The Vegetation of New Zealand

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [frontispiece]
  • [title page]
  • [colophon]
  • Preface
  • Preface to the Second Edition p. VII
  • List of Plates and Figures p. VIII
  • Contents p. XV
  • [abbreviations used in the text]
• • Part I. — Introduction
    • Chapter I. — Preliminary Remarks p. 1
    • Chapter II. — History of Botanical Investigation
      • 1. The Period of Voyages of Discovery in the South Pacific and of Investigations by Botanists from abroad p. 8
      • 2. The Period of Colonial Collectors and Hooker's further Investigations p. 10
      • 3. The Period of Publications by New Zealand Botanists p. 12
    • Chapter III. — Bibliography p. 26
    • Chapter IV. — Sketch of the leading Physiographical Features of the Region p. 42
      • 1. General p. 42
      • 2. Physical Features of New Zealand proper p. 43
      • 3. Physical Features of the Outlying Islands p. 48
      • 4. The Soils of the New Zealand Botanical Region p. 50
    • Chapter V. — The Climate of New Zealand Proper p. 52
      • General p. 52
      • Rainfall p. 53
      • Temperature p. 56
      • Sunshine p. 58
      • Wind
  • Part II. — The Vegetation of Primitive and Semi-primitive New Zealand
    • Section I. — The Vegetation of the Sea-coast
      • Chapter I. — General Observations on the Coastal Vegetation p. 60
      • Chapter II. — The leading Physiognomic Plants and their Life-forms p. 63
      • Chapter III. — The Autecology of the Coastal Plants p. 68
      • Chapter IV. — The Plant Communities p. 79
    • Section II. — The Vegetation of the Lowlands and Lower Hills
      • Chapter I. — Introductory Remarks p. 116
      • Chapter II. — The leading Physiognomic Plants and their Life-forms p. 120
      • Chapter III. — The Autecology of the Lowland Plants p. 128
      • Chapter IV. — The Plant Communities p. 146
    • Section III. — The Vegetation of the High Mountains
      • Chapter I. — General Remarks p. 224
      • Chapter II. — The leading Physiognomic Plants and their Life-forms p. 234
      • Chapter III. — The Autecology of the High-mountain Plants p. 242
      • Chapter IV. — The Plant Communities p. 254
    • Section IV. — The Vegetation of the Outlying Islands
      • Chapter I. — The Vegetation of the Kermadec Islands p. 324
      • Chapter II. — The Vegetation of the Chatham Islands p. 328
      • Chapter III. — The Vegetation of the Subantarctic Islands p. 336
  • Part III. — The Effect of Settlement upon the Plant-Covering of New Zealand
    • Chapter I. — The Introduced Plants growing wild without Cultivation p. 352
      • General p. 352
      • Statistical p. 353
    • Chapter II. — The New Vegetation p. 355
      • 1. General p. 355
      • 2. Modified communities p. 356
      • 3. Exotic-induced communities p. 358
      • 4. Indigenous-induced communities p. 361
      • 5. Artificial communities p. 370
    • Chapter III. — Agriculture and Horticulture in New Zealand p. 372
      • Agriculture p. 372
      • Horticulture p. 374
  • Part IV. — The Flora of New Zealand, — its Distribution and Composition
    • Chapter I. — The Botanical Subdivisions of the Region
      • 1. General p. 378
      • 2. The Botanical Provinces p. 379
      • 3. The Botanical Districts p. 380
    • Chapter II. — The Families, Genera and Elements of the Flora
      • 1. The General Statistics p. 400
      • 2. The Elements of the Flora p. 403
      • 3. General conclusions p. 416
  • Part V. — The History of the Flora p. 418
    • General p. 418
    • The problematical history of the flora p. 422
• • Index of Plant Names p. 427
  • [Plates I - LXXXVII]

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