Caption "Hakea laurina from Australia. This is an attractive small tree, non-spreading, which grows profusely on the French Riviera. The flowers are pink and scented. From a drawing by M. L. Wicht. African Wild Life, Vol. 25. No. 1 p. 12. March 1971."
Caption "Above: Rooikrans, Acacia cyclops, which has widely infested the fynbos. It was first planted during the last century to arrest the sand on the Cape Flats. Photo: Mr. Crafford. Below: Hakea acicularis. The fruits open after fire and profuse regeneration takes place. This is one of the most serious pests which threaten the fynbos. Photo: H. C. Taylor. African Wild Life, Vol. 25. No. 1 p. 13. March 1971."
Caption "A huge wild fig, F. natatensis? In Bathurst, Sept. 1963. It stands on the corner opposite the Pig & Whistle Hotel. The overall spread is 54 yards one way and 47 the other, yet there is only one main stem It is amaing that the lateral branches can remain in place without splitting at the main stem. Said by daughter of man who planed it to have been planted as a truncheon in 1918."
Caption "The main stem of this big wild fig at Bathurst town showing how close to the ground the branches start to spread. Sept. 1963. Planted in 1918. One large branch broke off in 1975. A large branch broke off in 1983. The rest were cut back to the main trunk. Were re-shooting 1984."
Caption "The main stem of this big wild fig at Bathurst town showing how close to the ground the branches start to spread. Sept. 1963. Planted in 1918. One large branch broke off in 1975. A large branch broke off in 1983. The rest were cut back to the main trunk. Were re-shooting 1984."
Caption "Heavy crop of wild figs on the big tree opposite the Pig & Whistle Hotel, Bathurst. Sept. 1963. They were fed over by large flock of black-bellied and Redwing Starlings. Ficus ceratosoma."
Caption "Large Ficus ceratostoma beside road between Impetu and Komga in which Green Pigeons, Trumpeter Hornbills, etc. were feeding heavily. Oct. 1963."
Caption "Gerry Broekhuysen kneeling beside the fig tree planted by Mr. van Oordt at de Hoop. 9/1961. Photo: C. J. Skead. Seen in August 1988 this tree was a robust and wide-spreading tree of good size."
Caption "A Wild Fig tree growing out of the stone wall ruins of the fort at Kaffir Drift on the Great Fish River, Bathurst district, 1982. The site of the old fort is now a Police Station."
