Author: Brown, Alan; Hall, Norman.
Title: Growing Trees on Australian Farms: The Use of Trees for Ornament, Shade, Shelter and Timber Production in the Coastal and Tableland Areas of Temperate Australia, Including Planting in Streets, Roads, Parks and Reserves: Together with a Chapter on Rural Fire Control.
Description: Canberra, A. J. Arthur Commonwealth Government Printer, 1968. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, few colour photos, figures, tables, maps (including foldout), frontispiece, edges little foxed, pages lightly toned, covers little marked & faded (top corners little bumped), reverse side jacket lightly foxed (some edgewear & small edge tears, spine ends chipped, edges little rubbed). Heavy (1.2 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 397 pp. Alan Brown and Norman Hall describe the use of trees for ornament, shade, shelter and timber production in rural coastal and tableland areas in temperate Australia. There is a major chapter on rural fire control. Descriptions are given of 101 exotic and native species. The book has been written to provide farmers, other land owners, local government staff and students with a concise, technically accurate, simply-written account of the pleasures and benefits which come from suitable tree plantings , together with the information necessary to make such plantings a success. A complementary volume to 'Forest Trees of Australia'.

Keywords: reference, gardening, flora, trees, rural, farming, environment, australia


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