Dorothy Barclay (1892

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- 1940 Cape Town) was a South African botanical illustrator, and the niece of Ethel May Dixie. The Wild Flower Protection Society had been started by the

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in 1912 and had published 'Nature Notes', edited by

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and illustrated by Dorothy Barclay.

Works illustrated

*'Springbok Rympies en Stories' - Willem Versfeld - Townshend, Taylor & Snashall, Cape Town (1911) - Afrikaans translations of Mother Goose rhymes *'A Book of South African Flowers' - Barclay, Bolus and Steer - Juta & Co., Cape Town (1925) *'A Guide to the Flora of the Cape Peninsula' - Margaret Levyns (1929) *'A Second Book of South African Flowers' - Barclay, Bolus and Steer - Juta & Co., Cape Town (1936)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barclay, Dorothy South African botanical illustrators 1892 births 1940 deaths