Book ID: 21906
Burman,Lee and Anne Bean
Hottentots Holland tot Hermanus. 1985. (South African Flower Guide, 5). approx.360 col. photogr. 224 p. 8vo. Paper bd.
The area covered by this flower guide has always been regarded as the showpiece of the fynbos. Here in the flower-laden Kogelberg and Hottentots Holland is the focal point of fynbos diversity - nowhere else is the flora more overpowering and one realises how intricate is the study and management of fynbos. A few thousand plant specie sgrow here shoulder to shoulder- from the small Drosera species which must supplement their nutrition with protein to the magnificent marsh rose and the kloof forest.
Second hand copy.