The artificial stiffness and regularity of the Norfolk Island pine, and the sweet-smelling golden blooms of the Australian wattle, are sights almost as familiar in New Zealand as in their native lands.

The sombre pines of California and the macro carpa cypress cover thousands of acres.

The merino sheep brought from Spain, _via_ Saxony and Australia, is the basis of the flocks.

The black swan and magpie represent the birds of New Holland.

The Indian minah, after becoming common, is said to be retreating before the English starling.