Handbook of Gardening for New Zealand - With Chapters on Poultry & Bee-Keeping - Paperback

by M. Murphy (Author)

This text comprises a comprehensive handbook for gardening in New Zealand, including chapters on bee-keeping and poultry. Full of helpful information and detailed and clear instructions, this text will appeal to the discerning gardener and will be of much value to the collector of antique literature of this ilk. The chapters of this book include: 'Garden Calendar', 'Vegetable Garden', 'The Orchard and the Fruit Garden', 'Flower Garden', 'Florist's Flowers', 'Grafting', 'The Greenhouse', 'Orchids', 'New Zealand Plants', 'The Fernery', 'Orange Culture', 'Miscellaneous', 'Insect Pests and Diseases of Plants', etcetera. This text was originally published in 1888.