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Ocotea bullata - Black Stinkwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Erythrina caffra - kaffirboom

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Erythrina caffra - Kaffirboom

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1980-04-30
  • Subjects: Erythrina caffra -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122113 , vital:35212
  • Description: Caption "Tree has new name at last. At last we have an acceptable name for the lovely Kaffirboom. Henceforth it is Coral Tree and that's as near official as can be. It appears in revised edition of 'The National Tree List', by Dr. B. de Winter and Dr. F. von Breitenbach. E. P. Herald. 30 April 1980."
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Assegaaihout

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1980
  • Subjects: Curtisia dentata -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110564 , vital:33306
  • Description: Caption: "Coppiced regrowth of Curtisia dentata Assegaaihout on near Sidbury, Albany. 1980. In a small patch west of the homestead on Assegaaibosch farm. Growing from an old trunk in the forest. This might have been the forest with Assegaaihout mentioned by early travellers in the late 1770's as a stopping place."
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Assegaaihout

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1980
  • Subjects: Curtisia dentata -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110559 , vital:33305
  • Description: Caption: "Coppiced regrowth of Curtisia dentata Assegaaihout on 'Assegaaibosch, near Sidbury. 1980. In a small patch of forest in kloof west of old homestead. Growing from an old dead treetrunk there. This might be the old forest with Assegaaihout from which the farm and river took its name."
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Dead Yellowwood tree

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Crinum campanulatum, Vlei Lily

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1979-10-15
  • Subjects: Crinum campanulatum -- Grahamstown (South Africa)
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , essay
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109111 , vital:33061
  • Description: Crinum campanulatum, Vlei Lily The several vleis on the Grahamstown Aerodrome Flats, about 4 Akm NW of central town hold, water only after heavy rains. Most of these vleis produce their quota of Vlei Lilies as soon as enough water has accumulated, This might occur fairly regularly each year or may not occur for several years, depending on drought conditions. Mrs. Louise Mullins, wife of the headmaster of St. Andrews’ Preparatory School, Grahamstown, noticed that the first vlei off the main Cradock Road never had vlei lilies despite other lesser vleis within a few hundred metres of it being well-stocked with the lilies. She wondered why the hiatus should have occurred. Some time in the 1960's she took a few plants from one of the lily-filled vleis and planted them round the edge of this bare vlei. No more was seen of these plants until about 1974 when one stool of leaves showed through the water at the northeast corner of the vlei. No flowers appeared. It was thought that this was the only plant to have survived,(if indeed it was one of those Mrs. Mullins had transplanted) but after the exceptional rains of August and September 1979 when the annual rainfall fell in two drenching spells and filled the vleis more than they were accustomed to, that the vlei lilies in this bare vlei came to be seen. Originally the vlei, known as Island Vlei to some people because it has a natural island in its centre, was almost a complete circle in shape but when the netting fence was constructed through its centre line of bank of ground as thrown up to carry the wire above water level. Thus the vlei was bisected into two semicircular vleis. In the eastern half of the vlei, four plants developed and showed themselves clearly above the water. Only she northeastern one mentioned above as having been seen unflowerd before, flowered in September 1979 for the first time, as far as is known. The other three plants threw up only about three leaves. The western half of the vlei, the portion on Mr. Mike Palmer's farm, "Strowan", had five plants, two of which flowered. Thus, in the two halves together, nine plants showed themselves, three of them producing flowers. Photographs of the northeast plant in flower were taken, and also views of part of the vlei to show absence of plants generally. Future photographs in. say 50 years, 2029 A.D., may show a vlei covered with Vlei Lily plants, or they may show no developments. C.J. Skead. Grahamstown. 1979.10.15.
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Ptaeroxylon obliquum - Sneezewood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Ocotea bullata - Black Stinkwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Podocarpus falcatus - Yellowwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Sneezewood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1979-05-25
  • Subjects: Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116742 , vital:34434
  • Description: Caption "This waterwheel made from sneezewood, which could be one of the oldest in South Africa, has been rebuilt in Pietermaritzburg. It was installed by the Voortrekker leader, Andries Pretorius, at his farmnear Weenen and in 1938 was placed in the garden of the Weenen Museum. It was brought to Pietermarizburg for rebuilding and restoration. As sneezewood is rare in South Africa, trees were specially cut and cured in Transkei to restore the wheel. The Natal Witness. S.A. Digest. 25-05-1979. ”
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Podocarpus falcatus - Yellowwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Podocarpus falcatus - Yellowwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Extracts from two old records regarding Strelitzia reginae in the Eastern Cape Province

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Salix babylonica - Weeping willow

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Aloe ferox with striated leaves

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1978
  • Subjects: Aloe -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72798 , vital:30115
  • Description: Caption: "Aloe ferox with striated leaves, probably diseased. Normal plants behind. On farm 'Clifton', 19 km NW Grahamstown, near Pigott Bridge, Fish River valley. Plant later removed to farm garden. 1978."
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Oak Tree

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1977-11-19
  • Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel
  • Language: English
  • Type: jpg , ephemera , clippings
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71866 , vital:29957
  • Description: Typed note: "Oak Tree. As at 1977.11.19. In the northwestern part of St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth against the fence of the granstand at the Union Cricket Ground is an oak tree bearing a plate: 'This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of H.R.H. Prince Alfred, August 6th 1860'. This tree has therefore been there fro 117 years, but it is a very poor specimen of oak with a weak spread of branches, certainly not a good example for its age. It is typical oak".
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Sideroxylon inerme - White Milkwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Yellowwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1977-07
  • Subjects: Podocarpus falcatus -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/116897 , vital:34456
  • Description: Caption "Large Yellowwood planted 1935 in grounds of St Andrews' Preparatory School, Grahamstown. The lefthand tree, Erythrina caffra, was planted at the same time. Taken in winter when the yellowwood's leaves had thinned somewhat. July 1977”
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