Table of Contents

Preface; Preface to the second edition; Part I. Introduction: 1. Preliminary remarks; 2. History of botanical investigation; 3. Bibliography; 4. Sketch of the leading physiographical features of the region; 5. The climate of New Zealand; Part II. The Vegetation of Primitive and Semi-Primitive New Zealand: Section I. The Vegetation of the Sea-Coast: 1. General observations on the coastal-vegetation; 2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms; 3. The autecology of the coastal plants; 4. The plant communities; Section II. The Vegetation of the Lowlands and Lower Hills: 1. Introductory remarks; 2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms; 3. The autecology of the lowland plants; 4. The plant committee; Section III. The Vegetation of the High Mountains: 1. General remarks; 2. The leading physiognomic plants and their life-forms; 3. The autecology of the high-mountain plants; 4. The plant communities; Section IV. The Vegetation of the Outlying Islands: 1. The vegetation of the Kermadee Islands; 2. The vegetation of the Chatham Islands; 3. The vegetation of the subantarctic islands; Part III. The Effect of Settlement upon the Plant-Covering of New Zealand: 1. The introduced plants growing wild without cultivation; 2. The new vegetation; 3. Agriculture and horticulture in New Zealand; Part IV. The Flora of New Zealand, its Distribution and Composition: 1. The botanical subdivisions of the region; 2. The families, genera and elements of the flora; Part V. The History of the Flora: General; The problematical history of the flora; Index.

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An extensive study from 1928, based on years of research in the field, of the plant life of New Zealand.