SEEDS SOWN BY BIRDS.
(By L. W. McCaskill.)
Result of an experiment on seed dispersal by Wax-eyes at the Teachers’ Training College. Christchurch, winter, 1937.
Wax-eyes were fed on a bird table with raised edges so that the droppings could be collected. The birds were fed on sugar and water or old honey and water during June, July and August. At the end of August the droppings were collected and sown in a pot of sterilised soil. As the seedlings germinated they were pricked out into boxes at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. The list of seedlings was as follows: — Native Coprostna robusta (karamu) 7 Coprosma linariifolia (yellow-wood) 20 Pittosporum tenuifolium (kohuhu) . . 16 Introduced— Lonicera (shrubby honeysuckle) .... 1 Asparagus 2 Berberis (barberry) . . . 5 Cottoneaster serotina 30 Total 81
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Forest and Bird, Issue 49, 1 August 1938, Page 6
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127SEEDS SOWN BY BIRDS. Forest and Bird, Issue 49, 1 August 1938, Page 6
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