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men. who, in the face of much difficulty 
over a fairly long course of years, carried 
to success an enterprise that entitles them 
to the thanks of all lovers of our native 
fora throughout the Dominion. 
There are manifest signs of an awakening 
interest in the lavish wealth of our native 
tvees and shrubs and herbs, and not the 
least gratifying evidence of this to one who 
has spent his life in Dunedin is the forward 
movement in connection with our local 
Botanical Gardens. Mr Tannock is to be 
congratulated on the project he has formu- 
lated for the establishing of a comprehen- 
sive nursery of considerable dimensions, in 
which in due course will be established 
specimens of the whole of our native flora 
likely to succeed in the south. Already, as 
{1 have mentioned previously in these notes, 
there is a fine nucleus in the collection of 
many of the species bequeathed to the city 
under the will of the late Mrs George 
Matthews. That nucleus, 11 may now be 
reasonably hoped, will in the course of a 
very few years be extended to include 
specimen plants from one end of the 
Dominion to the other, and with the estab- 
lishing of many genera that are practically 
unknown to the public at present, there 
should arise an extended interest among our 
public school teachers and their pupils, as 
well as among the general public, as should 
remove the reproach at present existing 
that our young people know hardly any- 
thing about the flora of their native land. 
In the Christchurch public gardens there 
has been for many years a large collection 
of verontcas, mostly of the taller species. 
Some of these are of great size, and a visit 
recently paid by me to the gardens showed 
a good deal ot misplacing of labels. It 
would be well worth while to have this 
rectified, so that those of the public who 
are interested should not carry away in- 
correct information The Christchurch col- 
lection is distinctly valuable and _ interest- 
ing’. 
In one of my earlier articles [ men- 
tioned the names of a number of indus- 
trious collectors of the New Zealand flora 
who deserve to be remembered, but I am 
