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Anderson, Edward F. The Cactus Family. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2001.
Anderson, Miles. The Ultimate Book of Cacti and Succulents. New York: Lorenz Books, 1998.
Backeberg, Curt. Cactus Lexicon: Enumeratio diagnostica Cactacearum. Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press, 1976.
Bayer, Bruce. Haworthia Revisited: a Revision of the Genus. South Africa: Umdeaus Press, 1999.
Brewerton, D.V. The Succulent Euphorbias: An Introduction. Oxford: British Cactus and Succulent Society, 1975.
Britton, N.L. and Rose, J.N. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. (Complete in Four Volumes Bound as Two). New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1963.
Cacti: Biology And Uses. Edited by Park S. Nobel. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2002.
Cactus and Succulents for Modern Living. Kalamazoo, MI: Merchants Publishing Company, 1976.
Cahill, L.W., Painting, P.J. Cacti & Succulents (Large Print Series). Yorkshire: Magna Print Books, 1974.
Cave, Yvonne. The Succulent Garden: A Practical Gardening Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1996.
Chahinian, B. Juan. The Sansevieria Trifasciata Varieties: A Presentation of All Cultivated Varieties. Reseda, CA: Trans Terra Publishing, 1986.
Chapman, Peter and Martin, Margaret. Successful Indoor Gardening: Exotic Cacti. Los Angeles: Price Stern Sloan, Inc., 1989.
Charles, Graham. Copiapoa. (Cactus File Handbook 4). Southampton, GB: Cirio Publishing Co., 1998.
Chidamian, Claude. The Book of Cacti and Other Succulents. Garden City, New York: The American Garden Guild, 1958.
Chidamian, Claude. The Book of Cacti and Other Succulents. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1984 (reprint of 1958 edition).
Court, Doreen. Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. Rotterdam, Netherlands: A.A. Balkema, Pub., 2000.
Craib, Charles. Geophytic Pelargoniums Field and Cultivation Studies of Pelargonium section Hoarea. Hatfield, South Africa: Umdaus Press, 2001.
Cullman, Dr. Willy et al. The Encyclopedia of Cacti. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1986.
Euphorbia, Volume 1. Mill Valley, CA: Strawberry Press, 1983.
Volume 2, 1984.
Volume 3, 1985.
Volume 4, 1987.
Volume 5, 1988.
Volume 6, 1989.
Volume 7, 1991.
Volume 8, 1992.
Volume 9, 1994.
Volume 10. 1996.
Evans, Douglas B. Cactuses of Big Bend National Park. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1998.
Fearn, Brian. Lithops: an introduction to a fascinating group of plants. Northants, Great Britain.: British Cactus and Succulent Society, 1981.
Findley, Rowe. Great American Deserts. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1972.
Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1982.
Gibson, Arthur C. and Nobel, Park S. The Cactus Primer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1986. (2 copies)
Graf, Alfred Byrd. Hortica.: a color cyclopedia of garden flora in all climates and indoor plants. East Rutherford, NJ: Roehrs Co., 1992.
Grantham, Keith and Klaassen, Paul. The Pathfinder’s Guide to Cacti and Other Succulents. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1999.
A Guide to Cacti & Succulents. Philadelphia: The Philadelphia Cactus and Succulent Society, n.d.
Ginns, R. Echeverias. U.K.(?): National Cactus and Succulent Society, n.d.
Hammer, Steven. Dumpling and His Wife: New Views of the Genus Conophytum. Norwich, England: EAE Creative Colour Ltd. and Steven A. Hammer, 2002.
Hammer, Steven. The Genus Conophytum: A Conograph. Pretoria: Select Plant Publications, 1993.
Hammer, Steven. Lithops: Treasures of the Veld. Ansley, W. Sussex, England: British Cactus and Succulent Society, 1999.
Hammer, Steven. Notes on Some South African Succulents (a special issue of the Italian Journal Piante Grasse) Bologna, Italy: Associazione Italiana Amatori delle Piante Succulente, 1995.
Handbook On Succulent Plants (a special printing of Plants & Gardens, Vol. 19, No. 3) Brooklyn, New York: Editorial Committee of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1977.
Haselton, Scott E. Cactus & Succulents And how to grow them (Desert Botanical Garden Science Bulletin No. 5) Phoenix, Arizona: The Desert Botanical Garden.
Hewitt, Terry. 101 Essential Tips: Cacti & Succulents. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1996.
Hodge, Carle. All About Saguaros. Phoenix: Arizona Department of Transportation, 1991.
Huxley, Anthony. House Plants: Cacti and Succulents. London: Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1972.
Innes, Clive. The Handbook of Cacti and Succulents. Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1988.
Innes, Clive and Glass, Charles. Cacti: Over 1200 Species Illustrated and Identified. New York: Portland House, 1991.
Innes, Clive. Succulents. London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1989.
Irish, Mary and Irish, Gary. Agaves, Yuccas and Related Plants: A Gardener’s Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2000.
Kramer, Jack. Beyond The House Plant. New York: Ballantine Books, 1976.
Kramer, Jack and the Sunset Editorial Staff. Succulents and Cactus. (A Sunset Book). Menlo Park, CA: Lane Books, 1970.
Lamb, Edgar and Brian. Colorful Cacti of the American Deserts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
Lamb, Edgar and Brian. Pocket Encyclopedia of Cacti in Colour Including Other Succulents. Dorset: Blandford Press, 1969.
Lawrie, Ian. Coryphantha and Associated Genera. Surrey: The Mammillaria Society, 1988.
Luebbermann, Mimi. Cactus & Succulents: Simple Secrets for Glorious Gardens - Indoors and Out.. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1997.
Martin, Margaret J. et al, Cacti and their Cultivation. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1971. (3 copies)
Mc Quown, F.R. Fine-flowered Cacti: Epiphyllums and Others for Home and Greenhouse. South Brunswick, NJ: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1972.
Miller, Diana. Pelargoniums: a Gardener’s Guide to the Species and their Cultivars and Hybrids. Portland, OR: Timber Press, Inc., 1996..
Oliver, Ian. Growing South African Succulents. Claremont, South Africa: National Botanical Institute, 1993.
Pilbeam, John, et al. Adromischus (Cactus File Handbook 3). Holbury, Southampton, UK: Cirio Publishing Services, 1998.
Pilbeam, John. Cacti for the Connoiseur. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1987.
Pilbeam, John W. The First Fifty Haworthias. Essex: The Succulent Plant Trust, 1970.
Pilbeam, John. The Instant Guide to Healthy Cacti. New York: Times Books, 1984.
Pilbeam, John. The Instant Guide to Healthy Succulents. New York: Times Books, 1984.
Pilbeam, John. Mammillaria (Cactus File Handbook 6). Southampton, UK: Cirio Publishing Co., 1999.
Pilbeam, John. Rebutia. Southampton, UK: Cirio Publishing Services Ltd., 1997.
Pilbeam, John. Sulcorebutia and Weingartia: A Collector’s Guide. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1985.
Pizzetti, Mariella. Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Cacti and Succulents. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1985.
Preston-Mafham, Ken. Cacti and Succulents in Habitat. London: Cassell Villiers House, 1994.
Rauh, Werner. Succulent and Xerophytic Plants of Madagascar, Volume 1. Mill Valley, CA: Strawberry Press, 1995.
Rauh, Werner. Succulent and Xerophytic Plants of Madagascar, Volume 2. Mill Valley, CA: Strawberry Press, 1998.
Riha, Jan and Subik, Rudolf. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti & Other Succulents. Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1981. (2 copies)
Rowley, Gordon. Anacampseros, Avonia, Grahamia: A Grower’s Handbook. Hants, UK: British Cactus and Succulent Society, 1995. (2 copies)
Rowley, Gordon. Caudiciform & Pachycaul Succulents. Mill Valley, CA: Strawberry Press, 1987.
Rowley, Gordon. A History of Succulent Plants. Mill Valley, CA: Strawberry Press, 1997.
Rowley, Gordon. Pacypodium and Adenium. (Cactus File Handbook 5). Southampton, UK: Cirio Publishing Services Ltd., 1999.
Sajeva, Maurizio and Constanzo, Mariangela. Succulents: The Illustrated Dictionary. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1994.
Sajeva, Maurizio and Constanzo, Mariangela. Succulents II: The New Illustrated Dictionary. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2000.
Schultz, Rudolf, and Powys, Anne. Piguone, Kenya: Succulents and Their Environment. Teesdale, VIC, Australia: Schultz Publishing: 1998.
Schuster, Danny. The World of Cacti: How to Select and Care for Over 1000 Species. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Scott, Charles L. The Genus Haworthia: A Taxonomic Revision. Johannesburg: Aloe Books, 1985.
Sierer, David. Where the Hardy Cactus Grow.: A Hardy Succulents Handbook. Sidney, BC, Canada: The Amateurs’ Digest, 1999.
Smit, Daan and den Hartogh, Nicky. Cacti: The Flowering Desert. New York: Smithmark, 1995.
Smith, Gideon F. Mesembs of the World. National Botanical Institute of South Africa: Arcadia, SA: Briza Publications, 1998.
Spain, John N., Growing Winter Hardy Cacti in Cold/Wet Climate Conditions. Watertown, CT: Elisabeth Harmon, 1994. (2 copies)
Squire, David. Cacti and Succulents: An Easy-to-Follow Guide to Their Cultivation and Care. Godalming Surrey, England: Colour Library Books, 1994.
Stephenson, Ray. Sedum: Cultivated Stonecrops. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1994.
Storms, Ed. The New Growing the Mesembs. Azle, TX: Ed Storms, Inc., 1986. (2 copies)
Subik, Rudolf. A Concise Guide In Colour: Cacti and Succulents. London, The Hamlyn Publishing Group LTD., 1977.
Swain, Roger. Groundwork: A Gardener’s Ecology. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.
Turner, R.G., Jr. Botanica: The Illustrated A-Z of Over 10,000 Garden Plants and How to Cultivate Them. Australia: Random House Australia Pty Ltd, 1999.
van Jaarsveld, E. J. Gasterias of South Africa: A Recent Revision of a Major Succulent Group. Vlaeberg, South Africa: Fernwood Press, 1994.
van Jaarsveld, E.J., and de Villiers Pienaar, U. Vygies: Gems of the Veld. Italy: Cactus & Co., 2000.
van Jaarsveld, E.J., van Wyk, Ben -Erik, and Smith, Gideon. Succulents of South Africa. Capetown, South Africa: Tafelberg, Pub., 2000.
van Wyk, Ben-Eril, and Smith, Gideon. Guide to the Aloes of South Africa. Pretoria: Briza Publications, 1996.
Williamson, Graham. Richtersveld, The Enchanted Wilderness. Hatfield, South Africa: Umdaus Press, 2000.
Wright, David E. Stuck on Cactus: A Beginning Grower’s Guide. Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, 1996.
Aloe (Succulent Society of South Africa quarterly)
Beginning Vol. 34, No. 3&4, 1997
Amateurs’ Digest (bimonthly)
Beginning May 1995
Cactus & Co.(quarterly)
Beginning January 1997
Cactus and Succulent Journal (bimonthly)
Beginning 1959 (Jan/Feb)
NOTE: Since 1994, the C&SS/MA has received two copies of each issue of this journal. All second copies of C&S Journal are archived as are the 1959 -1997 issues. Ask the Librarian if you want to see one of the archived issues.
CSSA Newsletter [a.k.a. To the Point] (bimonthly)
Beginning November/December 1993
The Cactus File (quarterly)
August 1992
May, August, November 1995
February, May, August, November 1996
February 1997 (ceased publication-ask the Librarian if you would like to see these issues)
Espinas y Flores (San Diego C&SS) (monthly)
Current year only
Euphorbia Review
July 1935 - April 1937
NOTE: These issues are archived. Ask the Librarian if you would like to see them.
Grow With Us (Worcester Co. H.S.) - irregular
Current issues only
Haworthiad (quarterly)
Beginning October, 1994
Mesemb Study Group Bulletin (quarterly)
Beginning Volume 12 (1997)
10th Eastern C&S Conference
TAPE 1 - Gardening the Huntington Way (Clements)
TAPE 2 - Succulents of the Sea of Cortez (Hansen); Propagation Methods (Spaete)
TAPE 3 - Haworthias (Pilbeam); Southern Arabia Pt. 1 (Lavronos)
TAPE 4 - Southern Arabia Pt. 2 (Lavronos); Alpine Cactus & Succulents of Utah (Johnson)
TAPE 5 - The "Other" Other Succulents (Hammer); Crested, Variegated & Monstrose Cacti (Anderson)
TAPE 6 - The Namib Diamond Zone (Barad) & Panel Discussion
TAPE 7 - Caudiciforms (Clements); New and Old Species of Mesembs (Hammer)
TAPE 8 - Plant Sex for Fun and Profit (Hanson); Aristocacti (Pilbeam)
TAPE 9 - Succulents & Bulbs of the Western Cape (Lavronos)