Bornman, Hans. & Hardy, David.

Aloes of the South African Veld.

Voortrekkerpers. Johannesburg 1971. Grey buckram boards. 297pp illustrated cold.plates. 4to 1.3kg. No inscription. A Good copy without dustwrapper. Contains 146 coloured plates with text on facing page giving distribution, description, cultivation. Include newspaper cutting of book review by E. Giddy.

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Book number: 27771

Catalogue: Cacti & Succulents

Keywords: african south african southern eastern cape aloes botany

Court, Doreen.

Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. A Comprehensive and Authoritative Guide to the Indigenous Succulents of South Africa . . .

A.A. Balkema. Cape Town 1981. Gilt device on green cloth boards. 224pp illustrated 4to. 1.0kg. No inscriptions. 4 square corners. a Fine copy in VG- dustwrapper (a bit worn along top edges, no major tears or loss). contents as new. ISBN: 0869611216 " ... Botswana, South-West Africa / Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe / Rhodesia, & Mozambique Incorporating The Latest Research And Changes In Nomenclature".

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Book number: 25204

Catalogue: Cacti & Succulents

Keywords: south africa botswana, south west africa namibia, angola, zambia zimbabwe rhodesia mozambique euphorbia euphorbaceae mesembryanthem vygies mesems mesembryanthemaceae crassula crassulaceae apocynaceae passifloraceae passiflora pachpoduous welwitchia welwit

Johnson, L.A.S.

The Families of Cycads and the Zamiaceae of Australia.

National Herbarium. Sydney nd. c.1960s. Green leatherboards. 90pp illustrated b/w square 4to. No inscriptions, a Fine copy.

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Book number: 28480

Catalogue: Cacti & Succulents

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Lamb, Edgar.

The Illustrated Reference on Cacti and Other Succulents.

Blandford Press. London 1955 1st edition. Gilt on plum cloth boards. 311pp illustrated. 8vo. Ownership inscription ffep. soft at head of spine, VG condition, excellent contents, very clean and sound, no dustwrapper. Well illustrated with 32 colour and 214 halftone photographic plates. This early edition is not in any way an orphan volume of the later 5-volume set, and appears to be a one-volume item.

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Book number: 15062

Catalogue: Cacti & Succulents

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Reynolds, Gilbert Westacott.

The Aloes of South Africa.

A.A. Balkema. photolitho reprint Cape Town 1970. A re-issue of the first 1963 edition with addendum on name changes and 4 new species. Gilt device on green cloth gilt boards, 526pp, illustrated with colour & b/w photos, drawings. 4to. 275mm x 200mm x 55mm. 2.4kg. No inscriptions. VG+ condition in VG protected dustwrapper (sello offset inside, protected, no chips, tears, or loss). a super clean copy. The definitive work on South African aloes. 636 illustrations including 31 in colour.

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Book number: 25199

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Smith, Gideon F. & Van Wyk, Ben-Erik.

Guide to Garden Succulents.

Briza. Pretoria 2008 1st edition. Glossy printed boards. 320pp illustrated colour photographs. large 8vo. 1.0kg. Gift inscription to half-title page. 4 square corners, else Fine. ISBN: 9781875093670 A systematic coverage of more than 300 species commonly grown in gardens. Aims to allow for easy identification with over 500 photographs. Chapters on the uses, cultivation, propagation, and gardening with succulents.

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Book number: 28044

Catalogue: Cacti & Succulents

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