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second—much enlarged and well illustrated 
—in i919. A further great work on New 
Zealand botany, the manuscript of which 
was sent to Munich in Bavaria before the 
war, has just recently been _ published, 
though not available yet for New Zealand 
readers. The University of Munich 
granted Mr Cockayne the honorary degree 
of Doctor of Philosophy in 1903, while he 
received the greatest distinction open to 
naturalists in the British Empire by being 
cecil a Fellow of the Royal Society in 
LOCAL COLLECTORS AND 
THEIR TREASURES. 
The Late Mr H. J. Matthews, Mr Jd. W. 
M‘intyre, and Dr Hunter. 
During the time the late H. J. Mat- 
thews occupied the position of head of 
the Forestry Department of the dominion, 
his interest in its native flora, early im- 
planted in his nature, increased and _ de- 
veloped, He made constant excursions 
to the mountains and forest areas of both 
Otago and Canterbury, accompanied by his 
faithful private gardener, Mr W. 
M‘Intyre, who had been brought up and 
trained as a practical gardener by Mr Henry 
Matthews’s father, Mr George Matthews, 
of the Hawthorn Hill Nurseries, Mornington. 
The collections made by Mr Matthews and 
Mr M‘Intyre were planted .n the grounds 
of Mr Matthews’s mother, Mr George 
Matthews having died many years before. 
The plants in the shrubbery, borders, and 
in the rockery which had been constructed 
for their reception, were zealously cared 
for, and the large collection of veronicas 
which had been got together formed @ 
specially valuable feature of the whole. 
After Mr Matthews’s death and that of his 
mother, the house and the portion of tke 
property in which the native plants were 
located passed into the hands of Dr Hunter, 
who took a warm interest in the native-plant 
treasures he had acquired. Mr M‘Intyre’s 
services were retained, and needless to say 
under his assiduous care and that of Dr 
