Agriculture and gardening
Title
Agriculture and gardening
Date
1873-1940
Description
This collection features published materials spanning 1873 to 1940, covering various aspects of agriculture and gardening in Australia. They include practical and instructional books on farming and settling in rural Australia, acclimatisation, livestock developments, home gardening, and a selection of commercial catalogues selling agricultural and gardening products.
Subject
Nature
Items in the Agriculture and gardening collection
The hot-house and greenhouse manual, or, Botanical cultivator : giving full instructions for the management and propagation of the plants cultivated in the hot-houses, greenhouses, conservatories, shrubberies, plantations, and borders, in the gardens ...
Full title: The hot-house and greenhouse manual, or, Botanical cultivator : giving full instructions for the management and propagation of the plants cultivated in the hot-houses, greenhouses, conservatories, shrubberies, plantations, and borders, in…
Metters Limited : makers of the most perfect all steel wind mill in Australia
Detailed catalogue of the Metters' pumps, wind mills and spare parts, particularly their 1909 All Steel Wind Mill. Includes testimonials on pages 32 - 50.
Getting down to business on the food front : Yates' seed book of what & when to sow : a real war job
Publication provides a guide to the year ahead, for planting and raising a range of vegetables, flowers and ornamentals. Emphasis is upon making the most use of any free space to produce as much food for the war effort as possible.
Special list of dahlias and other plants, season 1941-1942
List of Dahlias, including new specimens, for sale. Includes lists of roses, fushchias, hibiscus, perennials, and other plant varieties available for planting and sale.Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection…
The English bee-keeper ; or, Suggestions for the practical management of amateur and cottage apiaries, on scientific principles, with an appendix of notes, chiefly illustrative
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books.
The Commonwealth of Australia for farmers
Information booklet for prospective immigrants interested in working on the land, which describes every type of agricultural industry in Australia.
A practical treatise on sheep breeding and wool growing
Ferguson, no. 15617.Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection.Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Vermin destruction : recipes and instructions, etc., for poisoning, and general information in connexion with rabbit destruction and wire netting
At head of title: Department of Lands and Survey, Victoria.Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection.Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
The domestic rats : with suggestions for their control in field and barn = the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) and the black rat (Rattus rattus)
caption title.Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection.Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Hardie's 'Fibrolite' asbestos-cement pipes for water supply, reticulation and irrigation
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection.Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
The amateur gardener of the fruit flower and vegetable garden
Cover title: The amateur gardener for South Australia. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
State Research Farm : the central station for agricultural research in Victoria
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Special Collection Rare Books. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Screening irrigation water
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
R.M.C. : harnessing Australia's greatest river: the work of the River Murray Commission
Cover title: RMC : the work of the River Murray Commission. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Melbourne water supply
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Clovers and allied species : their characteristics and identification
At head of title: Department of Agriculture, Victoria. Reprinted from Victorian Journal of agriculture. Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality…
You can stop fruit fly : protect Victoria's fruit
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
The rabbit pest and the balance of nature : an experiment and a mathematical analysis
Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.
Report on a poisonous species of homeria (Homeria Collina, Vent.-Var. Miniata) found at Pascoe Vale, causing death of cattle feeding upon it
At head of title: Department of Agriculture, Victoria. "March, 1893"Original held in Deakin University Library Special Collection - Pamphlet Collection. Contact Deakin University Library for access to high quality images.