New Zealand plants and their story . Fig. 97.—^Tlu umbiclhi-fern (Gleichenia Cunninghiuuii) growing in wet forestLands in Stewart Island. [Photo, L. Fig. 98.—The U-shaped Park Valley, in tlie JJundas Range of the TararuaMountains, claimed by C4. L. Adkin as a proof of former glaciation inthe Tararua Mountains. Trans. Inst.} [Photo, 0. /.. Adkin. COOK STRAIT NOT A BIOLOGICAL BARRIER. 185 composed of tawa {Beilschmiedia tawa) ; southern-beecli forest isgenerally absent, Nothofagus Solanderi, when present, being frequentlyconfined to the crest of ridges. The high-moun
New Zealand plants and their story . Fig. 97.—^Tlu umbiclhi-fern (Gleichenia Cunninghiuuii) growing in wet forestLands in Stewart Island. [Photo, L. Fig. 98.—The U-shaped Park Valley, in tlie JJundas Range of the TararuaMountains, claimed by C4. L. Adkin as a proof of former glaciation inthe Tararua Mountains. Trans. Inst.} [Photo, 0. /.. Adkin. COOK STRAIT NOT A BIOLOGICAL BARRIER. 185 composed of tawa {Beilschmiedia tawa) ; southern-beecli forest isgenerally absent, Nothofagus Solanderi, when present, being frequentlyconfined to the crest of ridges. The high-mountain flora of MountEgmont is considerably smaller than that of the Volcanic Plateauor of the Ruahine-Tararua Ranges. As farmland the soil grows grass amazingly, so that certain areasproduce almost unbelievable amounts of cheese and butter. At theKaupokonui Cheese-factory, for instance, 2,500 tons of cheese areproduced from the milk of ten thousand cows grazed on less than20,000 acres. The mild, moist climate allows camellias, azaleas, andmany other flowering-shrubs to grow to a size uncommon elsewherein New Zealand, and to bloom with the greatest profusion. Nearth
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