SA tree 250 years old
- Date: 1980-08-06
- Subjects: Trees -- Citrusdal, South Africa , Orange trees -- Citrusdal, South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71771 , vital:29949
- Description: Newspaper article: "SA tree 250 years old”
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Sit under oak and think of our ancestors
- Authors: Harradine, Margaret
- Date: 1980-06-25
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel , Birt, W
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71858 , vital:29956
- Description: Newspaper article: "Sit under oak and think of our ancestors”.
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Ancient oak owes longevity to plaque it stoutly bears
- Date: 1980-06-16
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel , Gibbs, Peter
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71844 , vital:29955
- Description: Newspaper article: "Ancient oak owes longevity to plaque it stoutly bears”. Plaque reads: "This tree was planted by Nathaniel Adler, Esq. on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Alfred, August 6th 1860".
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The Herald's ghost pines
- Date: 1979-08-30
- Subjects: Araucariaceae -- South Africa – Port Elizabeth --Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth , Mangold Family , Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71900 , vital:29963
- Description: Newspaper article: "The Herald's ghost pines”
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Cycads plundered
- Authors: South African digest
- Date: 1979-06-08
- Subjects: Cycads -- South Africa -- Pictorial works
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73064 , vital:30148
- Description: Newspaper article: "Cycads, South Africa's precious living fossils, are being stolen and sold to smart-set gardeners in South Africa, Japan and the United States reports The Daily News. Plants of one rare species, Encephelatus Woodii, have been offered for sale in the United States for R5 000. Botanists say cycads sell for R26 a centimeter overseas, so that a waist-high plant fetches about R2 500. Cycads are very slow-growing. Plants germinated 12 years ago at the Natal Botanical Gardens have a stem the size of a small football. Hence plants of a reasonable size may be hundreds of years old, while the rootstock from which the plants grow may be thousands of years old. There are 28 species in South Africa and seven occur in Natal. They are known in Afrikaans as Broodboom (bread tree) because Hottentots were said to make bread from the pith, after it had been left to rot for two months. A spokesman for the Natal Parks Board said the authorities could not prevent exploitation. Convictions for removing protected plants were difficult to obtain as it was almost impossible to prove where the plants came from unless the culprits were caught red-handed. When found to be in illegal possession, plants ere confiscated and planted out.Miss Jane Baxter, Natal Parks Board public relations officer, dwarfed by a giant cycad, Encephelatus Natalensis. This fine plant is thought to be between 150 and 200 years old. The Daily News. S. A. Digest. 8 June 1979."
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Starting again with tree landmarks
- Authors: Babiana
- Date: 1972-09-06
- Subjects: Ficus (Plants) -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73084 , vital:30151
- Description: Newspaper article: "This huge Moreton Bay wild fig tree in the Port Elizabeth Club grounds (the tree with the biggest spread in the city?) is no doubt one of the "nice lot of seedlings" raised from seed in 1882 by Mr John Wilson. Four were planted in the corners of Trinder Square when it was laid out as a garden in 1888. As the ohter Ficus macrophylla seedlings were distributed "far and wide," the great landmark trees at the corner of Main Road and 17th Avenue, Walmer, were probably from the same lot. (Macro-phylla means long-leafed of big-leafed.)"
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Bold man saves tree
- Authors: Babiana
- Date: 1972-07-19
- Subjects: Trees -- Nelspruit, South Africa , Acacia karroo -- South Africa -- Nelspruit
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71750 , vital:29947
- Description: Newspaper article: "Bold man saves tree”
- Full Text: false
A good tree is worth saving
- Date: 1971-04-07
- Subjects: Trees -- Stellenbosch, South Africa , Oak trees -- Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71757 , vital:29948
- Description: Newspaper article: "A good tree is worth saving”
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Tree may be made a monument
- Authors: Herald correspondent
- Date: 1971-02-17
- Subjects: Trees -- South Africa -- Cradock -- Photographs , Oak trees -- South Africa -- Cradock -- Photographs , Scanlan, Thomas
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71876 , vital:29959
- Description: Newspaper article: "Tree may be made a monument”.
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The twin pines of Kenton
- Authors: Robinson, Tony
- Date: 1970-11-27
- Subjects: Araucariaceae -- South Africa –- Kenton-on-Sea -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa –- Kenton-on-Sea -- Photographs , Butt, Charlie
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71888 , vital:29961
- Description: Newspaper article: "The twin pines of Kenton”
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Steeped in mystery
- Authors: The Star
- Date: 197u
- Subjects: Adansonia digitata -- South Africa , Trees -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71981 , vital:29982
- Description: Newspaper article published in The Star, ca. 1970 detailing the massive baobab tree, Muri Kunguluwa, found in South Africa
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Old tree 'chopped' by age and insects
- Authors: Matthews, Ray
- Date: 1969-11-24
- Subjects: Acacia karroo -- South Africa -- Pietermaritzburg , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71921 , vital:29976
- Description: Newspaper article: "Old tree chopped by age and insects. Age and insects have put and end to one of Maritzburg's national monuments. An acacia mimosa tree that stood in the centre lawn of the Parkside home of the Administrator of Natal since about 1800, has been chopped down for safety reasons. The stately old tree was National Monument and the plaque on the stump reads: Monuments Commission. Around this tree, Commandant A. W. J. Pretorius, member of the Volksraad and the Burgers of the Republic Natalia decided by a majority on July 5, 1842, to accept British rule.”
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Historic tree was just a nuisance
- Authors: Turpin, Eric
- Date: 1965-09-29
- Subjects: Trees -- Grahamstown, South Africa , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History , Acacia karroo -- South Africa -- Nelspruit
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109209 , vital:33098
- Description: Newspaper article: "Historic tree was just a nuicance” discussion the removal of the mimosa tree in High Street, Grahamstown. This tree is believed to be the tree that Colonel Graham was resting under, when he decided to establish the town in the vicinity.
- Full Text: false
Planted 100 years ago
- Date: 1961-07-29
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Trees -- Grahamstown, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Grahamstown, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel , Jobson, J , Graham, John, 1788-1821
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71822 , vital:29953
- Description: 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."
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Century of growth
- Date: 1960-08-06
- Subjects: Trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Oak trees -- Port Elizabeth, South Africa , Adler, Nathaniel
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71834 , vital:29954
- Description: 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."
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The old and the new at Seymour
- Authors: Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Date: 1960-07-21
- Subjects: Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs , Seymour (South Africa) -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65562 , vital:28813
- Description: 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.”
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Thorn tree of Jock of the Bushveld
- Authors: Eastern Province Herald
- Date: 1959-05-22
- Subjects: South Africa -- Folklore , Trees -- Mozambique -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72038 , vital:29990
- Description: Newspaper article: "This thorn tree, standing in the heart of Lourenco Marques business district, is reputed to be over 100 years old. Legend says it is the tree under which transport riders from the Transvaal used to outspan after the long trek to Delgoa Bay. It is also claimed as the tree under which Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and his immortal Jock camped before leaving for the interior.”
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Mr. Orpen's tree: a landmark that is older than E.L. Municipality
- Authors: Driffield, H H
- Date: 1959-04-15
- Subjects: Trees -- South Africa , East London (South Africa) , Araucariaceae -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/65584 , vital:28815
- Description: 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.”
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Plant may send spire toppling
- Authors: Eastern Province Herald
- Date: 1959-01-20
- Subjects: Ficus (Plants) -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73099 , vital:30152
- Description: Newspaper article: "Plant may send spire toppling. Few of the people who attend services at Grahamstown's historical Methodist Commemoration Church know that one of the five spires which top the old building is in danger of being destroyed - by a plant. The plant, a wild fig which takes root in any foreign substance and grows without soil, is slowly sending its long, leaf-tipped shoots along the delicate cement-work of the spire".
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Fearless woman remembered
- Authors: Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- Date: 1958-08-15
- Subjects: South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 , Grahamstown (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71911 , vital:29974
- Description: Newspaper article: "Fearless woman remembered. A beautiful monument in Grahamstown, shown in this picture above, was erected to commemorate an act of outstanding bravery by a woman during the battle of Grahamstown in 1819. She was Elizabeth Margaret Salt who, with her husband Sergeant Salt, was among those besieged in Fort England, which was surrounded by hordes of Kafirs.”
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