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Harpephyllum caffrum - Kaffir plum

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Commiphora caryaefolia - Commiphora woodii

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Watsonia

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Pine

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1958-06
  • Subjects: Pinus insignia -- South Africa -- Photographs , Pinaceae -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111521 , vital:33473
  • Description: Caption: "Pinus insignia, the lone tree on top of Beaford Mountain, behind the town. This tree is visible from Kroomie near Fort Beaufort. Planted by Mr. (illegible) in (not date entered). He planted several species of pine here but only this tree survived. A few saplings are now coming up below it. June 1958."
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  • Date Issued: 1958-06

Dead and dying Protea multibracteata plants at Fort Merriman, Stutterheim

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1962-09
  • Subjects: Protea multibracteata -- South Africa -- Photographs , Proteaceae -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/74941 , vital:30356
  • Description: Caption: "Dead and dying Protea multibracteata plants at Fort Merriman, 10 miles west of Stutterheim. Sept. 1962. Note the bare grasslands in the background where today only stumps stand as proof of a much larger acreage once covered by this protea."
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  • Date Issued: 1962-09

Erythrina caffra

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

The Wonderboom, Ficus pretoriae, north of Pretoria, April 1965

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 1965-04
  • Subjects: Ficus (Plants) -- South Africa -- Photographs , Fig -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/73588 , vital:30207
  • Description: Caption: "The Wonderboom, Ficus pretoriae, north of Pretoria. April 1965. The central parent trunk was 12 ½ feet in diameter. The secondary growth consists of 7 separate daughter groups but two of these form grand-daughters which form a third circle around the central parent. The whole canopy is given as about 165 feet in diameter, and about 75 feet high. The measurements were 186 feet. The mother tree consists of 5 close-growing stems and her canopy is about 99 feet overall. A notice at the site says that this tree was probably able to develop in this way through being held sacred and dedicated by burial to a chief and then given tribal protection. Although it is large overall it attains this by virtue of the daughter and grand-daughters groups. The fig tree at Kaffir drift has 5 central stems and no daughter groups. It is about 168 feet in diameter of canopy, i.e. without the secondary groups. The big fig tree in Bathurst village has only one central stem yet its canopy diameter is 162 feet in diameter, i.e. from one stem."
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  • Date Issued: 1965-04

Yellowwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

The aerial roots of Wild fig corner, King Williams Town, 1959

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Leonotis leonurus - Lion's ear

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Elizabeth Salt Monument in High Street (Grahamstown)

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • 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.
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  • Date Issued: 19uu

Halleria lucida - Evergreen tree

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Yellowwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Protea roupelliae from the Drakensberg near Mooi River, 1963

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Tecomaria

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Intelligent use of national trees - East London

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Forest recession - Nqantos area, Upper Kubusie

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Close-up of flowers of Aloe striata

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

  • Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
  • Date: 19uu
  • Subjects: Aloe -- South Africa -- Photographs
  • Language: English
  • Type: mixed material , photographs , landscape photographs
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/72670 , vital:30097
  • Description: Caption: "Close-up of flowers of Aloe striata showing the bulbous bases and slightly constricted necks. The stem has been sleared of most flowers for clarity of photography."
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  • Date Issued: 19uu

Protea roupelliae at top of southern Drakensberg

- Coutts, Syd, Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

Yellowwood

- Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)

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