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Although Christchurch Botanic Gardens are well known for their English feel and collection of northern hemisphere trees, they have always had a place for natives. These cabbage trees (Cordyline australis) and flax (Phormium tenax) shared a border with introduced conifers in the early 1900s.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Steffano Webb Collection (PAColl-3061)
Reference: 1/1-005462; G
by Steffano Francis Webb
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