GEOPHYTIC PELARGONIUMS

Craib, Charles. Geophytic Pelargoniums, Field and Cultivation Studies of Pelargonium Section Hoarea. Umdaus Press, Hatfield, Pretoria, 2002.

This book, beautifully illustrated by Gillian Condy, discusses 26 Section Hoarea Pelargoniums with specific reference to their autecology and cultivation.

The book has been out of print since 2002 and has, since then, become a collector’s item. As the print run was numbered this book cannot be reprinted without a revision of the text. This is unlikely as the author Charles Craib is busy writing several other books which will appear during the coming years.

A few books are available and these can be signed by the author if required.

U.S. $350.00 per book excluding postage and packaging.

HYSTRIX
Hystrix was a journal published by the Species Section of the South African Pelargonium and Geranium Society which was based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Society was closed a few years ago.
The publication focussed on the study of plants in habitat and included detailed information on the cultivation and propagation of various Geraniaceae. Each of the journals currently available is briefly described below. The prices given are in U.S. $s and exclude postage and packaging.

Hystrix, Volume 1 No. 3, December 1989. 3 copies available
This volume includes several research articles amongst which are “Pelargonium Species found adjacent to the Southern Namibian Coastline” by Charles Craib and “Pelargonium ellaphieae in the South-Western Cape Province” by Dr. E.M. Marais. There is also an article “Relative Seed Production of Pelargonium Species in the Los Angeles Area” by Michael Vassar.
U.S. $30.00 per copy, excluding packaging and postage.

Hystrix, Volume 1 No. 4, June 1990. 6 copies available
This volume has several detailed research articles by Charles Craib including three on Pelargonium hystrix and one on seed production and seed germination of Pelargonium ellaphieae under cultivated conditions. There is also an account of Sarcocaulon vanderitiae in its habitat in the eastern Cape.
Michael Vassar contributed two articles on the cultivation of Pelargonium species in California and there is a paper by Dr. Maria Lis-Balchin concerning micro propagation and tissue culture of Pelargoniums.
U.S. $30.00 per copy, excluding packaging and postage.

HYSTRIX, NATURAL HISTORY AND
CULTIVATION SERIES
Three of these were produced between 1992 and 1995. The emphasis is entirely on the autecology and cultivation of pelargonium species in the first two. The third, which is probably the best known, published in May 1995 concerns the autecology and cultivation of all species in the Genus Sarcocaulon.
A brief description of the three publications follows below.

Hystrix Natural History and Cultivation Series,
Volume 1 No. 1, September 1992.
The Natural Habitat and Cultivation of some Southern African Succulent Pelargoniums by Charles Craib. 1 copy available.
This volume concerns a detailed account of the autecology, cultivation and propagation of the following pelargoniums:
Pelargonium crassicaule
Pelargonium crassipes
Pelargonium cortusifolium
Pelargonium crithmifolium
Pelargonium desertorum
Pelargonium echinatum
Pelargonium hystrix
Pelargonium klinghardtense
Pelargonium oblongatum and
Pelargonium paniculatum.
U.S. $30.00 excluding packaging and postage.

Hystrix Natural History and Cultivation Series,
Volume 1 No. 2, November 1993.
The Natural Habitat and Cultivation of some Southern African Geophytic Pelargoniums, Part One by Charles Craib.
A number of copies of this volume are available and a 50 per cent discount is given to the book trade and the nursery trade.
This publication concerns a detailed account of the autecology, cultivation and propagation of the following Pelargonium species:
Pelargonium antidysentericum
Pelargonium bowkeri
Pelargonium incrassatum
Pelargonium longifolium
Pelargonium luridum
Pelargonium luteolum
Pelargonium pulchellum
Pelargonium rapaceum
Pelargonium sibthorpiifolium
Pelargonium sidoides and
Pelargonium tenuicaule
U.S. $8.00 excluding packaging and postage
U.S. $4.00 to the book trade and nursery trade excluding packaging and postage.

Hystrix Natural History and Cultivation Series,
Volume 1 No. 3, May 1995.
The Sarcocaulons of Southern Africa by Charles Craib.
40 copies are available and a 50 per cent discount is given to the book trade and nursery trade.
This publication covers all the Sarcocaulon species with respect to their autecology, cultivation, horticultural potential and propagation.
U.S. $45.00 per copy excluding packaging and postage.
U.S. $22.50 per copy to the book trade and the nursery trade excluding packaging and postage.

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