Painted Silvertree leaves, Cape Town, South Africa
Leucadendron argenteum leaves (Silver tree, Silver leaf tree, Afrikaans: Witteboom, or Silwerboom) - an endangered species in the family Proteaceae, endemic to a small area of the Cape Peninsula, in and around the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Used here to decorate a greetings card sent from Cape Town in 1907. The central leaf bears a rather nice painting of an Ostrich
Picture No
10999074
Media ID
46676230
Size
3854px x 5123px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
1907
