NATAL THE GARDEN COLONY VICTORIAN NATAL AND THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW BY DP & P MCCRACKEN

NATAL THE GARDEN COLONY VICTORIAN NATAL AND THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW BY DONAL P MCCRACKEN AND PATRICIA A MCCRACKEN.

HARD COVER, DUST JACKET FULLY INTACT, 99 PAGES, 1990, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

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.