Wild fig tree growing from under the branches of a palm
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1960
- Subjects: Ficus (Plants) -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73202 , vital:30166
- Description: Caption: "Wild fig tree growing from under the branches of a palm. In grounds of Roman Catholic church, King Williams Town. 1960."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960
Seeds of Acacia Karoo
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1960-04
- Subjects: Acacia karroo -- South Africa -- King William's Town -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72078 , vital:29994
- Description: Caption "Seeds of Acacia karoo. King Wms Town. April 1960.”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1960-04
Heavy crop of wild figs on the big tree in Bathurst
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1963-09
- Subjects: Ficus natalensis -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73185 , vital:30164
- Description: Caption: "Heavy crop of wild figs on the big tree opposite the Pig & Whistle Hotel, Bathurst. Sept. 1963. They were fed over by large flocks of black-bellied and redwing starlings. Ficus ceratostoma."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1963-09
Gardenia thunbergia
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Gardenia -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73142 , vital:30160
- Description: Caption: "Gardenia thunbergia in garden of Gordon Ranger's house at Kei Road."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
Ficus natalensis in Bathurst, 1963
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1963-09
- Subjects: Ficus natalensis -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73173 , vital:30163
- Description: Caption: "A huge wild fig, F. natalensis in Bathurst, Sept. 1963. It stands on the corner opposite the Pig & Whistle Hotel. The overall spread is 56 yards one way and 47 the other, yet there is only one main stem. Ii is amazing that lateral branches can remain in place without splitting at the main stem. One large branch broke off in ca 1975. A large branch broke off in 1983. The rest were cut back to the main trunk. The main stem of the big wild fig at Bathurst town showing how close to the ground the branches start to spread. Sept. 1963. Planted in 1918."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1963-09
Euphorbia triangularis, 1959
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1959
- Subjects: Euphorbia -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73114 , vital:30156
- Description: Caption: "Euphorbia triangularis standing alone on King Williams Town commonage. 1959."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1959
Euphorbia triangularis - King Williams Town
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Euphorbia -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73110 , vital:30155
- Description: Caption: "Euphorbia triangularis standing alone on King Williams Town commonage with a creeper growing up through its leaves."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
Euphorbia chopped open to get at bees nest
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Euphorbia -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73138 , vital:30159
- Description: Caption: "Euphorbia chopped open to get at bees nest in hollow centre."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
Elizabeth Salt Monument in High Street (Grahamstown)
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Monuments -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72216 , vital:30018
- Description: Elisabeth Salt Monument, High Street, Grahamstown, South Africa, commemorating the Xhosa-British battle of 22 April 1819. It was built in memory of the pioneer woman in the Battle of Grahamstown. In 1819 Xhosa’s attacked the settlement with about 6 000 men. Many of the warriors died during the battle but only 2 British. According to legend Elizabeth salt carried a keg of gunpowder through the Xhosa warriors to the men by wrapping it in a baby blanket. This story is shown on the plaque on the monument. The monument also marks the spot where, under a tree, Lieutenant Colonel Graham and Captian Stockenstrom decided on the site for Grahamstown. They camped on the land where the cathedral stands today. The town was proclaimed in August 1811 and was named after Colonel John Graham.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
Elizabeth Salt Monument in High Street (Grahamstown)
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 19uu
- Subjects: Monuments -- South Africa -- Grahamstown -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72221 , vital:30019
- Description: Elisabeth Salt Monument, High Street, Grahamstown, South Africa, commemorating the Xhosa-British battle of 22 April 1819. It was built in memory of the pioneer woman in the Battle of Grahamstown. In 1819 Xhosa’s attacked the settlement with about 6 000 men. Many of the warriors died during the battle but only 2 British. According to legend Elizabeth salt carried a keg of gunpowder through the Xhosa warriors to the men by wrapping it in a baby blanket. This story is shown on the plaque on the monument. The monument also marks the spot where, under a tree, Lieutenant Colonel Graham and Captian Stockenstrom decided on the site for Grahamstown. They camped on the land where the cathedral stands today. The town was proclaimed in August 1811 and was named after Colonel John Graham.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 19uu
Aloe striata growing in rock crevice
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1962-09
- Subjects: Aloe -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72624 , vital:30092
- Description: Caption: "Aloe striata growing in rock crevice. King Wms Town. Sept. 1962."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1962-09
Aloe striata at King Williams Town
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1962-09
- Subjects: Aloe -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72635 , vital:30093
- Description: Caption: "Aloe striata at King Wms Town. Sept. 1962."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1962-09
Aloe striata at King Williams Town
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1962-09
- Subjects: Aloe -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72650 , vital:30095
- Description: Caption: "Aloe striata at King Wms Town. Sept 1962."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1962-09