Not far off a winding tidal creek was fringed with mangroves.

Exotic palm trees and the cane-brake will grow there easily.

All over the North Island, except at high altitudes, and in the more sheltered portions of the South Island, camellias and azaleas bloom in the open air.

The grape vine bids fair to lead to wine-making in both islands--unless the total abstainers grow strong enough to put their foot on the manufacture of alcohol in any form in an already distinctly and increasingly sober Colony.
But in New Zealand not only is the north in marked contrast with the south, but the contrast between the east and west is even more sharply defined.

As a rule the two coasts are divided by a broad belt of mountainous country.