Making the Most of Indigenous Trees by Fanie & Julye-Ann Venter

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Secondhand Hardcover in Good Condition

First Edition 1996

Fanie and Julye-Ann Venter’s Making the most of Indigenous Trees is undoubtedly the most significant, useful and practical book ever to be published on this subject in South Africa. It is based on a highly successful series that ran in Farmer’s Weekly for more than two years and was prompted by requests from hundreds of readers for the information to be published in book form.

• 137 most useful and utilised indigenous tree species.

• Species description, diagnostic features, flowering and fruiting periods, distribution and habitat.

• Ecological role and utilisation by mammals, birds and insects.

• Economic value and use by man, including use in gardens and on the farm, and as a source of food, fibre and medicine.

• Properties of the wood and its utilisation by man.

• Specific guidelines on propagation and cultivation for each species.

• An introductory chapter on the principles of tree propagation by seed, cuttings and truncheons, as well as a table of utilisation by wildlife and an index to the common and botanical names, is included. As the book is written for the layman, technical terms are kept to a minimum.

• A map indicating its distribution in South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho is given for each species.

• More than 740 carefully selected colour photographs complement and illustrate the text.

This valuable work deserves a place on the bookshelf of every farmer, naturalist, gardener, nurseryman, forester and conservationist – in fact, anyone with an appreciation and love for trees.

ISBN 1 875093 05 2