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The Cultivation of New Zealand Plants

Appendix — Lists of New Zealand Plants Suitable for — Various Purposes

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Appendix
Lists of New Zealand Plants Suitable for
Various Purposes.

1. Plants of special beauty of flower, fruit, or form;
the élite of the Flora.

Celmisia vernicosa (very difficult to grow); Clianthus puniceus; Coprosma brunnea var. with beautiful blue translucent drupes; Cotula atrata (very difficult); Dracophyllum Traversii (slow and not easy); Gentiana cerina (very difficult); Ixerba brexioides; Leptospermum scoparium var. Nichollsii; Leucogenes Leontopodium (rather difficult); Meryta Sinclairii, (hh.); Metrosideros diffusa (hh.); M. tomentosa (hh.); Myosotidium hortensia; Myosotis capitata (difficult); Olearia angustifolia; O. semidentata; Pittosporum Dallii; Pleurophyllum speciosum (very difficult); Ranunculus insignis; R. Lyallii (rather difficult); Rubus Barkeri; Senecio Huntii; S. scorzoneroides, Veronica Hulkeana; V. speciosa.

2. Beautiful trees and shrubs easy to grow.

Alseuosmia macrophylla (hh.); Brachyglottis rangiora or B. repanda (hh.); Carmichaelia odorata; Chordospartium Stevensonii; Coprosma grandifolia (hh.); C. lucida; C. robusta; Cordyline australis; C. Banksii; Corynocarpus laevigata (hh.); Cyathodes robusta; Dracophyllum longifolium; D. Sinclairii (hh.); Gaultheria oppositifolia; Edwardsia grandiflora; E. microphylla; Gaya Lyallii; G. ribifolia; Hoheria angustifolia; H. populnea; H. sexstylosa; Hymenanthera chathamica; Leptospermum ericoides; L. scoparium and vars. Nichollsii, Chapmani and Leonard Wilson; Melicope ternata (hh.); Metrosideros diffusa (hh.); M. tomentosa (hh.); Myoporum laetum; Myrtus bullata; × Myrtus Ralphii; Nothofagus cliffortioides; N. fusca; Nothopanax arboreum; N. Edgerleyi; Notospartium Carmichaeliae; Pennantia corymbosa; Persoonia toru; Phyllocladus glaucus (hh.); P. trichomanoides (hh.); Pimelea longifolia; Pittosporum Dallii; P. eugenioides; page 125Plagianthus betulinus; Pomaderris elliptica (hh.); Pseudopanax chathamicum; P. crassifolium vars. unifoliolatum and trifoliolatum (hh.); Rubus Barkeri (trailing); Suttonia australis; Weinmannia sylvicola (hh.); Wintera colorata.

3. Plants suitable for hedges.

Coprosma Baueri (hh.); Olearia Forsteri; O. ilicifolia; O. macrodonta; O. Traversii; Pittosporum crassifolium; P. Ralphii; P, tenuifolium and its related vars., there is a great mixture in many hedges where plants have been raised from seed; Senecio rotundifolius, the lighthouse-keeper's gardens in Foveaux Strait are sheltered by this shrub; Veronica angustifolia; V. elliptica; V. parviflora; and others of similar form.

4. Olearias and Senecios easy to grow, and distinct
from one another.

Olearia arborescens; O. avicenniaefolia; O. excorticata; O. furfuracea; O. ilicifolia; O. insignis; O. lineata; O. macrodonta; O. moschata; O. ilicifolia x moschata; O. nummularifolia; Senecio cassinioides; S. elaeagnifolius var. Buchanani; S. Greyii; S. Hectori; S. Huntii; S. Kirkii (hh.); S. Monroi; S. perdicioides; S. rotundifolius; S. Stewartiae, in wetter parts of the South Island where summers are cool.

5. Short, select list of easily grown veronicas.

Veronica albicans, V. amplexicaulis, the prostrate garden form; V. anomala; V. Armstrongii, the rather tall plant of gardens; V. Barkeri; V. buxifolia var. odora; V. catarractae, any of the tall forms; V. chathamica; V. cupressoides; V. decumbens; V. diosmaefolia; V. divergens; V. elliptica; V. glauco-caerulea; V. glaucophylla; V. Hectori; V. Hulkeana; V. latisepala; V. leiophylla; V. Lyallii; V. macrocarpa; V. Matthewsii; V. salicifolia var. Atkinsonii; V. speciosa; V. vernicosa var. multiflora.

6. Select list of easily grown alpines.

Acaena microphylla; Anisotome brevistyle; Astelia Cockaynei; A. Petriei; Carmichaelia Monroi; Celmisia coriacea; C. Hookeri; C. incana; C. Lindsayi; C. Mackaui; page 126C. rigida; Coprosma brunnea; Coriaria angustissima; Drapetes Dieffenbachii; Epacris alpina; Epilobium chloraefolia var. kaikourense; E. vernicosum; Gaultheria depressa; G. perplexa; Geum parviflorum; Gnaphalium keriense; G. subrigidum; Gunnera albocarpa, as carpet-plant on moist bank; Helickrysum bellidioides, H. coralloides, H. microphyllum; H. prostratum; Isotoma fluviatilis; Lobelia linnaeoides, Mazus radicans; Myosotis decora; M. explanata; M. Monroi; M. saxosa; Ourisia macrophylla; Oxalis lactea; Pernettya nana; Pimelea aridula; P. buxifolia; P. Gnidia; P. Traversii, all tie pimeleas are rather difficult to establish in the first place, but once established they grow well; Plantago Hamiltonii, for its beautiful, glossy rosettes; Pratia angulata; P. macrodon; Ranunculus Enysii, there are two quite distinct vars; R. lobulatus; R. insignis; R. nivicola; Raoulia australis; R. lutescens; R. Parkii; R. subsericea; R. tenuicaulis; Rubus parvus; Senecio Haastii; Veronica Astoni; V. Biggarii; V, Buchanani; V. decumbens; V. linifolia; V. macrantha; V. Popelwellii; V. quadrifaria; V. Raoulii; V. tetrasticha; V. tumida; Viola Cunninghamii; V. filicaulis; Wahlenbergia albomarginata; W. congesta; W. Matthewsii.

7. Herbs and semi-woody plants available for the open border.

Aciphylla Colensoi; A. squarrosa; Angelica rosaefolia, (hh.); Arthropodium cirratum; Arundo conspicua, if plenty of room; Astelia nervosa; Celmisia spectabilis, in many localities; Colensoa physaloides (hh.), needs shade; Danthonia Cunninghamii; Dianella intermedia; Geranium Traversii; Helichrysum bellidioides; H. prostratum; Libertia grandiflora; Linum monogynum; Myosotidium hortensia; Phormium tenax; P. Colensoi; Raoulia australis; R. lutescens; R. Parkii; R. tenuicaulis; Sonchus grandifolius; Veronica Lyallii; V. Bidwillii.

8. Some easily-grown ferns.

Asplenium adiantoides; A. bulbiferum; A. flaccidum; A. lucidum; A. obtusatum; Blechnum capense; B. discolor; B. fluviatile; B. lanceolatum; B. penna marina; Cyathea dealbata; C. medullaris; Dicksonia fibrosa; D. squarrosa; Doodia media (hh.); Dryopteris glabella; D. hispida; D. pennigera; D. rugulosa; Histiopteris incisa; Hypolepis millefolium; H. tenuifolia; Paesia scaberula; Pellaea page 127falcata (hh.); P. rotundifolia; Polypodium diversifolium; Pteris comans (hh.); P. macilenta (hh.); P. tremula.

9. Trees, shrubs, etc., which may he planted near the sea.

Coprosma Baueri (hh.); Dodonaea viscosa; Griselinia lucida; Leptospermum scoparium; Melicytus ramiflorus; Metrosideros tomentosa; Myoporum laetum; Olearia angustifolia, but only where there is much rain and cool summers; O. Traversii; Phormium tenax; P. Colensoi; Pittosporum crassifolium; P. umbellatum, not cited in Chapter IV.; Senecio rotundifolius; Suttonia chathamica; Veronica Cookiana; V. elliptica; V. macroura.

10. Plants of tropical aspect.

Alectryon excelsum; A. grandis, not mentioned in Chapter IV.; Arundo conspicua; Brachyglottis, all the species and vars. (hh.); Cladium Sinclairii (hh.); Clianthus puniceus; Coprosma grandiflora (hh.); C. macrocarpa (hh.), not cited in Chapter IV.; Cordyline, all species and vars.; Corynocarpus laevigata (hh.); Cyathea dealbata; C. medullaris (hh.); Dysoxylum spectabile (hh.); Entelea arborescens (hh.); Gahnia, any of the species; Griselinia lucida (hh.); Meryta Sinclairii (hh.); Nothopanax arboreum; N. laetum (hh.); Olearia Cunninghamii (hh.); Phormium, all the species and vars.; Pisonia Brunoniana; Rhopalostylis sapida; Schefflera digitata; Suttonia salicina (hh.); Vitex lucens (hh.).