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A photograph of ipomoea biloba appear ahead of the raining season.

A photograph of a valencia orange tree that is nine years old in excellent color. Volunteer orange trees, 9 yrs. old. Excellent trees - good color. [Shantz travel journal, Oct. 14, 1919]

A photograph of young leaves of citrus navel orange.

A photograph of an orchard showing narches, washington navel, and valencia.

A photograph of an orchard of orange trees. In front of the trees shows Mr. Fourie, Pole-Evans, and Donaldson on the right.

A photograph of a row of seedling trees that are 9 years old. There are also three men standing to the right of the row.

A photograph of a cross section of an average Valencia, 2 1/2 inches in diameter.

A photograph of an old Boer home. Tea was served tea as soon as Shantz arrived.

A photograph of a bush veld with acacia horrida, themeda triandra, and andropogon.

A photograph of a bush veld with acacia horrida, themeda triandra, and andropogon.

A photograph of a bush veld with the Magaliesberg in the background.

A profile photograph of the soil and grass cover. The surface soil is 3 feet deep and dark chocolate colored with the soil below being lighter in color.

A detail photograph of trichodesma elliptica, a very handsome perennial which forms the facies on burned grasslands.

A photograph of the Botanical Department, which shows the fumigating house at the left as well as aloes, euphorbias, and pelargoniums.

A photograph of the main laboratory at the Department of Botany with many plants and trees around it. [Shantz travel journal, Oct. 14, 1919]

A photograph of the botanical laboratory, gardens, and union buildings in the background.

A photograph from the door of the laboratory looking out through the grounds.

A photograph of a sorghum trichopus stapf. that was collected at Fontspanburg.

A photograph of a sorghum trichopus stapf. that was collected at Fontspanburg. These were copies of herbarium sheets and had to be taken in a great hurry and without scale, but the scale can be easily obtained from the size of the sheet.

A more detailed photograph of a sorghum trichopus stapf. that was collected at Fontspanburg