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Author: Doreen Court
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2000-06-01
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9789058093233
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This practical guide describes the stage by stage development of a new method for predicting the penetration rate (PR) and the advance rate (AR) for tunnel boring machines based on an expanded version of the Q-value, Qtbm.The book also looks at logging methods and tunnel support design.
Author: Gideon Smith
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Succulents are increasingly popular in the face of the need for water-wise gardening, and this handy book serves as a guide to many well-known varieties
Author: Gideon Smith
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2017-08-11
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 1775843688
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Southern Africa is the natural home of the richest and most diverse succulent flora in the world. These plants come in all shapes and sizes, from trees such as the baobab at more than 20 m tall, to miniature soil huggers, just a few millimetres high, which mimic their pebble-desert surroundings. This user-friendly, richly illustrated field guide features more than 700 southern African succulents, focusing on the most interesting and commonly encountered species. An introduction to families and their key features will help readers identify the relevant plant group, while concise accounts describing the plants’ diagnostic features, along with distribution maps, will enable quick ID of species. More than just an ID guide for plant lovers, this book will inspire gardeners who are turning to indigenous, low-maintenance and waterwise plants for cultivation.
Author: Becker MOLLER
Publisher:
Published: 1920-05
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781920217778
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gideon Smith
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2011-11-05
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1920544186
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Featuring 250 of the region’s most common and interesting succulents, this is an accessible, user-friendly guide to identifying these increasingly popular plants. Colour photographs vividly portray all the species covered. Authoritative text describes key identification features, and distribution maps show the occurrence of each species in southern Africa. This guide will have wide appeal both to naturalists and to the gardening public who, increasingly, are on the lookout for indigenous, low-maintenance and waterwise plants.
Author: Doreen Court
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2000-08
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9789054104896
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Revised edition of a reference that deals with the six major groups of succulent plants occurring in southern Africa: the mesembryanthemaceae, portulacaceae, crassula-ceae, the succulent euphorbieae, stapelieae and aloacceae, as well as a short chapter on adenium, pachypodium and adenia. It includes revisions of genera and descriptions of new species which have been published from 1980 to 2000. Wherever practical, the species are arranged geographically with closely related species in sequence. Court is a research associate of the Botany Department at Rhodes U. and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. The book contains many bandw and color illustrations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Gideon Smith
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This complete list of Southern African succulent plant names contains 4674 taxa from 350 genera and 58 plant families. For each family where succulence occurs an introduction and a bibliography is given and a distribution map for the family in Southern Africa is supplied. The list of taxa is ordered alphabetically for the relevant genera and at least one line drawing per family by a well-known botanical artist is included.
Author: John Manning
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2011-11-24
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 1431702617
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sasol First Field Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa is a fascinating guide to the succulents of the region. Full-colour photographs, distribution maps and easy-to-read text will help the beginner and budding naturalist to identify the more common succulents found in southern Africa, discover where they occur and learn about their unique features.
Author: Gideon Smith
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Published: 2011-11-05
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 1920544445
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Aloes are stately succulent plants that capture the allure of the African savanna. Aloes in Southern Africa explores the character and biology of African aloes, their habits, characteristic features and distribution in nature. It details 58 aloe and related species, cultivation and propagation, gardening styles and plants that flourish in different regions, plus medicinal, cosmetic and culinary uses. Whether you are starting a garden, redeveloping one or simply looking to expand your knowledge of these fascinating succulents, Aloes in Southern Africa will prove an invaluable guide.
