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A photograph of making reins. It is raw strips of oxhide that are wet with hot lard or tallow and twisted up. When thoroughly twisted they are allowed to unwind and twist in the opposite direction. After five days of twisting they are dried and used…

A photograph of typical themeda high velf with Burtt-Davy's ranch in background, surrounded by eucalyptus, pine, and other plants.

A photograph that shows succession on high veld with Mexican marigold, Rhigozum, Bermuda grass, Themeda as well as Eragrostis lehmanniana also coming in.

A photograph of succession on the high veld. The first stage is a weed stage, Mexican marigold; the second a light weed stage, Rhigozum; third, Bermuda grass; fifth, Themeda.

A photograph of a termite hill, typical of the high veld. The bird droppings, which is characteristic of all these termite hills, are largely egrets.

A photograph of an old termite hill with cynodon incompletus, and at edge there is themeda forskalii and cymbopogon marginatus.

A photograph of grassland, showing themeda forskalii, eragrostis curvula and cymbopogon marginatus. There is acacia horrida on the mountains in the background.

A more detailed photograph of a sorghum visicolor anders that was collected at Wonderboom Port, Pretoria.

A photograph of a sorghum visicolor anders that was collected at Wonderboom Port, Pretoria.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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