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

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

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

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

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

A photograph of young leaves of citrus navel orange.

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 ipomoea biloba appear ahead of the raining season.

A photograph of ipomoea biloba that appear at the surface of the soil.

A photograph of an acacia caffra and combretum. The grass is burned off.

A photograph of a large fruited combretum czeyheri, one of the principal trees in the low veld.

A photograph of a natural bush veld beyond Mositikatznek with acacia caffra, burkia africana, and combretum.

A photograph of cotyledon orbiculata, used as a fire break as well as food.

A photograph of a buphane toxicaria, a fire lily with a large bulb 6-7 inches across with a reddish-purple flower cluster.

A photograph of burned brush land, showing elephantorrhiza, ochnea and strychnos with the Magaliesburg range in distance at the right.

A photograph of strychnos pungens with fruit at the right and elephantorrhiza burkia at the left. There is also ochna pulchra and odina discolla.

A phototgraph of a hill and low bush veld at Wonderboom Port, north of Pretoria. The bush consists of acacia arabica kraussiana, burkea africana, sclerocarya caffra, rhus lancea, combretum of several varieties, dichrostachys nutans, and many others.

A photograph of the wonderboom at Wonderboom Port. This tree or collection of trees is ficus salicifolia. It is one of the land marks of this whole section.

A photograph of burkea africana, one of the most prominent trees in all Africa. Dr. I.B. Pole-Evans and Dr. E.P. Phillips standing next to the tree.