Old Nectar and Roses

Small 4to; pictorial boards; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. 170, incl. index; plates in colour and monochrome. Trace of foxing to edges, endpapers and reverse of dustwrapper, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. "Situated in the picturesque Jonkershoek valley, Old Nectar, a gabled Cape Dutch homestead, and its exquisite rose garden, is a national monument. Gen. Van der Spuy and his wife, Una, have spent twenty years at Old Nectar restoring the homestead and establishing the famous rose garden and nursery. The story of the Jonkershoek valley, Cape Dutch architecture, the Old Nectar homestead in particular, its builders and successive occupants (including ghosts), and the garden, makes fascinating reading and provides much interesting information, as well as practical advice for rose growers.".