ThecaseofNewZealand，towhichfineislandweasyetowenowidelycultivatedplant，mayseemopposedtothisview;for，whenfirstdiscovered，thenativescultivatedseveralplants;butallinquirersbelieve，inaccordancewiththetraditionsofthenatives，thattheearlyPolynesiancolonistsbroughtwiththemseedsandroots，aswellasthedog，whichhadbeenwiselypreservedduringtheirlongvoyage。ThePolynesiansaresofrequentlylostontheoceanthatthisdegreeofprudencewouldoccurtoanywanderingparty:hencetheearlycolonistsofNewZealand，likethelaterEuropeancolonists，wouldnothavehadanystronginducementtocultivatetheaboriginalplants。AccordingtoDeCandolleweowethirty—
threeusefulplantstoMexico，Peru，andChile;noristhissurprisingwhenwerememberthecivilisedstateoftheinhabitants，asshownbythefactoftheirhavingpractisedartificialirrigationandmadetunnelsthroughhardrockswithouttheuseofironorgunpowder，andwho，asweshallseeinafuturechapter，fullyrecognised，asfarasanimalswereconcerned，andthereforeprobablyinthecaseofplants，theimportantprincipleofselection。WeowesomeplantstoBrazil;andtheearlyvoyagers，namely，VespuciusandCabral，describethecountryasthicklypeopledandcultivated。InNorthAmerica（9/16。ForCanadaseeJ。Cartier’sVoyagein1534;forFloridaseeNarvaezandFerdinanddeSoto’sVoyages。AsIhaveconsultedtheseandotheroldVoyagesinmorethanonegeneralcollectionofVoyages，Idonotgiveprecisereferencestothepages。SeealsoforseveralreferencesAsaGrayinthe’AmericanJournalofScience’volume24
November1857page441。ForthetraditionsofthenativesofNewZealandseeCrawfurd’GrammarandDict。oftheMalayLanguage’1852page260。）thenativescultivatedmaize，pumpkins，gourds，beans，andpeas，\"alldifferentfromours，\"andtobacco;andwearehardlyjustifiedinassumingthatnoneofourpresentplantsaredescendedfromtheseNorthAmericanforms。HadNorthAmericabeencivilisedforaslongaperiod，andasthicklypeopled，asAsiaorEurope，itisprobablethatthenativevines，walnuts，mulberries，crabs，andplums，wouldhavegivenrise，afteralongcourseofcultivation，toamultitudeofvarieties，someextremelydifferentfromtheirparent—stocks;andescapedseedlingswouldhavecausedintheNew，asintheOldWorld，muchperplexitywithrespecttotheirspecificdistinctnessandparentage。’（9/17。SeeforexampleMr。HewettC。Watson’sremarksonourwildplumsandcherriesandcrabs:’CybeleBritannica’
volume1pages330，334，etc。VanMons（inhis’ArbresFruitiers’1835tome1page444）declaresthathehasfoundthetypesofallourcultivatedvarietiesinwildseedlings，butthenhelooksontheseseedlingsassomanyaboriginalstocks。）
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