THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
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A MAGAZINE CONTAINING HAND-COLOURED FIGURES WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS INDIGENOUS TO SOUTH AFRICA. EDITED BY I. B. POLE EVANS, C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S., Chief, Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria; and Director of the Botanical Survey of the Union of South Africa. VOL. I.
The veld which lies so desolate and bare Will blossom into cities white and fair, And pinnacles will pierce the desert air, And sparkle in the sun. R. C. Macfie’s “Ex Unitate Vires.”
LONDON: L. REEVE & CO., Ltd., 6, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. SOUTH AFRICA: THE SPECIALITY PRESS OF SOUTH AFRICA, Ltd. P.O. BOX 3958, JOHANNESBURG; P.O. BOX 388, CAPETOWN. 1921 [All rights reserved.] TO MRS. HENRY BURTON OF VOORSPOED, RETREAT, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, A GREAT ADMIRER OF HER COUNTRY’S PLANTS, TO WHOSE ENTHUSIASM “THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA” OWES ITS ORIGIN, THIS, THE FIRST VOLUME, IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY HER TO SOUTH AFRICAN BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE.
Division of Botany, Pretoria, August, 1921.