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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, 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. ==Format and Content== 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. 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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