Growing rare plants: a practical handbook on propagating the threatened plants of southern Africa

SABONET Report No. 36
G. Nichols
2005
A4, soft cover, full colour throughout, 175 pp.
ISBN 1-919976-17-5
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This practical and helpful book on propagating rare southern African plants starts with five chapters of general guidelines:

Chapter 1 - General information
Chapter 2 - Propagating from seed
Chapter 3 - Vegetative propagation
Chapter 4 - Collecting plant material
Chapter 5 - Plants with special needs

Chapter 6 gives specific information for individual species and genera. This chapter forms the bulk of the book, and is arranged alphabetically by family. The book also includes a detailed glossary, bibliography, and index to families, genera, and common family names. The laminated wipe-clean inside front cover lists soil mix recipes, while the inside back cover gives a list of suppliers of horticultural supplies.

This informative book with its colourful layout, beautiful photographs, and down-to-earth text is destined to become one of SABONET's most popular books!

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cover (267 KB)
inside cover - soil mix recipes (340 KB)
front pages and introduction (1.35 MB)
Chapter 1 - General information (2.8 MB)
Chapter 2 - Propagating from seed part a (1.0 MB) part b (1.33 MB) part c (1.43 MB)
Chapter 3 - Vegetative propagation part a (816 KB) part b (1.12 MB)
Chapter 4 - Collecting plant material (86 KB)
Chapter 5 - Plants with special needs part a (1.13 MB) part b (729 KB) part c (957 KB)
Chapter 6 - Family treatments:
1 Acanthaceae-Apocynaceae (1.62 MB)
2 Aponogetonaceae-Araceae (967 KB)
3 Asphodelaceae (713 MB)
4 Aspleniaceae-Bignoniaceae (1.79 MB)
5 Bombacaceae-Connaraceae (1.29 MB)
6 Convolvulaceae-Euphorbiaceae (1.04 MB)
7 Fabaceae-Hyacinthaceae (1.40 MB)
8 Hypoxidaceae-Melastomataceae (1.32 MB)
9 Meliaceae-Myrtaceae (1.02 MB)
10 Nyctaginaceae-Pedaliaceae (1.2 MB)
11 Phormiaceae-Rhizophoraceae (1.54 MB)
12 Rosaceae-Scrophulariaceae (1.41 MB)
13 Selaginaceae-Sterculiaceae (1.53 MB)
14 Strelitziaceae-Viscaceae (1.95 MB)
15 Vitaceae-Zygophyllaceae (671 KB)
References (32 KB)
Glossary (249 KB)
Index (27 KB)