BOTANY DIVISION
Plant Identification
An important service given by 'lie Botany Division of tile Plant Research Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, is the identification of plants sent in by other Government departments, by schools and by private individuals.. This work is done •by one of the division’s, workers, others assisting in special groups. In an average year lie identifies as many as 1200 specimens. Plants sent in- casually sometimes prove to be new to the botanical records of New Zealand, aiid more than once have given the division warning of the presence of a serious pest. There is no charge for the service, but division workers request that ania tear laitanists or anyone wanting a plant identified should send in duplicate specimens,,so that one may lie retained by them if it proves of special interest. In general, tlie division does not undertake to return specimens.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 289, 4 September 1942, Page 6
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147BOTANY DIVISION Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 289, 4 September 1942, Page 6
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