STELLENBOSCH  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the Cape See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa, 31 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail E. of Cape Town . Pop . (1904), 7573, of whom 2497 were whites . It lies 36o ft. above the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in a pleasant upland valley on the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic slope of the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast range, and is, next to the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement in the province, having been founded by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of Commandant See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon See also:

• VAN

van der Steil in 168r and named after him and his wife, whose See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

maiden name was See also:

• BOSCH (or Boa), JEROM (c. 1460-1518)

Bosch . The streets are lined with magnificent oaks, while many of the houses with heavy, thatched gables date from the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Stellenbosch is the headquarters of the Cape See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Dutch Reformed See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, and is also an, important educational centre . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief buildings, besides the churches, are the Dutch theological See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, Bloemhof girls' school, agricultural college and school of mines, laboratory and school of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and the S.A. conservatorium of See also:

• MUSIC

music . The surrounding See also:

• DISTRICT

district is largely devoted to viticulture and See also:

• PLANTS

plants of small , stature are called under-shrubs or bushes . The limits between these different kinds of See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

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 See also:

• ACAULESCENT (Lat. acaulescens, becoming stemless, from a, not, and caulis, a stem)

acaulescent, as the See also:

• PRIMROSE

primrose, cowslip and See also:

• DANDELION (Taraxacum officinale)

dandelion . A similar See also:

• TERM

term is given in See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language to plants whose stems are buried in the See also:

• SOIL

soil, such as See also:

• CYCLAMEN

cyclamen or sowbread .

Some plants are truly stemless, and consist only of expansions of cellular See also:

• TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

tissue representing stem and See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf,, called a thallus, and hence are denominated Thallogens, or Thallojhytes . See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-growing . The vineyards have been replanted with See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• STOCKS

stocks . The Stellenbosch valley is closgd in by rahges of hills beyond which, eastward, lies Frenchhoek valley, with a See also:

• VILLAGE

village of the same name . This district was the headquarters' of the Huguenot refugees who settled in South Africa at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the 17th century . In the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early days of the See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War (1899-1902) Stellenbosch was one of the See also:

• BRITISH

British military bases, and was used as. a " remount " See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp; and in consequence of See also:

• OFFICERS

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 See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place . The remount dept is maintained; horses and mules thrive here .