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The circular appears to have been promptly responded to. Pro- 
fessor Pearson writing to Sir William Thiselton-Dyer on August 12th 
says “ People here are really proud of their fora . . . . Now 
that they see work [on the Botanic Garden] really in progress they 
are as keen as anyone could wish. Last night I received six great 
packages of aloes, bulbs and other things from a firm of merchants 
in Grahamstown, and when the enclosed circular (printed above) has 
been well distributed I do not doubt we shall be all but over- 
whelmed with material. The movement is extremely popular and 
I believe its popularity will last—some indications of this are really 
amusing. For example I was stopped by three separate station 
can only point to the evergrowing pages of the Flora Capensis 
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particularly to Kew would probably be a striking object lesson to 
those in South Africa who have not fully realised the value and 
importance of their native flora. : 
ow that the South African Government with far-sighted wisdom 
have granted a well-nigh ideal site for the proper cultivation, among 
other things, of the native treasures of South Africa it will be 
possible for plants to be seen under their own sky which up to now 
it might have been easier to sail to England or to visit the Riviera 
in order to examine. Z 
The site granted for the garden is a farm about 400 acres in extent 
on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain which has been neglected 
for some years. Though it is largely overgrown with poplars and 
In addition to these highly desirable qualifications for the purposes 
of a garden the site sic commands a c 
over the Cape Flats, 
