The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
- The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
"The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope", is a botanical reference book written and illustrated by Thomas Robertson Sim, and published in 1907 by Taylor & Henderson of Aberdeen. At the time he was the Conservator of Forests of Natal, and had been the District Forest Officer in King William's Town, bringing a wealth of experience to the creation of this monumental work. Sim had previously written a great many books such as "Handbook of Kaffrarian Ferns", "The Ferns of South Africa" and "Botanical Observations on the Forests of Eastern Pondoland". He was a Fellow of both the Linnaean Society and the Royal Horticultural Society, with sterling credentials for producing this extensive flora of the Cape.
The book is of large quarto format (240mm x 300mm) and consists of 365 pages of text followed by 160 plates of line drawings. Chapters are as follows:
*I The Forests
*II Area and Value of the Forests
*III Economic Composition of the Forests
*IV Factors Affecting Forest Growth
*V Reduction of Forest Areas in the Past
*VI Factors Affecting Distribution of Species
*VII Economic Value of Cape Timbers
*VIII The Protection and Exploitation of the Forests
*IX Artificial Afforesting
*X Epitome of the History of Cape Forestry
*XI Species Reserved under the Forest Act
*XII Synoptical Index to Indigenous Ligneous Genera
*XIII Artificial Key to the Genera
*XIV Systematic Descriptions
*Plates 1-160
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