Descrizione

First Edition, Reprinted. With 16 Full-Page Illustrations in Colour by Elizabeth Drake, E. Struben and E. Baxter. 8vo, publisher's original very attractively lettered and decorated in overall designs in gilt on the spine and upper cover as is the A. & C. Black way, in pictorially decorated dustjacket. viii, 213 pp. A fine copy, the jacket just a bit mellowed and with minimal rubbing to the edges, still complete and without any significant defect.

Edizione: a well illustrated book on the gardens of south africa. one of a few books on the gardens of south africa. descriptive of gardens of the cape, natal and the transvaal and showing the glow of colour and the wealth of vegetation. chapters are devoted to the native flora, an historical introduction which deals with the gardens of the pioneers and the merchant-adventurers of the dutch east india company. a wealth of colour is depicted in the illustrations.