Cape of Good Hope Report of the Colonial Botanist for the Years 1863-1866 (8 vols in one)

Brown, John Croumbie

Published by Saul, Solomon & Co, Steam Printing Office, Cape Town

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8 vols in one. The first four are Brown's Colonial Botanist Reports. Pages for the respective years for each of these reports are: (1) 44; (2) 150; (3) 120; (4). The four other items are: (5-7) Report on the Registration of Ozone in the Bombay Presidency for the year 1863-64 & 1864-65 by Dr. H.Cook, Superintendent of Mahabuleshwur. 34 & 32pp. respectively; 4pp. correspondence submitted to the Asiatic Society of Bengal by Dr. Fayrer; (8) Report of the Veterinary Department for the year 1872, with an Appendix.Pp. xxviii, 92. Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode.for HMSO. (1873). Half calf with marbled boards. Spine split along front edge. Front hinge broken. Internally good. Rare. John Croumbie Brown (1888-1895) was Scottish. He was a prolific author, minister of religion, forestry pioneer in South Africa as well as soil conservationist and hydrologist. He was the grandson of John Brown (1722-1787), the renowned Scottish theologian and author. In April 1863, following the death of Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe, Brown took up the post of Colonial Botanist at the Cape, his duties including that of professor of botany at the South African College. He toured the Cape Colony during 1863, giving lectures in an effort to popularise botany. He opposed deforestation and veld-burning, because of the loss of soil moisture. He was consulted by the government on forestry matters, and wrote several memoirs on forestry, appending a list of South African trees, shrubs, and arborescent herbs, to his annual report for 1866. His reports also touched on agricultural issues, such as diseases in fruit trees, rust, manuring, the cultivation of various crops, experimental farms, irrigation, and Cape wines. His 1863 report included the first official record of "krimpsiekte" or Cotyledonosis in small stock, particularly goats, caused by three genera of the Crassulaceae (Cotyledon, Tylecodon and Kalanchoe). He investigated potential dam sites, and the hydrology of the country. In 1866 the post of Colonial Botanist was abolished due to shortage of funds and Brown returned to Scotland in January 1867. These reports are the last four Colonial Botanist Reports.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cape of Good Hope Report of the Colonial Botanist for the Years 1863-1866 (8 vols in one)
• Publisher: Saul, Solomon & Co, Steam Printing Office, Cape Town
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Editions
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • South Africa 116
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  • L42