Gardening in East Africa: A Practical HandbookArthur John Jex-Blake |
Contents
GARDEN PLANNING BY MISS B D LOVIBOND AND | 18 |
THE PROPAGATION OF PLANTS BY G S HUGGAN R H | 47 |
PERENNIALS BY MISS O COLLYER AND MRS L H BARRA | 58 |
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Acanthaceae altitudes Amaryllidaceae annual Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae beautiful beds Bignoniaceae bloom blue Bordeaux Mixture branches bulbs bush climber Coast colour Compositae compost crimson crop cultivation cuttings dark deep disease districts drought dry season easily grown East Africa Entebbe evergreen fleshy foliage forest fruit trees full sun garden Gesneriaceae grass green ground grown from seed growth handsome hardy hedge height higher altitudes hybrids inches indigenous Iridaceae Kenya layers leaf leaves Leguminosae Liliaceae Lily lovely lower altitudes manure moist moisture Mombasa Mpwapwa mulch Myrtaceae Nairobi orange orchids pale perennial Plate produce propagated pruning purple racemes rainfall rains red flowers require rhizomes roots rose scarlet scented Scrophulariaceae seedlings shade showy shrub small tree soil Solanaceae South Africa Sow in boxes species spikes spray stems succulent suitable Tanganyika temperature transplant tropical tubers Uganda usually varieties vegetable white flowers worth growing yellow flowers