Frieda Lauth
Chrysanthemoides monilifera Plate 55 from Natal Plants
Frieda Lauth (1879 London – 4 May 1949 Durban) was a South African botanical artist who emigrated to Natal with her parents in 1882. She worked as an assistant at the Natal Herbarium and is noted for her illustrations of Medley Wood's Natal Plants.[1][2] She resigned in 1903 upon marrying Thomas Floyd, and later lectured in botany at the Durban Technical College.[3]
References
- ↑ McCracken & McCracken 1988, p. 71.
- ↑ McCracken & 1990 McCracken, p. 66.
- ↑ Gunn & Codd 1981, p. 217.
- McCracken, Donal P.; McCracken, Eileen M. (1988). Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens. National Botanic Gardens.
- Medley Wood, John; Evans, Maurice Smethurst (1908). Natal Plants: Descriptions and Figures of Natal Indigenous Plants, with Notes on Their Distribution Economic Value, Native Names, Etc., Etc. Vols 1 to 6. Bennett & Davis.
- Gunn, Mary; Codd, L. E. W. (1981). Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. Pretoria: AA Balkema. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6.
- McCracken, Donal P.; McCracken, Patricia A. (1990). Natal: The Garden Colony : Victorian Natal and the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Frandsen. ISBN 978-0-9583124-1-7.
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