Jex-Blake, A J (Editor): Illustrated by Joy Adamson: Gardening in East Africa , London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1950

Hardback, third (larger and more comprehensive) edition, very good tight condition, no dust-jacket, publisher's original green clothboards with gilt blocking to spine - spine faded and some spotting to front, b/w mapped endpapers, 398 pages including index (plus adverts), mapped end papers, 20 quality colour plates depicting 110 wild flowers of Kenya - two plates of succulents by P R O Bally (previous husband of Adamson)., some foxing to early pages including frontis and sporadic light foxing throughout, original ink owners name to half-title dated May 1950 - Contents include: Climate from gardening point of view; the plant and it's environment, planning; propogation; sections on the different plants; lawns and hedges; orchards, coastal gardens; gardening in Uganda and Tanganyika; pests and diseases - heavy book over 1200gm---------'A practical handbook by members of the Kenya Horticultural Society and of the Kenya,Uganda & Tanganyika Civil Services.' (Book ref. 2498)  £28.00

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