A Garden Book for Malaya – Kathleen Gough (1940)

S$70.00

A Garden Book for Malaya – Kathleen Gough (1940)

S$70.00

Title: A Garden Book for Malaya and Other Tropical Countries Author: Kathleen Gough Publisher: H. F. & G. Witherby, London, 1940. Third edition. Condition: Hardcover, not dust jacket. Poor. Noticeable wear to cover, including fraying to top of spine. Binding cracked at hinges, exposing netting, but pages well-bound. With 16 black-and-white plates. 422pp. App 9″ by 5.5″.

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Contents:

  1. Local Conditions
  2. Manures
  3. Propagation. Seed and Seed Sowing.
  4. Propagation. Cuttings, Layering, Marcottage, Budding and Grafting
  5. Garden Practice
  6. Tools and the Potting Shed
  7. Garden Planning
  8. The Charm of Flowers
  9. Lawns
  10. Rock Gardens and Rockeries, Fern and Flower-Houses
  11. Trees
  12. Shrubs and Climbing Plants
  13. Some other ornamental plants
  14. Pot Plants
  15. Plans for Beds and Borders
  16. Ferns
  17. Orchids
  18. Flowers for Cutting
  19. Fruits
  20. Vegetables
  21. Plant Parasites and Epiphytes
  22. Insect and Animal Pests
  23. Plant Diseases
  24. Fungicides and Insecticides. Formulas and Spraying.
  25. Wild Plats and Their Introduction to our Gardens
  26. Glossary of Malay Words, other than Names of Plants
  27. Index