Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1899
- Subjects: Podocarpus latifolius - South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/117837 , vital:34566
- Description: Caption "From 'Cape Mercury'. King Williams Town. 1899”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1899
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1899
- Subjects: Podocarpus latifolius - South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/117837 , vital:34566
- Description: Caption "From 'Cape Mercury'. King Williams Town. 1899”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1899
Baobab
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Adansonia digitata -- South Africa , Trees -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72005 , vital:29986
- Description: Image of baobab tree. Origins unknown.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Adansonia digitata -- South Africa , Trees -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72005 , vital:29986
- Description: Image of baobab tree. Origins unknown.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
300-year-old bread palm will be moved
- Argus (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Authors: Argus (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Date: 1956-08-05
- Subjects: Encephalartos -- South Africa -- Photographs , Cycadaceae -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/75779 , vital:30464
- Description: Newspaper article: "A 300-year-old bread palm in the grounds of Government House, believed to be the oldest imported tree in the Union, is soon to be moved to make room for additions to the buildings of Parliament.”
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1956-08-05
- Authors: Argus (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Date: 1956-08-05
- Subjects: Encephalartos -- South Africa -- Photographs , Cycadaceae -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: text , clippings , ephemera
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/75779 , vital:30464
- Description: Newspaper article: "A 300-year-old bread palm in the grounds of Government House, believed to be the oldest imported tree in the Union, is soon to be moved to make room for additions to the buildings of Parliament.”
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1956-08-05
Phoenix reclinata - Palm
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1956-08-05
- Subjects: Phoenix reclinata -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122724 , vital:35323
- Description: Caption "300-Year-Old Palm will be moved. Workmen prepare to move a relic of the East Dutch India Company, from the position in Government House where it has been growing for 300 years. It is to be moved to a new site 20 yards away. Argus 05-08-56."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1956-08-05
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1956-08-05
- Subjects: Phoenix reclinata -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/122724 , vital:35323
- Description: Caption "300-Year-Old Palm will be moved. Workmen prepare to move a relic of the East Dutch India Company, from the position in Government House where it has been growing for 300 years. It is to be moved to a new site 20 yards away. Argus 05-08-56."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1956-08-05
Fearless woman remembered
- Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- 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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-08-15
- 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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-08-15
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120055 , vital:34843
- Description: Caption "Above: Giraffe Card. Price 9d. Below: A limited number of Gemsbok produced last year is still available. African Wild Life. p. 239. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120055 , vital:34843
- Description: Caption "Above: Giraffe Card. Price 9d. Below: A limited number of Gemsbok produced last year is still available. African Wild Life. p. 239. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120128 , vital:34851
- Description: Caption "The Lure of the Unusual or Curiosity in Animals by R. de la B. Barker. African Wild Life p.246. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120128 , vital:34851
- Description: Caption "The Lure of the Unusual or Curiosity in Animals by R. de la B. Barker. African Wild Life p.246. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocaarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120064 , vital:34844
- Description: Caption "Old Stinkwood stumps coppice and grow in Knysna Forest. African Wild Life. p. 240. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocaarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120064 , vital:34844
- Description: Caption "Old Stinkwood stumps coppice and grow in Knysna Forest. African Wild Life. p. 240. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120088 , vital:34847
- Description: Caption "Large Yellowwood tree on Transkei Coast. African Wild Life p.242. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120088 , vital:34847
- Description: Caption "Large Yellowwood tree on Transkei Coast. African Wild Life p.242. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocaarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120078 , vital:34846
- Description: Caption "Forests Fringe Our Coastline by Margaret L. Wicht. African Wild Life p. 241. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocaarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120078 , vital:34846
- Description: Caption "Forests Fringe Our Coastline by Margaret L. Wicht. African Wild Life p. 241. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120093 , vital:34848
- Description: Caption "A forest on the Pondoland coast. African Wild Life p.243. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120093 , vital:34848
- Description: Caption "A forest on the Pondoland coast. African Wild Life p.243. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120113 , vital:34850
- Description: Caption "Census of White Storks. African Wild Life p.245. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120113 , vital:34850
- Description: Caption "Census of White Storks. African Wild Life p.245. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
Stinkwood - Sneezewood - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120108 , vital:34849
- Description: Caption "Small forests along the Cape coast. African Wild Life p.244. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1958-09
- Subjects: Celtis africana -- Podocarpus falcatus -- Ptaeroxylon obliquum -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120108 , vital:34849
- Description: Caption "Small forests along the Cape coast. African Wild Life p.244. Vol. 12. No. 3. Sept 1958."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1958-09
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".
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1959-01-20
- 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".
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1959-01-20
Ficus sansibarica - Wild Fig
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1959-01-21
- Subjects: Ficus sansibarica -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121400 , vital:35096
- Description: Caption "The Day's News from Grahamstown. Plant may send spire toppling. E . P. Herald. 20-01-1959."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-01-21
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1959-01-21
- Subjects: Ficus sansibarica -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121400 , vital:35096
- Description: Caption "The Day's News from Grahamstown. Plant may send spire toppling. E . P. Herald. 20-01-1959."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-01-21
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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-04-15
- 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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-04-15
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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-05-22
- 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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959-05-22
Umtiza listeriana
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1960-02-26
- Subjects: Umtiza listeriana -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120138 , vital:34852
- Description: Caption "World's rarest tree grows near E.L. Daily Dispatch. 26-02-1960."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-02-26
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1960-02-26
- Subjects: Umtiza listeriana -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120138 , vital:34852
- Description: Caption "World's rarest tree grows near E.L. Daily Dispatch. 26-02-1960."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-02-26
The old and the new at Seymour
- Daily Dispatch (East London, South Africa)
- 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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-07-21
- 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.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-07-21
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."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-08-06
- 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."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-08-06