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Rowley, Gordon - A History of Succulent Plants Once again Gordon has produced something totally different by looking at the history of man’s involvement with succulent plants from the earliest records through to the modern hobby, written is his easygoing style, and illustrated with the widest and most wonderful selection of pictures, old and modern and as ever including the way out as only he could! 1997 10 x 10 409 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: Please note that Strawberry Press books are quite heavy and vulnerable to their corners being bumped in transit. I’m afraid that I cannot guarantee that there is no minor bumping on the copies I supply, but for those books with more serious damage I have reduced the price accordingly., New Price: £(GBP)50.00 Special offer! Just £35 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Struik (Publisher) - Wild Flowers of South Africa .A very attractive book with good quality colour photos arrnaged by plant family with a brief introduction to each of them. 127 pages 1996 revised second edition.
Konings, Gertrud & Ad - Cacti of Texas in their natural habitat A fairly large format book in which the authors cover all 136 species to be found in Texas. Designed to be attractive and understandable to non cactus specialists, it is artistically designed with many mainly larger colour photos usually including flowers and fruits, accompanied by non technical descriptions. Brief introductory sections cover the habitats where they can be found and general identification help, and concise location information and compact distribution maps complete the book. 2009 10 ¾ x 11 ½ 216 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)50.00 Special offer! Just £40 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Gentry - Agaves of Continental North America The classic book on the subject which describes the plants in great detail. Numerous B&W photos, sketches and maps, and just the one colour photo. 1982 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ 670 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , Fading to spine and adjacent front of the dust jacket, and clear tape along the top of the front and top and bottom of the spine of it. Otherwise very good., Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)60.00 Special offer! Just £40 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Hunt, David - A New Review of Mammillaria Names 1987 Reprinted in consolidated form from volumes 1 – 5 of Bradleya. 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ 128 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , Very slight wear to the cover, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)7.50 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
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Benson, Lyman - The Cacti of the United States and Canada A monumental book on these plants, well detailed and with many B&W photos and sketches and 194 colour photos. 11 ¼ x 8 ¼ 1044 pages 1982 Cover: Hardback Comments: , Fading to the spine of the dust jacket, and slight score down front of it., Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)50.00 Special offer! Just £35 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Andersohn - Cacti and Succulents An attractively produced book covering all aspects of the plants and hobby, from habitat through cultivation and selected species, well illustrated. 8 ½ x 7 ¾ 1983 312 pages Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)7.50 Special offer! Just £4 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
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Hochstatter - To the Habitats Of Pediocactus and Sclerocactus The first of three books by this author on these cold hardy but challenging to grow plants, describing his travels in search of them. 170 pages including 16 of colour photos. (1990) 9 ¾ x 6 ¾ Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Preston-Mafham - Cacti and Succulents in Habitat Ever wanted to know how these plants survive in habitat? Then this book gives a fascinating visual and narrative account. 159 pages with over 170 colour photos. 1995 9 ½ x 7 ½ Cover: Softcover Comments: Ex sales event stock with wear to its cover especially corners (RRP £10.99), New Price: £(GBP)8.50 Special offer! Just £6.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Zappi - Pilosocereus - The Genus in Brazil A thorough review of the genus, whilst somewhat technical, has plenty to interest. Well illustrated with colour and B&W photos, as well as attractive botanical sketches. 160 pages. 1994 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ Craib - Hystrix - The natural habitat and cultivation of some southern African succulent Pelargoniums Part 1 Observations on the ecology of South African Geraniaceae, and hints on their cultivation. Also includes hints on seed raising. 1992 8 ¼ x 5 ½ 27 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £3 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Reynolds, G W - The Aloes of Tropical Africa and Madagascar 197 species are described, each illustrated in B&W photos, along with 106 colour photos. Still a classic on these plants after more than 40 years. 1966 10 ¾ x 7 ¾ 537 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , Some wear to dust jacket but not bad for its age, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)100.00 Special offer! Just £75 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Pilbeam, John - Cacti & Succulents of Baja California The author shares his knowledge from several visit to this area which for many years was very difficult to traverse and still is one of the more challenging and remote areas. We are taken on a trip from north to south divided up in to several sections, each with a page or two of introductory information followed by numerous colour photos of the plants by both the author and others, and sometimes scenery and animals. Much cheaper, and more comfortable, than going there yourself and a good substitute for most of us! 2015 11 x 8 ¼ 233 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)40.00 Special offer! Just £32.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Anderson Montes & Taylor - Threatened Cacti of Mexico Looks at 52 species thought to be threatened giving a review based on field study. Well illustrated with colour photos. 136 pages 1994 10 x 7 ¼ Cover: Softcover Comments: Very slight wear to cover, New Price: £(GBP)20.00 Special offer! Just £17.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Kapitany & Schulz - Succulent Success in the Garden A third book on the subject of the possible plants to grow outside in favourable climates, this time based on various locations where the plants can be grown, written by two Australian nurserymen, and again well illustrated with many good size and quality photos. 2001 9 ¾ x 7 ¼ 96 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)12.00 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
McGregor, Malcolm - Saxifrages This is a book for growers of these plants. Based on both seeing the plants in many of their habitats as well as cultivation, the author provides the best overview of the whole genus available. After brief introductory sections on the family taxonomy and habitat they are then covered by section, with information on their distribution, cultivation as well as describing species and many cultivars. Well illustrated with many colour photos. 2008 10 ½ x 7 ½ 384 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , Slight edge damage to a few of the pages (RRP £35), New Price: £(GBP)22.50 Special offer! Just £15 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Jacobsen, W B G - The Ferns and Fern Allies of Southern Africa A detailed account of the popular plants with introductory sections on their distribution, ecology and plant communities they are found in before giving a key to families and genera which are then described in some detail and illustrated with black and white photos. 1983 11 ½ x 8 ½ 542 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: Slight wear to the edge of the dust jacket, and the first 40 pages have had some water staining to a bottom corner - the pages haven't stuck together but there is some discolouring and wrinkling., Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)100.00 Special offer! Just £50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Ornduff, Faber, Keeler-Wolf - Introduction to California Plant Life A compact pocket style book which explains the climate and physical environment of the plants before looking in more detail at various vegetation types and the evolution and exploration of the flora. 188 colour photos. 2003 7 ½ x 4 ¾ 341 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Smith & van Wyk - Aloes in Southern Africa The first part of the book looks at what is an Aloe, its near relatives, botany and ecology. Then it looks at the species by habitat type after which their possibilities for gardening are considered and finally a short section on their uses. The authors are well known experts on the plants and the book is very well illustrated with many colour photos. 2008 9 x 8 ¼ 136 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: (RRP £14.99), New Price: £(GBP)13.50 Special offer! Just £8.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Champie, Clarke - Cacti & Succulents of El Paso After an introduction to the botany of cacti and the other succulents, the main plants to be found are described and illustrated with many B&W photos. 1974 10 ¼ x 7 100 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , Very slight wear to its cover, New Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Lau, Alfred - Feldnummern-Liste Alfred B. Lau Volume 2 South America 1968 - 1972 Updated list with additional comments in German and English 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ Cover: Softcover Comments: , Slight catch to corner, New Price: £(GBP)12.50 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Hewitt, Terry - Garden Succulents (RHS Wisley Handbook) Covers a wide range of true cacti, other succulents, bromeliads and such plants which might be able to survive in the UK outside in suitable areas and locations in gardens, along with cultivation advice. 8 ½ x 5 ¼ 96 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , (RRP £7.99), New Price: £(GBP)6.50 Special offer! Just £4 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Steens, Andrew - Bromeliads for the Contemporary Garden Written by a New Zealand nurseryman, this book covers over 200 varieties from 28 genera suitable for outdoor cultivation in warmer climates. Well illustrated with many colour photos, this is also a very attractive book to browse for those of us who cannot grow them outside and can be used for inspiration for plants to grow indoors. 2003 10 x 8 ½ 198 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)20.00 Special offer! Just £15 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Lutz - Feldliste Eberhard Lutz 1986 bis 1999. Sonderheft 1999 des A.f.M. Lutz field numbers 1-673 for USA native cacti. 2 photos German 1999 8 ¼ x 6 55 pages Cover: Plastic Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)12.50 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Knebel - Phyllocactus. Compiled by Werner Engelhardt. Edited by Gertrude W. Beahm Biography of Curt Knebel (first published 1949) and a brief history of his nursery. Checklist of his hybrid epiphylls, and notes on cultivation1 photo, 1 graphic. 2003 Reprint 8 ¼ x 5 ¼ 63 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £3.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Knebel - Phyllokakteen. Ein Buch von Züchtung und Pflege schöner Blumen. Bearbeitet und herausgegeben von Werner Engelhardt German edition of Phyllocactus (1949), first published in 1951. 16 photos, 1 photo portrait German 2003 Reprint 8 ¼ x 6 Epric photocopy reprint spiralbound with poor photos. 90 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £3.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Arloing - Recherches anatomiques sur le bouturage des cactées. Deuxime Thèse présentée la Faculté des Sciences de Paris. Annales des Sciences Naturelles: Botanique, Sér. 6, 4. Reprint (first published 1877) of anatomical studies in Cereus, Echinopsis, Rhipsalis and other Cactaceae. 2 graphic plates French 2003 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 56 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)4.00 Special offer! Just £2 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Meredith ed - The Grasses & Pastures of South Africa The first part of the book deals with identification of the grasses to be found, whilst the second the management of them. Mostly black and white photos and sketches with 32 colour plates. 1955 9 ¾ x 7 ½ 771 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: Second impression 1959, Poor dust wrapper and the spine starting to split away from the book block., Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Knuth - Geraniaceae Reprint, originally 1912 from Engler, Das Pflanzenreich regni vegetabilis conspectus, Heft 53 Latin., 80 text-figs, pages uncut. A source-book for descriptions of all known species at that date. 198910 x 6 ½ 640 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: Pages uncut, New Price: £(GBP)20.00 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Rowley, Gordon - Field numbers of succulent plants GR numbers 1-614 (1968-83), with names and localities. 4 composite sketches + 5 black and white photos 1986 6 ½ x 5 59 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: Slight fading to cover, New Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £2.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Mays ed, Harry - Succulent Liliaceae League of America and the Haworthia Review 1946-1948 A retypeset reprint of the Haworthia Review, originally edited by Jay Dodson, but now very rare. An introduction and index have been added by Harry Mays. 22 B&W photos, 1998 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ 98 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Fagan, Damian - Canyon Country Wildflowers Over 190 species are described and illustrated with a colour photo in this field guide style book. 1998 9 x 5 ¾ 152 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £3.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Germishuizen, Gerrit - Illustrated Guide to the Wildflowers of Northern South Africa A tall pocket style guide to over 600 of the more commonly found plants in the region, with a brief description and and colour painting by Brenda Clarke. 2000 Briza Publications 8 ½ x 4 224 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: Slight werar to cover, New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Wiese - Sierra Nevada Wildflowers Over 230 plants are described and illustrated with a colour photo, along with a brief introductory section to the area. 9 x 6 2000 188 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £3 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Stevens - The systematic and evolutionary significance of phytochemical variation in the Eurasian Sedoideae and Sempervivoideae (Crassulaceae) 10 collected papers, previously published elsewhere, plus glossary and summary. 39 text-figs 1995 9 ¼ x 6 ½ 210 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: Slight wear to cover, New Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Cox, John - BCSS History The author has been the society Archivist as well as a long term member of the Bradford branch which formed the basis of the society, and so has been well placed to put together this attractive and interesting album of recollections, articles, photos of early personalities etc. 2011 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 20 pages Cover: Card Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £3.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Appenzeller - Feldnummern-Liste Steven Brack der Gattungen Coryphantha, Escobaria, Mammillaria und Neolloydia Listed by genus, in both speices and collection number order. 1996 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ Cover: Softcover Comments: Slight wear to cover, New Price: £(GBP)12.50 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Wild & Drummond eds - Kirkia volume VII part 1 This book packs in the colour photos of the plant as a whole and the leaves, bark, flowers and seeds to help identify the plants, along with a key based around region and concise descriptions. 2003 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 92 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)20.00 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Quinn, Meg - Cacti of the Desert Southwest 80 cacti are each given a full page with a good size colour photo and description. 2001 9 x 6 88 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Waterkamp, Rainer - South Africa - Paradise at the Continent's End A colour picture album which depicts the variety of the people, animals and scenery of the country. 159 pages 12 ¼ x 9 ¾ 2007 Cover: Hardback Comments: , (RRP £24.99), New Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Smith, Lyman - Notes on Bromeliaceae 1 - XXX111 Detailed descriptions and keys illustrated with sketches. Reprinted from Phytologia 1953 – 1971 as contributions from the Reed Herbarium no XX 1971 (1983 reprint) 9 ¾ x 6 ¾ 666 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , Slight fading/marks to the cover, New Price: £(GBP)25.00 Special offer! Just £12.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Dreyer & van Jaarsveld - Gerhard Dreyer's Wild Flowers An attractive posthumous compilation of some of the marvellous photographs taken by Dreyer’s both panoramas and close ups well reproduced accompanied by informative text by Ernst van Jaarsveld. 2003 8 ¾ x 11 ¼ 80 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , Very slight wear to dust jacket, New Price: £(GBP)17.50 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Warren & Allan - Philip's Guide to Deserts A compact pocket type book which looks at dry landscapes with life, living and resources in them. Fourteen desert areas of the world are each fairly briefly described. Over 170 colour photos and maps etc 2006 7 ¾ x 5 208 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £3 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Smith & Crouch - Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa A useful compact introduction to 240 of the more common succulent plants of the area, typically 2 species to a page, with description, one or more colour photos and distribution map. 2009 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 136 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Bell, Shirley-Anne - Growing Cacti and Other Succulents in the Conservatory and Indoors An introductory book which puts more emphasis on displaying the plants than is usually found, along with the expected cultivation and selection sections, all well illustrated. 2001 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ 168 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: Corners a bit curled (RRP £14.95), Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)7.50 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Manning, John - SASOL First Field Guide to Succulents of Southern Africa A small introductory booklet to the plants, that gives 48 species a page each, with description, distribution map and colour photos packed in. Short introductory section. 2001 6 ½ x 4 ¼ 57 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £3.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Backeberg - Die Cactaceae The classic monumental work first published 1958 – 62 in 6 volumes, with over 4000 pages and 3500 mainly monochrome illustrations. German language. 9 ½ x 7 Cover: Hardback Comments: Original edition of volume 2 Cereoideae (Hylocereeae - Cereeae (Austorcereinae)), Its quite worn and the spine has split slightly but appears to be holding OK. No dust jacket., Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)30.00 Special offer! Just £12.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Cover: Hardback Comments: Volume 5 only reprint edition. Cereoideae - Echinocactus through t Mamillaria via many of the more popular Genera, With slip case, New Price: £(GBP)40.00 Special offer! Just £20 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Benson - The Cacti of Arizona first edition The first edition of what became a long running classic. Detailed descriptions with many black and white photos and a few in colour, plus some attractive colour paintings of flowers. 1940 9 x 6 34 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , Bumperd corner but generally godd for its age, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)25.00 Special offer! Just £17.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Moore, Jeff - Under the Spell of Succulents A marvellous collection of photos which show the beauty that can be found in the succulent plant world – primarily in the other succulents. The author is a Californian nurseryman, and the size and colouration of many of the plants are beyond what can be achieved in less suitable climates. But maybe with climate change who knows! Meanwhile we can enjoy the author’s eye for a good photo showing their colour, form and uses and maybe get a few ideas to experiment with and look at our plants with fresh eyes. 10 x 9 ½ 2014 244 pages.
Pilbeam, John - Mammillaria: Now & Again This book is a follow up to his classic 1999 book, but in a much more informal manner. It gives the author’s views on the new taxa since then and the ever changing opinions based on DNA, field and other studies, plus his own experiences and views – which he is never short of! Illustrated with many colour photos both in habitat and cultivation. 2017 11 x 8 ½ 242 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)37.00 Special offer! Just £25 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Slaba - Yellow Flowering Sulcorebutia - Kaktusy Special German Language The title is a bit of a tease as you will also see photos of other coloured flowers, but it concentrates on the predominantly yellow species. Descriptions and plenty of colour photos. German Language. 2012 9 x 6 36 pages. Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)6.00 Special offer! Just £4 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Barthlott & Hunt - Seed-diversity in the Cactaceae subfamily Cactoideae Largely based on research from the 1970s, this book has 86 pages of SEM pictures, 4 species per page with an overall picture and close-up of each, to illustrate the variation within the seeds of these plants. These are supported by an introductory section, descriptions of each specie’s seeds, and a survey of other literature relating to the subject. 2000 9 ¾ x 6 ¾ 173 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)20.00 Special offer! Just £12.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Craib, Charles - Grass Aloes in the South African Veld Quite a long introduction section describes not only the expected aspects of taxonomy, growth cycles, pollination and seed dispersal, but also the role of fire and changes to habitat, but also the background to the botanical illustration and habitat sketches. Each species is given a very comprehensive description including habitats, growth cycle and cultivation, and illustrated with a beautiful full page colour botanical art illustration by Gillian Condy. On heavier paper than the Cotyledon book and in a slip case. Again a magnificent Umdaus Press production. 2005 12 ¾ x 9 ¼ 156 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)25.00 Special offer! ***Star deal*** only £12.50 Add To Basket
Hunt & Taylor (ed.) - Studies in the Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) - includes Andean Opuntia & Tephrocacti. Succulent Plant Research Volume 6 112 pages are an article by Iliff as an annotated alphabetical synopsis of Andean opuntioids including Tephrocactus, and is supplemented by four other articles by specialists in opuntioids, covering phylogeny based on molecular data by Wallace, chromosome counts and phytogeography by Pinkava, seed anatomy by Stuppy and eastern Brazilian opuntioids by Taylor et al 77 colour photos, 72 text-figs, 2 maps 2002 10 x 7 ¼ 255 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)20.00 Special offer! Just £12.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Nobel ed, Park - Cacti - Biology and Uses A series of essays by research scientists dealing with structure, classification, ecology, food derivatives, breeding systems, and predators of cacti. For a semi-technical readership. 2002 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 280 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: (RRP £48.95), New Price: £(GBP)20.00 Special offer! Just £12.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa - Mapping the Cacti of Mexico Part 2 Mammillaria Following in the same fashion as the first part, this one covers one of the major and possibly most popular genera not previously included. Based on the New Cactus Lexicon classification the 54 maps cover 155 species of Mammillaria based on documented information from a wide range of herbarium sources – 68 in all. It is a very useful and interesting book, which in addition to the maps does provide additional information on the habitats the plants come from as well quite a number of colour photos of some of the plants both in habitat and cultivation. Volume 9 of Succulent Plant Research published by David Hunt. 2015 9 ½ x 6 ¾ 189 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)25.00 Special offer! Just £12.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Pritchard ed Lawant - Jatropha A useful book on a poorly known Genus, it is based on the draft started by Albert Pritchard who had seen plants in habitat and cultivated as wide a range of species as was possible. With Albert’s death Pjotr Lawant completed it and brought it up to date in the same style that Albert had used. 71 more or less succulent species are covered, along with cultivation, glossary, literature, list of all species and synonyms with a good number of colour photos, historic botanic illustrations and sketches. 2017 11 ½ x 8 ¼ 100 pages Eliovson - Wild flowers of Southern Africa . Cover: Hardback Comments: , Some small tears to the edge of the dust jacket but otherwise very good, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)25.00 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Moriarty - Outeniqua Tsisikamma & Eastern Little Karoo No 2 in the South African Wild Flower Guides. After a brief introduction, about 80 composite colour plates of paintings illustrate numerous species along with a description. 206 pages 1982 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ Cover: Softcover Comments: 1997 updated edition with 223 pages including 10 additional colour plates., , New Price: £(GBP)13.50 Special offer! Just £8.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Plowes & Drummond - Wild flowers of Rhodesia A useful book on the plants of this area, on which there is very little, with a brief introduction followed by 193 plants described with colour photos on the opposite page. 1976 6 ½ x 8 ½ Around 160 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: Very good for its age, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Pooley - A Field Guide to Wild Flowers Kwazulu-Natal and the Eastern Region Illustrates about 2400 species with a colour photo, typically 6 - 10 per page, with description and distribution map on the opposite page. Includes the Drakensberg. Remarkably comprehensive. 630 pages 1998 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ Cover: Softcover Comments: Slant to binding, New Price: £(GBP)32.50 Special offer! Just £20 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
van Wyk - Field Guide to the Trees of the Kruger National Park That it’s now in its fifth edition after nearly 25 years is a good indication of the quality and usefulness of this book. Over 200 species are covered, one per page with concise description and photos showing the overall form plus close ups of bark, leaves, flowers and fruit. 2008 8 ¼ x 5 ¾ 272 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)16.50 Special offer! Just £10 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Huey & Houk - Wild Cactus Covers N American Cacti natural history, ethnobotany, discovery and human impact. 127 pages with many well produced colour photos, often full page. 1996 9 ¾ x 9 Cover: Hardback Comments: (RRP £17.99), New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Hubert Earle - Cacti of the Southwest Many B&W photos of plants both in habitat and cultivation, along with descriptions, make this a useful reference. 1963 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 112 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: Second edition with 23 pages of colour photos, additional species and 208 pages. 1980 printing, Some wear to the cover, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)7.50 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Cover: Softcover Comments: 1972 printing signed by author, , Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Cover: Softcover Comments: Original printing, Original edition neatly rebound with original cover mounted on front, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Nobel - Environmental Biology of Agaves and Cacti An academic study of how cacti and agaves respond to their environmental factors, looking in detail at Agave deserti, Ferocactus acanthodes and Opuntia ficus-indica. Many text figures including some B&W photos. 1988 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ 270 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: Boards slightly warped, dust wrapper slightly torn and curling at the edge, and inscription from the author on fisrt page., Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)45.00 Special offer! Just £30 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Cover: Hardback Comments: Slight wear and curl to edge of dust jacket, New Price: £(GBP)45.00 Special offer! Just £25 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Benson - Native Cacti of California Sixteen pages of colour photos, plus numerous B&W photos, sketches and maps etc make this a very detailed look at these plants. 1969 9 ¼ x 6 ¼ 243 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: 1993 printing, , New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Subik & Kunte - The Complete Encyclopedia of Cacti This book is divided into sections by country, with only brief sections on cultivation and cultivars. All the illustrations - typically 2 or 3 per page, but some full page - are in colour, and many are of plants in habitat. Descriptions, cultivation and other information are given for each plant. Although there are a few typographical errors, this is none the less a very interesting book, and great value for money. 288 pages 2003 9 ½ x 6 ¾ Cover: Hardback Comments: (RRP £12.99), New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Manning, Goldblatt & Snijman - The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs The most comprehensive popular book on these attractive and widely grown plants, giving descriptions and habitat information, and limited cultivation advice. Well illustrated with many colour photos, and written by three South African plant experts. 2002 11 ¼ x 8 ¾ 486 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: Slight damage to a few page edges (RRP £45), New Price: £(GBP)37.50 Special offer! Just £17.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Eggli & Taylor - IOS Index of Names of Cactaceae Lists all the new Cactaceae Plant Names published in the Repertorium Plantarum Succulentarum from 1950 – 1990. 222 pages 1991 9 ½ x 6 Cover: Softcover Comments: Very slight wear to cover, New Price: £(GBP)12.50 Special offer! Just £5 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Fransden, Robin - Succulents of Southern Africa The author has set out to produce the most comprehensive guide to these plants yet produced, and whilst it doesn’t cover every known specie it includes a tremendous number of them. After a brief introduction to the area and plants, there are also brief biographies of the main personalities who discovered and made the plants better known. The vast majority of the book covers the plants by family with concise descriptions on one page and colour photos, which have come from a number of sources, on the opposite page to the text. A glossary and selected bibliography are also included. It is a substantial book and has certainly achieved its aim. 2017 10 ½ x 8 ½ 504 pages Cover: Hardback Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)55.00 Special offer! Just £39.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Pavlica & Saeki - Japanese Hybrid Astrophytum This is a book like no other! It is a visual celebration of the fantastic variation that has been bred in to Astrophytums – body form, variegation, flowers - primarily in Japan but more recently in the Czech Republic. And in addition it covers the people involved in it, techniques for hybridisation and propagation especially to accelerate their growth. 1603 colour illustrations 314 pages English 12 x 8 ½ Cover: Laminated Illustrated Hard cover Comments: , New Price: £(GBP)60.00 Special offer! Just £45 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Chester, Sharon - A Wildlife Guide to Chile With many people going to Chile these days many have a wider interest in the natural history than just the Cacti and this chunky book is small enough to be conveniently taken in to the field to identify, birds, animals, the other plants and marine life. Introductory sections give background information, and there is quite a long section of the floristic zones before giving botanical descriptions for selected plants. 2008 8 ½ x 5 ½ 392 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)10.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Šeda & Sedlák - Mediolobivia - Kaktusy Special German Language A colourful special on the plants in this group within the Rebutias – depending on whichever classification you may accept! Descriptions plus many colour photos German Language. 2011 9 x 6 36 pages. Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)6.00 Special offer! Just £4 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Hunt - Cites Cactaceae checklist A technical publication listing synonyms, country where they grow in habitat, bibliography etc 190 pages 1992 9 ½ x 6 Cover: Softcover Comments: , , Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)5.00 Special offer! Just £3 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Stuchlik, Stanislav - Kakteen Rio Grande do Sul - German Text - Kaktusy Special 2010 A rather larger than usual Kaktusy Special which is a guide of the Cacti to be found in the area and also briefly looks at the people and other plants, well illustrated with many colour photos. German Language 2009 9 x 6 67 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)6.00 Special offer! Just £4 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Powell & Weedin - Cacti of the Trans-Pecos & adjacent areas Very detailed descriptions of the 104 recognised species and varieties occurring in the 15 counties in and near the Trans-Pecos region. 64 distribution maps. 2004 10 ¼ x 7 ¼ 509 text pages, 62 pp. containing 313 colour photos Cover: Hardback Comments: (RRP £60.5), New Price: £(GBP)40.00 Special offer! Just £27.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
South West Africa Scientific Society - Dinteria Sorry no description available - if you'd like to know more about this book then please ask. Cover: Softcover Comments: No 25 includes Williamson Preliminary account of the floristic zones of the Sperrgebiet Protected Diamond
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Grazing gradients in the Highland savanna of Namibia, , New Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £7.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
Cave, Yvonne - Succulents for the Contemporary Garden Readers in less warm parts of the world can dream (or it is a nice book with pictures of what the plants can look like!) of growing these fascinating plants to their best in the open air – and for those in warmer climes it provides a good manual of what to grow, and how to grow it. The author lives in New Zealand, and shows how many of these plants can be used to best advantage. 2002 10 x 8 ½ 176 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , Fold down back cover, Second hand book – please see important information Price: £(GBP)15.00 Special offer! Just £8.50 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
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van Heek and Strecker - The genus Uebelmannia Kaktusy Special 2 2000 (German language text) A well illustrated booklet which shows the species and varieties in habitat. German Language 9 x 6 32 pages Cover: Softcover Comments: , , New Price: £(GBP)6.00 Special offer! Just £4 until the end of May 2022 Add To Basket
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