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my old Swanepoel, who were perfedly ac- 
quainted with this plant, informed me that it 
is called by the planters noordjcbe-kulL 
While in my walks I became acquainted 
with the environs of my camp, I alfo endea- 
voured to diftinguilli the plants and flov^ers 
which grew there in abundance. No where, 
during the whole courfe of my life, have I feea 
any fo fuperb, from variety and brilliancy of 
colour, or fo curious for Angularity of form. 
At every ftep new ones prefented themfelves to 
my view ; and I involuntarily flopped to ad- 
mire their beauties. How many did I fee, 
which, were they tranfplanted into the richeft 
gardens of Europe, would conftitute their chief 
ornament ! And how often did I regret, that I 
v/as not a fkilful botanift ! Who know^s, faid I 
to myfelf, whether among this number art 
might not find fome that would impart to our 
manufadures thofe beautiful and unfading dyes, 
which we have hitherto deemed the exclufive 
property of India ? Who knows whether it 
might not difcover new remedies for fome of 
thofe difeafes, which are deemed incurable, be- 
caufe cur pharmacy f^pply no means for their 
relief? / ' 
. , ' Mor- 
