Reading List

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FOR RECOMMENDED READING

FOREWORD

This list does not claim to encompass every title published on the care and cultivation of gesneriads.

Many of the titles included here are out of print and may be difficult, if not impossible, to obtain. However, as noted, some or all of these works might be found in the libraries of groups affiliated with the Gesneriad Council of Australia and New Zealand.

Under the section titled OTHER PUBLICATIONS, you will find a selection of booklets produced by the C.S.I.R.O., as well as other publications from Australia, Canada, and the United States. These resources cover a range of useful topics and can typically be sourced from the C.S.I.R.O. or government bookstores located in capital cities. Additionally, publications from Australian groups and the African Violet Society of America (A.V.S.A.) Inc. are listed in this section.

It is worth noting that the African Violet Society of Australia and the Victoria Saintpaulia Society are no longer active.

The list also includes magazines and newsletters produced by groups in Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. These publications often feature valuable articles, and no recommended reading list would be complete without acknowledging their contributions.

The list is in alphabetic order by title.

KEY:
AUST - Australia A.V.S.A. - African Violet Society of America Inc. CAN - Canada CHINA - China SA - South Africa UK - United Kingdom US - United States of America

1001 AFRICAN VIOLET QUESTIONS Helen Van Pelt Wilson (Editor) US ANSWERED BY TWENTY EXPERTS
AFRICAN VIOLETS Tony Clements UK AFRICAN VIOLETS Countryside Books US AFRICAN VIOLETS G. Morf - Summit Books AUST AFRICAN VIOLET AND GESNERIAD QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY 20 EXPERTS Helen Van Pelt Wilson US

AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK Helen Van Pelt Wilson US AFRICAN VIOLETS - Ronald L. Cole AUST A GUIDE FOR AUSTRALIANS
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER Dr M. Jane Coleman Helmer US GESNERIADS FOR MODERN LIVING
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND RELATED Bill Wall UK HOUSE PLANTS AFRICAN VIOLETS: (Wisley Handbook - RHS - UK) UK

AFRICAN VIOLETS: Reinhild Raistrick UK IN SEARCH OF THE WILD VIOOLET
AFRICAN VIOLETS BACK TO BASICS Melvin J. Robey US YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR EVERYONE Ruth Coulson AUST A MANUAL FOR GROWERS
AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR THE Early Morn African AUST HOBBY GROWER Violet Group Inc
AFRICAN VIOLETS - GIFTS FROM NATURE Melvin J. Roby US AFRICAN VIOLETS, GLOXINIAS, Harold E. Moore US AND THEIR RELATIVES
AFRICAN VIOLETS - QUEENS OF THE Melvin J. Roby US INDOOR GARDENING KINGDOM
ALL ABOUT AFRICAN VIOLETS Montague Free US Revised & Expanded by
Charles M. Fitch
AFRICAN VIOLETS - THE COMPLETE GUIDE Joan Hill & Gwen Goodship UK AFRICAN VIOLETS - THEIR COLOURFUL KIN and RELATIVES A.G.W. (Bill) Simpson AUST

AN AUSTRALIAN GUIDE TO SUCCESS Early Morn African AUST WITH AFRICAN VIOLETS AND Violet Group Inc.
OTHER GESNERIADS
AN INTRODUCTION TO GESNERIADS John Beaulieu CAN AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES
BEGONIAS, GLOXINIAS, AND G.W. Witham US AFRICAN VIOLETS
FLORAL DESIGN CONCEPTS WITH AFRICAN Ruth Jo McCoy US VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIADS
GARDENING IN MINIATURE: Linda M. Zillich US GROWING MICRO-MINIATURE SINNINGIAS
GESNERIACEAE OF SOUTH CHINA Guangxi Institute of Botany CHINA GESNERIADS AND HOW TO GROW THEM Peggie Schultz (Editor) US GLOXINIAS - AND HOW TO GROW THEM Peggie Schultz US GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS AND SOME Ruth Coulson AUST OTHER FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS IN Joan Halford SA SOUTH AFRICA
GROWING TO SHOW - HOW TO GROW Pauline Bartholomew US PRIZE WINNING AFRICAN VIOLETS
HANDBOOK ON AFRICAN VIOLETS Special printing of Plants US AND THEIR RELATIVES & Gardens Volume 23 No. 1
HOW I GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Edna Daw AUST HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Ronn Nadeau US HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Carolyn K. Rector US HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Sunset Books US HOW TO KNOW AND GROW GESNERIADS The Gesneriad Society Inc US HOW TO SELECT & GROW Theodore James Jnr. US AFRICAN VIOLETS
INSECTS AND MITE PESTS OF Charles L. Cole US AFRICAN VIOLETS
INSECTS, PESTS AND DISEASES OF THE Nancy Robitaille CAN AFRICAN VIOLET FAMILY
GESNERIADS AND HOW TO GROW THEM Peggie Schultz (Editor) US GLOXINIAS - AND HOW TO GROW THEM Peggie Schultz US GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS AND SOME Ruth Coulson AUST OTHER FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS IN Joan Halford SA SOUTH AFRICA
GROWING TO SHOW - HOW TO GROW Pauline Bartholomew US PRIZE WINNING AFRICAN VIOLETS
HANDBOOK ON AFRICAN VIOLETS Special printing of Plants US AND THEIR RELATIVES & Gardens Volume 23 No. 1
HOW I GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Edna Daw AUST HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Ronn Nadeau US HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Carolyn K. Rector US HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Sunset Books US HOW TO KNOW AND GROW GESNERIADS The Gesneriad Society Inc US HOW TO SELECT & GROW Theodore James Jnr. US AFRICAN VIOLETS
INSECTS AND MITE PESTS OF Charles L. Cole US AFRICAN VIOLETS
INSECTS, PESTS AND DISEASES OF THE Nancy Robitaille CAN AFRICAN VIOLET FAMILY
KEYS TO THE GESNERIACEAE OF CHINA Wang Wentsai, Pan Kaiyu CHINA

MY GREEN With English Plant Names JAPAN OUR AFRICAN VIOLET HERITAGE Anne Tinari US PLANT IDENTIFICATION TERMINOLOGY James G. Harris & US AN ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY Melinda Woolf Harris
SECRETS OF GESNERIAD GROWING Max Dekking US BY AN EXPERT (reprints from GSN Magazine)
STREPTOCARPUS Rex & Gareth Dibley UK (Wisley Handbook - RHS - UK)
STREPTOCARPUS Rex Dibley UK 2nd Eition UK STREPTOCARPUS O.M. Hilliard & B.L. Burtt SA AN AFRICAN PLANT STUDY
THE AFRICAN VIOLET Helen Van Pelt Wilson US THE COLOURFUL WORLD OF A.G.W. Simpson AUST AFRICAN VIOLETS
THE GESNERIAD FAMILY Walter Maurus US A GUIDE TO THE PRONUNCIATIONS AND
MEANINGS OF THE SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF
SOME GESNERIADS
THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS: Virginie F. & George A. Elbert US THE GESNERIAD FAMILY
THE NEW BEAUTIFUL AFRICAN JAPAN VIOLET VARIETIES
YOU CAN GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS Kent and Joyce Stork US THE OFFICIAL GUIDE
AUTHORISED BY A.V.S.A. Inc.
AFRICAN VIOLETS - A DELIGHTFUL HOBBY Victoria Saintpaulia Society 75/76/79/81 AFRICAN VIOLET CULTURE African Violet Society 68/71/73/77/80/85 of S.A. Inc.
AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR PLEASURE African Violet Society
of Australia
AFRICAN VIOLETS - TIPS AND TECHNIQUES African Violet Society
of Queensland Inc.
CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN and Gesneriad Council of Australia First Edition – 96 NEW ZEALAND CULTIVARS:- and New Zealand Second Edition – 02 SAINTPAULIA and OTHER GESNERIADS Third Edition CD - 07 Fourth Edition CD - 08 GESNERIAD CULTURE SLIPS The African Violet Association
of Australia Inc.

GESNERIAD LIST Gesneriad Council of Australia 83 (Other than African violets) And New Zealand GESNERIADS: The African Violet Association
THE WORLDS BEST POT PLANTS of Australia Inc.
LEAF PROPAGATION The African Violet Association
of Australia Inc.
MORE ABOUT AFRICAN VIOLETS Early Morn African 75/76/79/81/82/86 Violet Group Inc.
SAINTPAULIA CATALOGUE OF Gesneriad Council of Australia 90 AUSTRALIAN HYBRIDS and New Zealand 91 (Supplement) SUCCESS WITH AFRICAN VIOLETS The African Violet Association 93 of Australia Inc.

C.S.I.R.O.:
ORGANIC MATTER AND SOIL C.S.I.R.O.
POTTING MIXES C.S.I.R.O.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY SOIL C.S.I.R.O.

CANADA:
AFRICAN VIOLET AND GESNERIAD NEWS John Beaulieu Productions Quarterly

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
40TH ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR BOOK African Violet Society
of America Inc. 50 YEARS WITH THE AFRICAN VIOLET African Violet Society
SOCIETY OF AMERICA Inc. of America Inc. A.V.S.A. MASTER VARIETY LISTS African Violet Society Periodically of America Inc. APPRAISAL The Gesneriad Society Inc. Periodically COLORFUL COLUMNEAS The Gesneriad Society Inc. 98 CROSSWORDS The Gesneriad Society Inc.
FLOWER SHOW MANUAL FOR The Gesneriad Society Inc.
JUDGES AND EXHIBITORS
GESNERIANA Vol. 1 No. 1 Gesneriad Research Foundation Periodically HANDBOOK FOR AFRICAN VIOLET African Violet Society Periodically GROWERS EXHIBITORS AND JUDGES of America Inc. ILLUSTRATED DIGEST OF Gesneriad Research Foundation 02 NEOTROPICAL GESNERIACEAE
THE GESNERIAD REGISTER - ACHIMENES The Gesneriad Society Inc. 96/09 THE GESNERIAD REGISTER - EPISCIAS The Gesneriad Society Inc. 09