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STELLENBOSCH , a town of the Cape province, South
coast
capital , the oldest settlement
chief
seminary , Victoria College, Bloemhof girls' school, agricultural college and school of mines, laboratory and school of science and the S.A. conservatorium of music. The surrounding district
plants of small , stature are called under-shrubs or bushes. The limits between these different kinds of stem are not' always well defined; and there are some plants occupying an inter-mediate position between shrubs and trees, to which the name of arborescent shrubs is occasionally given. The stem is not always conspicuous. Plants with a distinct stem are caulescent; those in which it is inconspicuous are acaulescent, as the primrose, cowslip and dandelion. A similar term is given in ordinary language to plants whose stems are buried in the soil, such as cyclamen or sowbread. Some plants are truly stemless, and consist only of expansions of cellular tissue representing stem and leaf,, called a thallus, and hence are denominated Thallogens, or Thallojhytes.fruit-growing. The vineyards have been replanted with American stocks. The Stellenbosch valley is closgd in by rahges of hills beyond which, eastward, lies Frenchhoek valley, with a village
district
South
In the early days of the Boer War (1899-1902) Stellenbosch was one of the British military bases, and was used as. a " remount " camp; and in consequence of officers who had not distinguished themselves at the front being sent back to it, the expression " to be Stellenbosched " came into use ; so much, so, that in similar cases officers were spoken of as ' Stellenbosched " even if they were sent to some other place. The remount dept is maintained; horses and mules thrive here. End of Article: STELLENBOSCH If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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