The Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope

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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, published in 1907 by Taylor & Henderson of Aberdeen.

At the time of the book's publishing, Sim 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 work as an experienced author of botanical literature and a plant collector.[1]

Format[edit]

The book is of large quarto format (240mm x 300mm) and consists of 365 pages of text followed by 160 plates of line drawings by the author.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Sim, Thomas Robertson (1856-1938) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2024-01-03.