
UPON THE AUTHOR AN OBLIGATION HE COULD FULFIL IN NO 
OTHER WAY SO WELL AS BY TRYING TO PROMOTE THE CULTURE 
OF AUSTRALIAN TREES IN NEW ZEALAND. 
MAIDEN WAS A DEVOTED CHURCHMAN AS WELL AS A DISTIN¬ 
GUISHED SCIENTIST. TO HIM ALL NATURE WAS MADE SACRED 
AND BEAUTIFUL BY A DIVINE PRESENCE. FOR THE HONEST 
AND THE TRUE HIS EXAMPLE WAS AN INCENTIVE TO WORK 
and service; FOR THE SELFISH AND SLOTHFUL, 
A GENTLE BUT POTENT REPROOF. 
