> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 297](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265494) of TL-2 Suppl. II > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/938-1) LSID 938-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4091070) QID Q4091070 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Bolus, Harry|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Bolus, Harry (1834-1911), British born South African businessman and botanist, educated at Castle Gate School, Nottingham, went to Grahamstown 1850, moved to Port Elizabeth 1852, settled in Graaff-Reinet 1855-1869, mathematics teacher at Graaff-Reinet College, started on botany 1864, moved to Cape Town 1875 joining his brother in a firm of stockbrokers, also collecting widely over South Africa, honorary D. Sc. by the University of the Cape of Good Hope, founded a chair of botany in the South African College 1902 (later designated Harry Bolus Chair of Botany). **Abbreviated name**: *Bolus* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bolus*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BOL|BOL]], further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BCL|BCL]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection COI|COI]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection NH|NH]], [[Collection NU|NU]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PRC|PRC]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection STE|STE]], [[Collection TCD|TCD]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]], [[Collection VT|VT]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]], [[Collection WU|WU]], [[Collection Z|Z]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 5(1): 394; Barnhart 1: 214; BB p. 37-38; BJI 1: 6, 2: 16; BL 1: 28, 54; BM 1: 192-193, 6: 106; Bossert p. 44; CSP 9: 288, 12: 174, 13: 665; Desmond p. 74; Hortus 3: 1189; IH 2: 84; Kew 1: 291; Morren ed. 2, p. 33, ed. 10, p. 114; NI 197; Rehder 1: 495; RS p. 76; TL-2/1: 266-267 and see indexes; Tucker 1: 94, 140; Urban-Berl. p. 331; Zander ed. 10, p. 637, ed. 11, p. 724. #### Biofile - Anon., Nat. Nov. 33: 327. 1911 (d.); Kew Bull. 1911: 275-277, 319-322; S.Afr. J. Sci. 8(3): 69-79. 1911 (portr.). - Bolus, H., Gardener's Chronicle ser. 2. 11: 41. 11 Jan 1879 (reprint of text in Cape Argus (n.v.) 5 Nov 1878 on distribution of South African Plants). - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 12-13. 1978. - Gunn, M. and L.E. Codd, Veld & Flora 1979: 98-101; Bot. Expl. S. Africa 97-99. 1981 (biogr., portr., facsim. handwriting). - Hutchinson, J., A botanist in Southern Africa 645. 1946. - Huxley, L., Life letters J.D. Hooker 2: 4, 10. 1918. - Jessop, J.P., Suid-Afrikaanse biografiese woordeboek 1: 92-95. 1968. - K.L., J. Bot. 49: 241-243. 1911, 50: 32. 1912. - Levyns, M.R.B., A botanists's mem. 28-30. 1968; Insnar'd with flowers 14, 108. 1977. - Lighton, C., Cape floral kingdom 35-37. 1960. - Lütjeharms, W.J., The life and work of Harry Bolus, Cape Town 1965 (mimeogr.). - Marloth, H.W.R., Fl. S. Afr. 1: x. 1913 (portr.). - Nelmes, E. and D.C. Cuthbertson, Bot. Mag. Dedic. 1837-1927: 270-272. 1932 (portr.). - Pearson, H.H.W., S. Afr. J. Sci. 8: 59-79. 1911 (portr., bibl., itin.); Kew Bull. 1911: 319-322. - Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 48, 49, 56, 57, 61, 63, 68. 1930. - Reinikka, M.A., History of the Orchid 241-243. 1972 (portr.). - Stapf, O., Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1911/12: 42-44. - Tölken, H.R., Index herb. austro-afr. 58. 1971. - Tyrell-Glynn, W. and M.L. Levyns, Fl. africana 7-8. 1968. - Verduyn den Boer, J.H., Botanists at the Cape.... 1929 (portr.). - White, A. and B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae ed. 2. 1: 105, 106, 132, 3: 817, 862. 1937. ### Publications ##### n.21.934. Sketch of the flora of South Africa **Title** *Sketch of the flora of South Africa*... Cape-Town (W.A. Richards & Sons,...) 1886. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1886 (Bot. Zeit. 30 Jul 1886, Bot. Centralbl. 19-30 Jul 1886), cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], map, \[1\]-32. *Copy*: B. − "Off-print from the 'Official Handbook of the Cape of Good Hope'", 1886, p. 286-317, map. 1886. *Ref*.: Alsberg, C.L., Bot. Centralbl. 30(19): 172-177. 1887 (rev.). - Pax, F.A., Bot. Jahrb. 8(Lit.): 28-34. 2 Nov 1886 (rev.). ##### n.21.935. Grundzüge der Flora von Südafrika **Title** *Grundzüge der Flora von Südafrika*... Mit einem Anhang über die wichtigsten Nutzhölzer Südafrikas. Aus dem Englischen übertragen von Dr. Otto Kersten... Leipzig (Verlagsbuchhandlung von Quandt & Händel) 1888. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grundz. Fl. Südafr.* **Notes** *Translator*: Otto Kersten (1839-1900), see TL-2/2: 531. *Publ*.: 1888 (Bot. Zeit. 30 Nov 1888, Bot. Centralbl. 19-23 Nov 1888, Nat. Nov. Nov (1) 1888, Flora 21 Nov 1888), p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-43, \[44\]. *Copy*: U. − German translation of *Sketch of the flora of South Africa* by H. Bolus, published in Official Handbook, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town 1886 (n.v.). *Ref*.: Fritsch, F.E., Bot. Centralbl. 37(5): 150-151. 30 Jan 1889 (rev.). J., ÖBZ 39: 36-37. 1 Jan 1889 (rev.). ##### n.21.936. Orchids of the Cape Peninsula **Title** The *Orchids of the Cape Peninsula*... Cape Town (Published by the \[South African Philosophical\] Society) 1888. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1888, p. \[vii, sic\]-viii, \[75\]-200, \[201\], *pl. 1-36* (col. draw.), *in* Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 5(1). 1888. − No reprint seen. *Ed. 2*: 1918 (preface 2 Jul 1917), p. \[i\]-xxxiii, 1-142, *pl. 1-119.* 1918. − "Second edition. Edited by Harriet L. Bolus,... and Alice M. Greene... Cape Town (Darter Bros & Co.) 1918". *Copies*: L, MO. (*Orch. Cape Penins. ed. 2*). ##### n.21.937. A list of the flowering plants and ferns of the Cape Peninsula **Title** *A list of the flowering plants and ferns of the Cape Peninsula*, with notes on some of the critical species... Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society... 1903. Oct. **Notes** *Co-author*: Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861-1948), see TL-2/7: 428-429. *Publ*.: Oct 1903 (on cover-t.p.; Nat. Nov. Feb (2) 1904), cover-t.p., p. 207-373. *Copies*: L; IDC microfiche 7163. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 14(8): 207-373. 1903. ##### n.21.938. Sketch of the floral regions of South Africa **Title** *Sketch of the floral regions of South Africa*... from "Science in South Africa"... 1905. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Aug 1905 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., map, p. \[1\]-42. *Copies*: G, L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Science in South Africa 198-240. 1905. *Ref*.: Fritsch, F.E., Bot. Centralbl. 102(47): 569. 27 Nov 1906 (rev.). - Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 37(Lit.): 32-33. 27 Feb 1906 (rev.). ##### n.21.939. Contributions to the African flora **Title** *Contributions to the African flora*... From the Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society... 1905\[-1909\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1905 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 135-152. *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. 16(2): 135-152. 1905. \[*2*\]: Dec 1906 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 381-400, *pl. 11* (uncol.). *Copies*: G, L. − Id. 16(4): 381-400, *pl. 11.* 1906. \[*3*\]: Dec 1907 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 379-399. *Copy*: L. − Id. 18(3): 379-399. 1907. \[*4*\]: *Co-author*: Kensit, Harriet Margaret Louisa (1877-1970), later Mrs. H.M.L. Bolus, see TL-2/1: 267-268, and this supplement, below. Jul 1909 (id.), cover-t.p., p. 147-163, *pl. 21* (uncol. auct.). *Copy*: L. − Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 1: 147-163, *pl. 21.* 1909. *Ref*.: Peter, Bot. Zeit. 67(II): 280. 1 Nov 1904 (rev. no. 4). ##### n.21.940. South African flowers **Title** A book of *South African flowers*... Capetown, Wijnberg, Johannesburg (The Specialty Press of South Africa Ltd.) 1925. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *S. Afr. fl.* **Notes** *Co-authors*: D. Barclay and E.J. Steer. *Publ*.: 1925, uncol. frontisp. (phot.), p. \[i-ix\]-xvii, \[xix\], p. \[1\]-174, uncol. and col. plates on unnumbered pages. *Copy*: G. *Ref*.: Verdoorn, I.C., Kew Bull. 1926(9): 432. 4 Nov 1926 (rev.).