LODER CUP AWARD

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23858, 29 January 1943, Page 4

LODER CUP AWARD

NELSON BOTANIST " | HONOURED I VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION 1 TO HORTICULTURE . I The Loder Cup lias been awarded Mr A. W. Wastney, of Glen road, Wa* SI kapuaka, Nelson. The cup was sented by Mr Gerald W. Loder, wards Lord Wakeburst, of Sussex,. encourage the protection and cultiva-|| tiou of the incomparable flora of Ml Dominion.” V_:H Mr Wastney was nominated for tni|| award by the Royal Society of . Ne* Zealand, the Otago branch of till Royal Society, the Nelson Philosophx* cal Society, and the Dunedin Horticifl 1 tural Society. Mr Wastney has an unrivalled knowledge , of the botanical. resources 01 the Nelson province, and has taken ® pecial interest in the horticultural P® sibilities of the various species. knowledge and his exceptional powers of observation have been freely at tne service of all scientists and-horticui* turists, to whom Mf Wastiiey has ftfe., quently acted as guide and collector. He has also shown zeal for-.the preservation of the flora, especially “ his own province. The late Dr.- Lew ard Cockayne often expressed his Kee» appreciation of the services renaereo by Mr Wastney and of his skill and knowledge. , on In his private garden for 20 yean Mr Wastney has devoted especial intention to the native plants of hj Zealand, and has succeeded with sues difficult genera as poranthera, scuwi i laria, dracophyllum, carmichaelia, j moment is the v alua E work he has done in demonstrate methods of collecting and stonngs , of native plants. With pecially he has developed methods » bulk collection and distribution studies of New Zealand beeche him to be the first to recognise g remark on the occurrence of hybna ism in this group, and to demonstraw the distinctions between thei impo” ant timber trees, red and hard beec Dr. L. Cockayne has recognised ni priority in this field and has written- “ Quite independently of my w°» Ranger Wastney showed in a pap published in the Forest Servicei New { letter that the Marlborough s P ac ‘® s ue( j nothofagus hybridised.’ His contmu expert and ungrudging assistance others has made his work of far m than local value, while overseas bo ists have taken full advantage ol services. —*