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Caption "TW 1. Receding forest in the Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie with a stump of a once tall tree. It showed signs of charring from fire. 1959" -
Caption "TW 1. Patch of isolated forest, Upper Kubusie. The lone Yellowwoods have been left standing by the receding forest 1959" -
Caption "Lone Scotia species tree left standing when all other bush destroyed above Dubu Drift, on the Keiskamma R. southern King William's Town district. Even the veld is destroyed. Ca. 1962" -
Caption "TW 2. Black Ironwood, left foreground left standing by receding forest at Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie, Stutterheim. 1959." -
Caption "TW 1. Stump in Kubusie forest. 1959." -
Caption "TW 2. Charred stem of old dead tree in receding forest at Nqantos are, Upper Kubusie, Stutterheim. 1959. The figures are 6 ft. tall so the fire must have swept about 25 ft. up the stem. 1959." -
Extract: "Forest Patch on LYNEDOCH farm, Baviaans River Valley, Bedford. This small patch of what can best be described as Woodland/ Forest by virtue of its hybrid condition as influenced by man's chopping activities down the years, lies at the head of what is called Grootkloof on this farm, and is the last patch of such forest up this otherwise dry valley in which the lower slopes receive a much lower precipitation than the upper heights under which the patch of forest persists by virtue of the extra moisture it receives from passing cloud. The forest patch is 27 km NW of Bedford town, and at about 1 000 m a.s.l." -
Caption: "Stump of Blue Gum Tree at Burgersdorp. 1965. The plate bears the inscription: Blougomboom 90 Jaar oud. Grootste boom in N.O. Kaapland. Onder hierdie boom waterskema geopen 1898. Doodvonnis oor Burger P. Klopper uitgespreek in Anglo Boere oorlog. Gesamentlike Diens gehou met vorming van Unie van Suid Afrika. Gedenkplaat onthul met eeufees ossewatrek op Burgersdorp, 12 Oktober 1938." -
Newspaper article: "Gumtree 130 years old." -
Typed article regarding tree species found in Graaff-Reinet, East Cape Midlands. Trees mentioned include Erythrina caffra, cypresses and Yellowwood. -
Caption: "TW 5. Dept. of Forestry's method of identifying trees in Hogsback Forest. Oct. 1955." -
Newspaper article: "A good tree is worth saving" -
Newspaper article: "SA tree 250 years old" -
Newspaper article: "Trunk call answered". With two handwritten notes: "Also shown on S.A.B.C. Television July 1980", and, "Note some scars on bark to left of the door ...". -
Extract from The 1957 Conference Report of "Park Administration", in which the then Director of the National Botanical Gardens of South Africa, Professor H B Rycroft, appeals for the inclusion of South African indigenous plants in public parks and gardens. -
Article from presumably 'Tha Naturalist', published in 19?2. Abstract taken from first paragraph: "An oak tree dating back to the 17th Century with a diameter of four metres (and a circumference of 12,66m) on Anglo American Farms' historic Vergelegen Estate near Somerset West, is thought to be the oldest specimen in South Africa." -
Newspaper article: "The old and the new at Seymour. This oak tree is believed to have been planted in 1853 on the founding of the town. Next to it stand newly planted poles to carry ESCOM electric power to the inhabitants. Gangs of construction workers are erecting the power lines and the first line in the town has about been completed. Private contractors are wiring dwellings. To start with there will be more than 20 consumers who will be connected up to the distribution lines. Distribution will be undertaken by ESCOM." -
Caption "TW 7. Araucaria tree on West Bank, East London. Visible down the length of Oxford Street. june 1960." -
Newspaper article extract: "One of the best-known landmarks in East London is the Norfolk Island pine growing beside the West Bank post office in Bank Street, opposite Prince Alfred's Park. To almost every person travelling southward down Oxford Street on any clear day the tree has the appearance of the mast and yards of an old-time sailing vessel making for Buffalo Harbour under bare poles. In the days long ago, when East London consisted of the West Bank and very little else, the building now used as a post office on that side of the Buffalo River served as the Court-house, Customs and Revenue Office." -
Caption: "œGiants Castel reserve, Drakensberg. Vegetation growing on top of a large boulder. 1956. C. J. Skead. Christine Skead in picture." -
Caption: "œWater-home sewerage in a Baobab Tree at Mutino-Mulilo (?Katima), Eastern Caprivi. Headquarters of Major Trollip, Native Commissioner. Ca. 1940"™s" -
Caption: "œTW 4. Trees left in Marine Glen, East London." -
Caption: "œTW 3. Trees left at roadside on National Road, just west of Umzimkhulu." -
Newspaper article: "Planted 100 years ago". At the bottom of the article, a typed addition reads: "In January 1960 the old tree which stood just inside the gates of the Botanical Garden's Grey Street entrance was partially blown down in a gale, and ordered to be removed in toto. It had been planted by Col. Grahams, the founder of Grahamstown." -
Newspaper article: "Century of growth". Article reads: "Lovely 20-year old Denise Baker reads a plaque on an almost forgotten oak in St. George's Park. The tree was planted 100 years ago today. The inscription reads, "This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred, August 6, 1860."