Plant Conservation
Auckland Botanic Gardens take an active role in plant conservation, especially of threatened New Zealand native plants. A good example is the shore spurge Euphorbia glauca.
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Famous quotes containing the words plant and/or conservation:
“Here come the line-gang pioneering by.
They throw a forest down less cut than broken.
They plant dead trees for living, and the dead
They string together with a living thread.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
—Aristide Briand (1862–1932)