Backblocks Botanist
OMETIMES I got a side-light on my own activities as viewed by back country workers. I climbed Mt. Stokes, in Menepuru Sound, Marlborough, under the guidance of a cowman, a finé field botanist, who devoted all his leisure and what he could save out of his wages on botanical work in that district The authorities made inquiries about him during the last war, thinking he might be of military age. A neighbour, when questioned, said, "Oh, you needn’t
bother about him; he’s mad. He’s one of those chaps who go up into the mountains looking for flowers." So, you see, that is what I was-("The Alps From End to End." Professor Arnold Wall, IYA, May 7.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 154, 5 June 1942, Page 3
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118Backblocks Botanist New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 154, 5 June 1942, Page 3
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