TRIBUTE TO DR. COCKAYNE

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 17 September 1934, Page 5

TRIBUTE TO DR. COCKAYNE

eulogy of late botanist. LE TTER TO LORD BLEDISLOE. <l-,,;,-,;™^ —Vcess Asaaoiatlon., WELLINGTON, Sept. 16. The Governor-General, Lord. BledM3(j . has received a letter from. Mi v tnur W. Hill, of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, paying a tribute to the late Dr Leonard Cochavne Mr Hill says Dr Cockayne occupied a very distinguished place m the estimation of botanical colleagues all over the world on account of ins <Stgnal services to botany in New Zea. I land. , .• „i [ He had developed new and original lines of work of great scientific interest and importance, continues tn Utter He also created and gtiniulateT a vigorous hand of research, wor-. liters who would carry on the work he | initiated. His work plating to theI prevalence of natural hybrids m New Zealand flora had been a revelation to botanists and naturalists, anct brought the Dominion into prominence in the scientific world as a botanical region oif unexpected importance. . , .i„ I No better memorial could be .. vised for Dr Cockayne than the Otari | Open Air Museum at Wellington. Mr Hill expressed the hope; that its main. ! t nianee would be regarded as a perprtual obligation by the Government Lis an abiding memorial to Di Co I kayne and his work. He was a true I naturalist and a great lover of the. country of bis adoption to which he gave of liis best. ' ‘-His spirit of enterprise and enthusiasm in a great cause happily lives on in a devoted band of fellow labourers drawn from many different, walks of life who have so kindly entered into his labours,” concludes the 1 tier.