FOR GARDENERS
COMPLETE NEW ZEALAND GARDENER. By J. A. McPherson, N.D.H. (N.Z), Director Botanic Gardens, Christchurch. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. T would be rash to say of any gardening book produced in New Zealand that it is the best yet, but if there is anything better than this war-time edition of Mr. McPherson’s book, it would be hard to think what it is. There is certainly nothing better that can be bought at present for 6/6. Though New Zealand has been well served by gardeners, silent-and articulate, and expects a good deal from any one whe offers it a gardening gospel, Mr. McPherson meets all demands. If you want to know more than he has to tell you-well, perhaps you want to know too much. You at least want to know more than the other 99 in your 100, who will not only be delighted to find so much information in a single volume, but grateful to have it so clearly and attractively arranged. Most gardening books are good in the sense that they are packed with useful information. Here is a book in which the information is printed in type big enough to read, and arranged and illustrated by a gardener who knows how to teach,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 213, 23 July 1943, Page 7
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206FOR GARDENERS New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 213, 23 July 1943, Page 7
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