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Thierry in photo, shows planting of young trees near the top of the saddle. This is the 2 needle pine with somewhat curved cone. I think it is Pinus pinea. At the saddle between Lion's Head and Table Mountain (accompanied by Raven and Thierry.) Here…

A close interior view of this same plantation on Lion's Head. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 23, 1919]

From the saddle across the poplar plantation, ocean in back. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 23, 1919]

Photo of a small heath, natural size, small fine white flowers. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 23, 1919]

The most common beautiful white heath on hillside above saddle - photo of individual plant, almost natural size. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 23, 1919]

A photograph of erica on mountain side of Table Mountain.

A photograph of erica baccans and metalasia muricata on Table Mountain.

A detailed photograph of massonia pustulata or possibly hemianthus coccinea on Table Mountain.

A photograph of evergreens all around and the erosion of soil that shows depth of talus and also badlands character of the soil.

A view of quercus pedunculata in the foreground and Table Mountain in the background.

A view of quercus pedunculata in the foreground with pine trees behind those and Table Mountain in the background.

A view of quercus pedunculata and pine trees in the foreground and Table Mountain in the background.

A view of quercus pedunculata and pine trees in the foreground and Table Mountain in the background.

A photograph of a very large Solanum or Solanum giganteum. The plant is 8 ft. high and the fruit is 2 inches in diameter.

A photograph of a grove of quercus pedunculata (oak) with some pinus pinea in the back.

A detailed photograph of leaf and fruit from a solanum.

A detailed photograph of leaf and small fruit from a solanum.

A photograph of the grounds of the National Botanical Gardens. There are aloes and pinus pinea in the back as well as the mountains with native protea and vegetation. There are also clouds around and on the mountains.

A photograph of the National Botanical Gardens. The tall yellow flowered bulbous plant to the left is a bulbinella robusta, and behind this to the left are cyathea dregei, cassinia, quercus pendulata, and cunonia capensis.

A photograph of the rock causeway just below Pan's Pool. There is papyrus gowing tothe right as well as three men, Heller, Raven and Bridgman, standing nearby.