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”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-08-30
- 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”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-08-30
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."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06-08
- 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."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06-08
Ocotea bullata - Black Stinkwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1979-06-08
- Subjects: Ocotea bullata -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121998 , vital:35200
- Description: Caption "Tree of the year. S. A. Digest. 1 June 1979."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06-08
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1979-06-08
- Subjects: Ocotea bullata -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/121998 , vital:35200
- Description: Caption "Tree of the year. S. A. Digest. 1 June 1979."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06-08
Podocarpus falcatus - Yellowwood
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1979-06
- Subjects: Podocarpus falcatus -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120189 , vital:34857
- Description: Caption "Yellowwoods dying in Natal. Report by D. Dobson. Natal Forestry Research Centre. Left: Dying tree. Right: Healthy tree. Forestry News. p. 10. June 1979."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06
- Authors: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
- Date: 1979-06
- Subjects: Podocarpus falcatus -- South Africa -- Photographs , Trees -- South Africa -- Photographs
- Language: English
- Type: mixed material , photographs , clippings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/120189 , vital:34857
- Description: Caption "Yellowwoods dying in Natal. Report by D. Dobson. Natal Forestry Research Centre. Left: Dying tree. Right: Healthy tree. Forestry News. p. 10. June 1979."
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-06
Sneezewood
- 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. ”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-05-25
- 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. ”
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1979-05-25
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