Jex-Blake, A.J. [editor]

Gardening in East Africa. A Practical Handbook by Members of the Kenya Horticultural Society and of the Kenya and Uganda Civil Services.

London, New York, Toronto, Longmans, Green and Co, 1934. 15 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XV, 330 pages. 6 colour illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Maps on pastedowns and endpapers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Interior is bright and clean.

Includes, for example, the following: Foreword by Sir Arthur W. Hill, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew / Preface by A.J. Jex-Blake M.D. (Oxon.) F.R.C.P. (Lond.) Editor / The Climate of Kenya from the Gardening Point of View. By A Walter, Director of the British East African Meteorological Service / Elementray Horticulture. By Miss B.W. Lovibond / Climbing Plants. By the Lady Muriel Jex-Blake / Vegetables. By the Hon Mrs. J.C. Grant / Gardening in Uganda. By A.S. Thomas, B.Sc. (Horticulure), M.Sc., A.I.C.T.A., Assistant Botanist, Uganda / Insect Pests of the Garden. By T.J. Anderson, M.A., B.Sc., Senior Entomologist etc.

• Keywords: Africa · Africa – Rare · Africa, British East · Africana Collection of Rare Books · Botanical · Botanical Garden · Botany · British Colonial History · British Dominions · British East Africa · British Empire · Disease · Horticulture · Insects · Kenya · Planting · Plants · Uganda · Vegetable gardening · Vegetables
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 120210AB

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