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South African Plants Book List

The following selected materials are in the collection of the Elisabeth C. Miller Horticulture Library and are available for use within the library by the general public. Catalog numbers indicate the location within the Miller Library and may differ from other library systems.

Special thanks to the individuals and organizations who have contributed these materials to the library.


QK 495 .E68
Baker, H.A., and E.G.H. Oliver. Ericas in Southern Africa. Stockholm: The Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1963.

QK 396 .B66
Bond, Pauline, and Peter Goldblatt. Plants of the Cape Flora. Journal of South African Botany. Supplementary Volume, No. 13. Cape Town: Trustees of the National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, 1984.

QK 491 .A356
Coates Palgrave, Keith, and Robert B. Drummond. Trees of Southern Africa. 2nd rev. ed. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1983.

QK 73 .S6 C66
Compton, Robert Harold. Kirstenbosch: Garden for A Nation. Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1965.

QK 394 .C68
Curt, Doreen. Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Balkema, 1981.

QK 396 .C68
Courtenay-Latimer, M., et al. The Flowering Plants of the Tsitsikama Forest and Coastal National Park. Pretoria: National Parks Board, 1967.

SB 425 .D73
Doutt, Richard L. Cape Bulbs. Portland, OR: Timber Press, 1994.

QK 494.5 .C995 D94
Dyer, R.A. The Cycads of Southern Africa. Bothalia: Volume VIII, Part 4. Pretoria: The Government Printer, 1965.

SB 435.6 .A435 E44
Eliovson, Sima. Shrubs, Trees, and Climbers. 9th ed., rev. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1981.

SB 439.26 .S6 E45
Eliovson, Sima. South African Wild Flowers for the Garden. 3rd ed. Cape Town: H. Timmins, 1960.

QK 396 .F32
Fabian, Anita, and Gerrit Germishuizen. Transvaal Wild Flowers. Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1982.

RBR SB 466 .S6 F3
Fairbridge, Dorothea. Gardens of South Africa. London: Black, 1924.

QK 494 .G53
Giddy, Cynthia. Cycads of South Africa. 2nd rev. ed. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1984.

QK 495 .I75
Goldblatt, Peter. The Genus Watsonia: A Systematic Monograph. Cape, South Africa: National Botanic Gardens, 1989.

QK 495 .I75 G65
Goldblatt, Peter, and Fay Anderson. The Moraeas of Southern Africa. Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, v. 14. Kirstenbosch: National Botanic Gardens in Association with the Missouri Botanical Garden, 1986.

QK 396 .H47
Herre, H. The Genera of the Mesembryanthemaceae: Including a Full Set of Botanical Drawings. Cape Town: Tafelberg-Uitgewers Beperk, 1971.

SB 407 .H284
Harrison, Richmond E., and Charles R. Harrison. Know Your Garden Flowers: Bulbs and Perennials: A Southern Hemisphere Garden Book. Cape Town: H. Timmins, 1967.

QK 495 .D464 H55
Hilliard, O.M., and B.L. Burt. Dierama: The Hairbells of Africa. Johannesburg: Acorn Books, 1991.

RBR QK 394 .H88
Hutchinson, John. A Botanist in Southern Africa. London: P.R. Gawthorn, 1946.

QK 396 .J33
Jackson, William Peter Uprichard. Wild Flowers of Table Mountain. Rev. Ed. Cape Town: H. Timmins, 1982.

QK 396 .K53
Kidd, Mary Maytham. Cape Peninsula. New ed. South African Wild Flower Guide, v.3. Kirstenbosch: Botanical Society of South Africa, 1983.

QK 396 .P35
Palmer, Eve, and Norah Pitman. Trees of South Africa. Amsterdam: A.A. Balkema, 1961.

QK 397 .R49
Rice, Elsie Garrett, and Robert Harold Compton. Wild Flowers of the Cape of Good Hope. Kirstenbosch: The Botanical Society of South Africa, 1950.

QK 73 .S6 R92
Rycroft, Brian, and Ray Ryan. Kirstenbosch. Aylesbury: Timmins, 1980.

QK 495 .E68 S38
Schumann, Dolf, and Gerhard Kirsten. Ericas of South Africa. Vlaeberg: Fernwood Press, 1992.

QK 495 .L72 S34
Scott, Charles L. The Genus Haworthia. Johannesburg: Aloe Books, 1985.

QK 495 .A484 S65
Snijman, Deirdre. A Revision of the Genus Haemanthus. Journal of South African Botany. Supplementary Volume, no. 12. Kirstenbosch: National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, 1984.

SB 435 .A356
Van der Spuy, Una. Gardening with Shrubs: Shrubs of the World for Gardens in the Southern Hemisphere. Rev. ed. Cape Town: D. Nelson, 1986.

QK 491 .S6 V36
Van Wyk, Piet. Field Guide to the Trees of the Kruger National Park. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1984.

QK 495 .P957 V64
Vogts, Marie. South Africa's Proteaceae: Know Them and Grow Them. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1982.

QK 396 .W55
Wild Flowers of South Africa. Cape Town: C. Struik, 1980.

Produced in December, 1996 by:

Elisabeth C. Miller Horticulture Library
Center for Urban Horticulture
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Seattle, Washington 98195-4115
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