Browsing by Author "Wimbush, S.H."

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The African Alpine Bamboo
(1947) Wimbush, S.H.
The alphine bamboo (Arundinaria alpine K. Schum.) is a medium-sized, strong but thin-walled bamboo which grows gregariously in mountain forests in tropical Africa. It is founs in the highlands of Abyssinia, the southern Sudan, the Congo, Kenya and Tanganyika. Even as far south of Nyasaland a species of alpone bamboo believed to be Arudinaria alpine be been found.
A Comparison Of Wattle Growing In Natal and In Kenya
(1941) Wimbush, S.H.
Wattle is being grown on a considerable scale in Kenya, the main area from which bark is exported being the Central Province (including parts of the Kikuyu, Ukamba and Meru Reserves) and the European settled areas of Limuru, Kiambu and Thika.
Methods of planting wattle
(1941) Wimbush, S.H.
The Forest Department of Kenya sows treated seed directly in the land to be planted. Some farmers, however, transplant natural seedlings taken from under or near an existing plantation.
Rainfall interception by Cypress and Bamboo
(1947) Wimbush, S.H.; Forest Department, Kenya Colony
In May, 1946, an experiment was laid out in the Kikuyu Escarpment forest to compare the amounts' of rainfall intercepted by the crowns of (a) cypress trees and (b) bamboos.