Natal - The Garden Colony: Victorian Natal and the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew... (Signed Copy)

Natal-The Garden Colony - Victorian Natal and the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.

This lovely book encapsulates within its pages the atmosphere, the history, the botany and the charm of Natal as it developed in Colonial style during the Victorian era. Names, so familiar to every Natalian, find their origin in the characters mentioned chapter by chapter.

The unfolding of historical events surrounding the link between plant collectors in Natal and Kew Gardens in England, becomes a fascinating facet of the record existing as regards Natal the garden colony. The development of both the Durban and Pietermartizburg botanic gardens is traced and the very inception of Kew Gardens itself, with its promotion of botanical exploration throughout the British Empire, and in particular in Natal, is recorded.

Hardback with dustcover over brown boards. Map Frontispiece with colour title page signed by both authors. Foreward by Sir George Taylor. xix with illustrations, plus 99 pages text with supporting photographs, colour illustrations, data and information. FINE.