New Zealand Flowers.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1923, Page 4

New Zealand Flowers.

wondf.ritul display at kki.I i I 'l> V WKU.INOTO.V Jail. AO One o 1 1 lie mist enjoyed in eats of (lie Science t oneavsa ionk place on Aiouduv ailernoiiii. embers i f tin- cuiigios- ".se “lit,"".allied b\ ti.e Governtneiu liiologisl, Mr A. li. Coekavne. ■uni ills Stall', at ibe Rinlogienl Lab’nral oi'it'- . K I’liiiirn. A i ii-rimon lea "a. provided and dispcii.-ed by ihe wives and lady members ol Ihe all'. ’I he guests were received i.y .Mr and Mr•i. li. Cockayne. Some Jun visitors Were present, includin'; tin ll,m Mini - Ill’ lor Agneii h ure. ami man. dis-lingifi-.bed e-'- and professors I roll i ail pan s of Ausi r.dasia. bile various e'epartmeiils of the la-. ■ : : 'ii li - . - "ere thrown open loi insjiocOoii. end ila exhibit* • bowing some of witii very eon.-iileralile interest. i!' l ' main o'.ieei of the function wain give the visitors, partieularlv those Inin .tic-I,alia. some reprie eiitiuive idea of iho-e natural ieaiures of the country not aec-sible to many during--1 heir hriel stay 111 the Dominion. Tile "alls , I li-.,. see.l-tesri.jo | : -1,,-ratorv Ihe sixth larges! in Die' world --which, for the pur.,o-e ~i !,..- ; ,i; : .li■ y. had - on coi;verte I into a reception ruoi'i. ’‘' *" or.--! "111: v:me so .res of tlm bite Don 1. !;n wale:- 1 **' urs. "h.'eii. Kircugb, the g-'iierosii y j i i 'd is- I>. i\. if iehnanid. had been lent, i •>• l ' ecea - inn. Though the primary appeal of such drawings i- m the uric -s,, ein.-ate i- the draughtsmanship.am! -n subtle the colouring that In a si iident of geology i.lg-v would In b id! , le-s interesting. Th.- <-.dli-.-l mn hi h i :11 -1 have proved a revelaLe:i to the visitors from Australia. 1 :h i f She scenery oi New Zealand and of l lie exi-tonco of -u wonderful a room ■! it. J. n oiuiortiinity was also afforded to obtain a glimpse of flic beauties of our ahuiie flower-. 'The entrepieoe of the table eoiisisted of a ma.gnilioent bowl of (■'■iniisia C,u he-hi, the great mountaiu daisy of (he Southern Alps. These, with the cdi'Lvee s ai, both ends of the hoard, were a foretaste of the great collection of New Zealand flowers which I formed the centra! attraction in tho up- , stairs laboratories. Here were gathered together several hundred species of ilm 11111 re spectacular of the indigenous flora from north and south, from seashore. and from the slopes of the Southern Alps—all as fresh as though ihe morning’-' dew of the mountains still lingered on their petals. .Mountain lilies (the largest buttercup in the world'), violets, and orchids, flaming

scarlet mistletoe, vegetable sheep from th.e Tiinmms, myrtles, giant rpnntnrds, \ eronieas, ami u host of oihers 100 nil'll,'runs to mention filled shell' after si’.elf. The walls were decorated with enlarged photographs, of native flowers in their natural habotats. and ol insects, fungi, seeds and weeds of importance in New Zealand agriculture.