Acclimatisation.
A Garden Corner ,
T'HIS WORD or act may be said to cover the successful transference of plants or animals from one climate to another. In the process quite a radical change may be called for, as, although a plant may grow naturally in a hot climate there are numerous instances where success attends it in a much colder country, or vice versa. In this connection altitude plays an important part. For instance, rhododendrons and primulas from the slopes and valleys of the Himalayas would not survive long on the hot plains of India, but get conditions approaching their homeland in the temperate regions anywhere. The use of glass plays an important part in acclimatising, because once established in new countries experiments soon prove whether the subject can be adjusted to the climate. And it is often shown that plants are elastic in the matter within certain limits. T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 642, 21 December 1932, Page 6
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