NEW ZEALAND PLANTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 205, 15 September 1937, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND PLANTS

-Presa Assoeiation.)

7 Collection Sent to England For Their Majesties FOR WINDSOR GARDEN

(By Telegraph-"

WELLINGTON, TJns Day, Knowing that the King and Queen wero keenly interested iu horticulture, Lord Galway suggested that sevoral New Zealand plants might be grown in the garden at Windsor. His Majesty graciousl»/- accepted t^e offer,x and collections of plants were made by Mr. J. A. McPherson at the Botanic Gardens, Christchurch, and by Mr. D. Tannock^ of the Botanic Gardens, Dunedid. The consignment from Christchurch Botanic Gardens comprised over 80 plants, made up of 48 species. Among them were Veronica Cheesemani, from Mount Cheeseman, Seneeio Saxifragioides, a species endemie to the port hiljs, Pygmaea Pulvinaris (Cushion Veronica), from Mount Enys, blue flowfring Olearia (Olearia Operina) from ihe West Coast sounds, and rare Coxella Dieffenbachii, a monotypie genus from the Chatham Islands. Several of Ihe none-too-common Aeiphyllas and Astelia r?ere includcd, besides several species of Celmisias aud one ground orcliid. The Dunedin collection consiqted mainly of cushjon and high alpine plants, several of which were collected on the Lake Harris saddle and wero growing satisfactorily under garden conditions, The renunculus lncluded the mountain lily Eenuneulus Lyallid and the rare yellow flowered species Eanunculus Simpsonii. _ Several of the dwarf spreading Cemisias were inelnded also Ourisia^ and Eaoullas, and all the plants wero capable of being divided up and sui table for cultivation oa the scree or rock garden. It is interesting to note that quite a number of the plants were not in cultivation in England up to the time of tlie arrival of His Excellency's shipnient. As is usual now when scnding rare plants abroad, special cases fittcd with gauze windows were used for packing These were carricd in the ship's vege--table chamber, which is ulways kopt at a constant temperature. Tlie_ plants arrived safoly and in good condition. The private secretary to the King has writton to express His Majesty 's appreciation of the gif t and thanks for the trouble whicli had been taken.