VISITING BOTANIST.
STUDY OF NEW ZEALAND FLORA. AUCKLAND. November 29. On a two months’ visit to New Zealand in the course of a world tour for the purpose of studying flora, Professor A. J. Eames, of Cornell University, ' America, arrived by the Aorangi today from Sydney. He said that within the past 25 years the viewpoint of farmers, particularly American farmers, had changed in favour of utilising the services of uni-versity-trained men in assisting them to carry out farming operations. He instanced the spraying of fruit trees, planting of crops, and combating diseases in wheat, oats, and other cereals. He recalled that one of the outstanding experiences in the course of a tour through England, South Africa, and Australia was a motor drive through Kruger National Park, South Africa, where lions, elephants, antelopes, and othtfr big game came right up to the car door. ‘ ‘Of course, you are not allowed to get out of the car,” he remarked with a smile. Professor Eames, who is accompanied by his wife and son, proposes to meet botanists in the New Zealand cities. —(P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 30 November 1937, Page 5
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