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Wellington Botanical Gardens
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Skyline observation panoramic lookout point upland road |
not Vireya Rhododendrons but Hydrangeas Hortensia - botanicalgarden forest |
Hortensia Hydrangea Schizophragma Hydrangeaceae hydrangeas - ph soil alkaline aluminium ions |
sign - please don't park on the grass |
japanese bonsai trees |
Agapetes serpens - Ericaceae Nepal Bhutan - Corydalis chelantifolia Papaveraceae China |
Hebe chathamica - Chatham Islands Koromiko |
Hebe bishopiana - Waitakere Rock Koromiko - Plantaqinaceae NZ |
Fragrance fragrant garden - aromatic flowers - smell sense sniff pleasure |
Taxodiaceae - Japan - Cryptomeria japonica - japanese cedar |
Sound shell lawn - Main Garden Floral Displays |
Sound shell - no frisbee or ball games on this lawn |
sound shell opened 5th december 1953 mayor R.L.Macalister |
Arisarum vulgare - Araceae - Mediterranean |
founders entrance to botanical gardens tinakori Road |
Mainland Chinese embassy to New Zealand - beijng peking consulate |
Chinese embassy tower - apartments |
Sophora microphylla - Little baby - Kowhai - bark for broken bones |
Fuchsia procumbens (creeping) yellow flowers in Summer, followed by large red berries |
Leucopogon fasciculatus - Mingimingi - against headaches and influenza |
Euphorbia glauca - Waiuatua - skin disorders boiled strained water |
Lophomyrtus obcordata - Ramarama - edible - Rohutu, NZ myrtle |
Arthopodium candidum purpureum - Repeninapa - unknown |
Mentha cunninghamii - Hioi - oil perfume influenza kidney disorders |
Cordyline australis - Tikouka - Cabbage Tree - Mazus radicans - swamp musk |
Pseudowintera colorata - Horopito - chewed leave quinine substitute |
Entelea aborescens - Whau - sap used to preserve dead bodies |
Dysoxylum spectabile - Kohekohe - water from boiled leaves for skin disorder |
Alectryon excelsus - Titoki - Oil from berries |
Maori herbal medicine burns cuts abcesses sores - harakeke flax juice gun shot wounds |
Arthropodium candidum - Repehinapapa - Dwarf Rock Lily - Rubrum |
Bulbinella hookeri - Riki - Maori onion - Gathered soaked with vinegar |
seating group overlooking Wgtn harbor |
In loving memory Phyllis Webber 1913 2004 Resident of this area |
in Memory of Andrew Kirkland Q S O 1935 1997 Lifelong Forester Wellingtonian |
herbgarden rich in chemicals scnets flavours stimulate enhance delight pharmaceutics toxic alkaloids drugs |
Fragrant herbs essential oils flowers fruits leaves aroma spices in seeds bark roots - Chamaemelum nobile roman chamomile |
helleborus orientalis greece Ranunculaceae Lenten rose, Lenten hellebore hybridus |
Dropwort Filipendula vulgaris fernleaf perennial herb - kidney ailments and expectorant |
Geum Wood Avens Herb Bennet, Colewort and St. Benedict's herb Rose family (Rosaceae) |
Ajuga reptans - Bugle - mild painkiller astringent herb externally for bruises |
Galega officinalis Alba - Goats Rue - increase lactation |
Houttaynia cordata Houttuynia fishy-smell herb lizard tail chameleon plant herbal medicine |
Cichorium Chicory Tap root used a coffee substitute - muckefuck |
Cryptotaenia canadensis - Japanese Parsley - Asian Cooking |
Wellington Herb Graden water fountain -Port Nicholson |
Panorama of Lady Norwood Rose Garden - Wellington New Zealand |
Begonia house Norwood familiy Waipiro stream Honeyman's Gully |
botanic garden natural pest control Integrated Pest Management IPM insecticide spraying stopped |
Royal Dane Poulsen POUmidor 1971 Hybrid Tea |
Europeana Rose variety DeRuiter Floribunda |
Auckland Metro Hybrid Tea McGredy |
National Trust Bad Nauheim 1970 Hybrid Tea McGredy |
Floribunds Satchmo McGredy 1970 |
Floribunda Warrior - Le Grice 1977 - Rose Garden Hibrid |
Bromeloaceae Bromeliads Cryptanthus Elmer Lorenz |
Archmea Tam Star |
Bromeliaceae Cryptanthus Italy - monocot flowering plants -- pineapple plant |
Alismataceae - Sagittaria latifolia - North America |
Bromeliaceae rosette foliage Nidularium fulgens S.E Brazil -- Tillandsia |
Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea cv. Director George T. Moore |
Lotus Nymphaea GeorgeMoore |
Araceae Caladium Halderman - bicolor - twol colours |
Rubiaceae Ixora javanica from Java - Flora of Indonesia, Malaysia Myanmar Thailand |
Genus Nymphaea - marliacea Chromatella waterlilly - |
Wilton's Wall - Michael John Wilton Plantsman 1853-2003 Orchis Begonia Horticultural Oncidium picturatum flexuosum |
Zamiaceae - Zamia furfuracea - Mexico to Colombia |
Picque Nique BBQ Picnic Rosegarden Wellginton |
Fort Ballance 1884 Russian Scare 7in 7 ton gun pit underground concrete magazine - permanent militia |
captured near La Vacquerie NE France 29 sept 1918 New Zealand Division trophy |
Battle shrapnel damage - breech loading 135mm calibre 16km range 6.7ton |
Ultima Ratio Regis Prussian Foot Guards Line Infantry - The King’s Last Argument |
steel gun inscription - Nr 4 Fried. Krupp Esse 1907 |
Friedrich Krupp Essen 1097 first world war ww1 artillery regiment |
ww1 maps dunkirk ypres passchendaele messines armistice line les quesnoy arras cambrai la vacqjerie |
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