Boniface, Priscilla. (Ed).

In Search of English Gardens. The Travels of John Claudius Loudon and His Wife Jane.

Lennard 1987. Gilt title on green cloth boards with coloured plate inset on front board. 256pp illustrated colour plates 4to. No inscriptions. conservatively VG but no dustwrapper. ISBN: 1852910003

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Book number: 21568

Catalogue: Gardening

Harrison, Richmond E.

Handbook of Trees and Shrubs for the Southern Hemisphere.

R.E. Harrison. Palmerston North 1960 2nd revised edition. Red cloth boards. 338pp illustrated colour & b/w. 4to. Except sello offset to feps this is in VG+ conditon in matching dustwrapper (no chips, loss, or tears). an excellent copy. Although published in New Zealand this compilation is intended for growers in Australia, Southern Africa, & South America. Arranged alphabetically 2200 shrubs and trees are described with over 350 illustrated.

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Book number: 18732

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: gardening african south african southern trees

Van Der Spuy, Kenneth Reid.

Old Nectar and Roses.

Books of Africa. Cape Town 1969. Printed blue cloth boards. 170pp illustrated colour & b/w photos. 4to. 0.7kg. No inscriptions. VG in Good protected dustwrapper (spotted internally, some wear including surface tear bottom front edge, no loss). overall a decent clean copy. Situated in the Jonkershoek Valley, Old Nectar, a gabled Cape Dutch homestead with a rose garden, is a national monument. This tells the story not only of the house, but of the valley, its occupants, and its roses. Author was married to well-known author Una Van Der Spuy.

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Book number: 23086

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: west western cape of good hope horticulture south southern africa african architecture cape dutch roses old nectar wale street stellenbosch franschoek jonkershoek valley klapmuts

Vogts, Marie.

South Africa's Proteaceae. Know Them and Grow Them.

Struik. Cape Town 1982 1st edition thus. Grey cloth boards. 240pp illustrated colour photos. 4to. 1.4kg. No inscriptions. minor shelfwear else VG+ condition in VG dustwrapper (protected with plastic film, no chips, loss, or tears). tight, sound, clean, very attractive copy. ISBN: 9780869771167 Profusely illustrated this edition should not be confused with the earlier 1958 edition. This one is the preferred edition by far with photographs by Colin Paterson-Jones.

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Book number: 15753

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: flora proteaceae protacea protea leucospermum leucadendron south southern africa african

Wager, Vincent A.

Common Diseases of Vegetables in South Africa. English and Afrikaans Parallel Text.

Dept. of Agriculture. Durban 1956. Printed card boards with green cloth backstrip. 176pp. illustrated b/w photos, drawings. 8vo. No inscriptions. light wear else a VG nice clean copy.

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Book number: 12805

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: africa african south southern vegetables gardening south southern africa

Woodhouse, Ngita. (Illus. Heather Garnett).

Flowers for Four Seasons.

Howard Timmins, Cape Town 1969. Blue cloth boards, 211pp. Illustrated b/w drawings. 8vo. Ownership inscription ffep o/w VG in G+ bright dustwrapper (no loss, one repaired closed tear at rear only). Covers garden colour schemes; climbers are space-savers; planting for winter decoration; water-gardens, gardens for children; colour in hedges and more. Written for the gardeners in the southern hemisphere by New Zealand author.

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Book number: 1775

Catalogue: Gardening

Keywords: south southern africa african gardening