Ranunculus insignis

Date: [Between December 1943 and February 1946]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-205

Description: Photographs from three expeditions in the Homer area, between the Upper Hollyford Valley and the Cleddau Valley, December 1943-January 1944; December 1944-January 1945; and the Homer Tunnel Museum Expedition in February 1946, all taken by John Tenison Salmon. Many of the photographs are landscapes, but others show native plants growing in the area. Two sequences show the damage caused by avalanches, one showing damage to bush and to a bridge in 1944; the others show damage from a major avalanche which buried the eastern portal of the Homer Tunnel which was under construction at the time (September 1945). Members of the first two expeditions include George Howes and Murray Smith, and Walter Reginald Brook Oliver and Ray Forster. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1952

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-380-062

Description: Shows several studies of plants: Claytonia Australasica with red spots on stamens; orchid (Caladenia sp); Forstera Bidwillii; Ranunculus nivicola (mountain buttercup) near Kapuni Hut (Kapuni Lodge), Mt Egmont. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 189 x 244 mm.

Date: [Between 1931 and 1966]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-204

Description: Album containing many contacts from 35mm film, as well as black and white prints of differing sizes, taken by Professor John Tenison Salmon. He takes particular interest in the flora and fauna of New Zealand, the damaging effects of road construction, erosion from bush felling, and destruction caused by introduced species including deer. There are huge collections of close-up images of various plants (only a few of which are listed above), including flowers, leaves and seeds. He comments on mangrove swamps at Tauranga, which are growing at the furthest point from the Equator possible for them to exist. The other important collection shows various stages in the life cycle of insects and animals, including wetas, katydids, different types of moths, mosquitoes, bees, stick insects, and native New Zealand frogs (Hochstetter's frogs) (p. 91-92). Photographs relating to wetas include scenes of ovipositor tracks of cave wetas in the mud in Waitomo Caves; different varieties of wetas including cave wetas; and weta nests. In 1935 he photographed two Australian species of lizards which he found in the yard of the Dominion Museum, the Australia crested dragon, and the Australian blue-tongued lizard. Many of these photographs were taken on a photomicroscope, including photographs of rock sections (p. 72-75), and photographs of insects and larvae. There are also views of his photomicrosope equipment. Professor Salmon worked at Victoria University, and there are numbers of "contaflex" views of Wellington from his office window, taken to demonstrate the use of various filters (p. 26-29). There are also images of Professor Salmon in his study lab in April 1955; and further images of him in the Entomological Department of the Dominion Museum. Page 35 has views of a science exhibition organised by the Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand held in the Wellington Town Hall, 12-14 April 1948. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover, Super Cobra binder file; 29.5 x 25.0 cm

Date: 1952

From: Forbes, Josephine K, 1917-2005 :[John Lysaght Moore and Sophie Augusta Moore art works].

By: Moore, John Lysaght, 1897-1965

Reference: A-380-076

Description: Shows a mountain buttercup plant. Other Titles - Ranunculus Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, image 170 x 110 mm, on sheet 190 x 275 mm.

Date: 1960 - 1961

From: Brenkley, Hannah Eliza Jane, 1882-1973 :Native wild flowers, berries and weeds. 1960-1961.

Reference: E-164-q-092

Description: Small yellow flowers with green shell like leaves Other Titles - Buttercups Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 246 x 310 mm

Date: 1890 - 1896

From: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837?-1925 :New Zealand mountain flora. [1890s?]

By: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837-1925

Reference: E-001-q-024

Description: Shows a sprig of each species in flower arranged in front of a monotone landscape of Lake Rotoiti. Accompanied by typescript page of textual commentary. Numbered "23" in pencil on both illustration and text. Extended Title - In her "New Zealand mountain flora" [189-?]. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - (In pencil):23 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on sheet in box.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 275 x 215 mm.

Date: 1890 - 1896

From: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837?-1925 :New Zealand mountain flora. [1890s?]

By: Harris, Emily Cumming, 1837-1925

Reference: E-001-q-015

Description: Shows these species growning and flowering in the foreground, with fern and willow, and a stretch of water, flax, and hills behind. Numbered 14 in pencil on both illustration and text. Extended Title - In her "New Zealand mountain flora" [189-?]. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - (In pencil): 14 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) on sheet in box.. Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 289 x 227 mm.

Date: 1966

By: New Zealand. National Publicity Studios; Collott, Eugene Gregory, 1909-1971; Roach, Mark, active 1980-1990s

Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-1966-01

Description: Shows arrangement of flowers including Mount Cook lily, mountain buttercup, rata, pohutukawa, clematis, kowhai, manuka, kaka beak, honeysuckle, fuchsia, and other plants. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - National Publicity Studios 1966; Recto - bottom left - Eugene Collott Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screenprint, 1025 x 635 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Mark Roach in 1997.

Date: 1890 - 1900

From: Harris, Emily Cumming 1837?-1925 :New Zealand flowers in colour. Volume 2

Reference: C-023-016

Description: Shows yellow New Zealand ranunculus insignis, mountain buttercup or korikori. Reproduced as a Turnbull Library Print, 1980. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - E. C. Harris [in brown brushpoint] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 549 x 271 mm