ai 
seven miles from Dunedin. Ji comprises 
some five or six acres in all, and wag the 
home of the late Mr Wm. Martin for more 
than a quarter of a century. Mr Martin 
was a tireless collector, and a most enthusi- 
astic grower of the genus Veronica. Fis 
name is associated in veronica _litera- 
ture, particularly with V. Fairfield and 
V. Erecta. The first visit of Messrs Hart 
and Darton to this historic spot was made 
on a wintry day in August, 1917, and they 
describe it as a never-to-be-forgotten day. 
Veronicas everywhere, growing promiscu- 
ously with other plants, and in many cases 
overgrown by them. Very few of them 
were labelled, and no apparent attempt 
made at classification. Chaos reigned; but 
the plants were there, and that was the 
main thing. Among the species were 
Diosmaefolia. Macroura, Macrocarpa, Par- 
viflora, Hulkcana, Fairfieldii, Lanifolia, 
Sslicornioides, Cataracta, Obovata, Pime- 
lioides, and many others. Strange to 
say not a solitary plant of V. Erecta was 
to be seen, although diligent search was 
made for it on this and on several subse- 
quent visits. Most of the Fairfield plants 
have since been identified, but there are 
at present growing at Wetherstones about 
a dozen species from Fairfield waiting to 
be named and gqescribed. Mr Seaton, the 
present owrer of the property, most courte. 
ously placed his garden at Messrs Hart and 
Darton’s disposal, and gave them carte 
blanche to remove to their new home speci- 
mens of any of the species to be found 
there. Needless to say, this generous offer 
of Mr Seaton was gratefully accepted. 
The next step was to study the dried 
veronica specimens in the local herbaria. 
Those of the late Mr H. Matthews and Mr 
John Buchanan were courteously made 
available for their inspection. To the cug- 
todians of these collections the owners of 
the Wetherstones collection desire to ex- 
press their grateful thanks. At the Car- 
negie Library they were privileged to gain 
access to the surprisingly large collection of 
works on the native flora, among them 
being the publications of Dr L. Cockayne, 
Dr Lauder Lindsay, Messrs T. F. Cheese- 
man, Kirk, and Hooker, and in addition 
