South Africa's Proteaceae: Know Them and Grow Them by Marie Vogts
South Africa's Proteaceae: Know Them and Grow Them by Marie Vogts
Hardcover, ISBN 9780869771167
Publisher: C. Struik, 1982
Used - Good: The Book and DJ has some edge wear and tear but presents beautiful under a Cellophane cover. Gift inscription on second page.
Colour-illustrated map endpapers ('Cape Folded Mountain Region'), illustrated title page, 346 full-colour photographs, a few drawings (in visual key to the genera), cultivation maps, references, scientific names, glossary, and index.
A fascinatingly thorough guide to the Proteaceae of South Africa with their distinctive characteristics, nomenclature, generic and species descriptions, cultivation and propagation, pruning advice, commercial applications and post-harvest handling.