Updated 27 November 2009

PELARGONIUM

Pelargonium Section Otidia, by Dr.P.Vorster; Geraniaceae Group Edition1991. ISBN 1-899742-09-3

10 pages, 9 b&w figures, £3.00, p&p 30p, 40gms.

Complete analysis incl.pollen data, definitive review of the Section; see also Ger. Gp. lflt "Key to section Otidia".

Pelargonium Section Polyactium, by R.Clifton,1998, ISBN 1-899742-35-2

40 pages, £9.00, p&p 50p

Complete examination of botanists' conflicting views and inadequate data for these usually tuberous species, with a checklist of names, synonyms and hybrids.

Pelargonium: the Sections, Historically Reviewed, collated by Richard Clifton, 2000. ISBN 1-899742-46-8

A5 book, £ 12.00, p&p £1.50

The full story to 1996, an examination of botanists' conflicting views & inadequate data, as published.

Taxonomic studies in Pelargonium Section Hoarea, by Dr E.M.Marais , ISBN 1-899742-42-5

A4, 358 pages, 60 species illustrated full-page in black & white. Artist Ellaphie Ward-Hilhorst. £60, p&p £ 5.00. 1000gms

Tuberous species, excluding DNA and chromosome data; chapters on taxonomy, pollen, comparative morphology, maps, ecology, synonymy. Full monographic treatment, despite which, perhaps 27 new species have been found since 1993.

Hystrix " Some...Succulent Pelargoniums", by Charles Craib, 1992

26 pages, £16.00, p&p 50p, 50gms

Pelargoniums, by Diana Miller, 1996. ISBN 0-7134-7283-9

175 pages, 54 col.illus., £25,p&p £2.80, 800gms.

The most complete modern work on species after the Checklist.

Inter-species Hybrids of Pelargonium , compiled by Richard Clifton 

A4 format, 50 pages, £ 15, p&p £1

Sections by chromosome in preface. Section and chromosome number for each species, then hybrid record.

Bibliography of Pelargonium

14 pages, £3.00, p&p incl.

Escluding essential oil & high-tech Zonal papers.

Pelargonium Cultivars

The Passion for Pelargoniums , by Dr. Anne Wilkinson, 2007; ISBN-13: 9780-7509-4428-1

£ 17.00 p&p £ 2.50, 850 gms

Pelargonium history and people, narrative; not a reference book but a great read.

The Wisley Guide to Pelargoniums, by Hazel Key, 1993.

Wisley Guide layout, colour pics, cultivars only; £3.95, p&p 45p, 130gms.

1001 Pelargoniums, by Hazel Key, 2000, ISBN 0-7134-8268-0

184 pages, A4, hardcover, £ 17.00, p&p £4.50, 1200 gms

1001 colour photos by Martin Ambery-Smith, text by Hazel Key.

Pelargonium: Extract from RHS 1800-1901 by Richard Clifton, 2007

A5 book, 408 pages, £ 18.00, p&p £ 2.00, 610 gms

Including the Trials; Cultivar index; analysys of state of RHS affairs at each volume.

Zonal Pelargoniums: A History at 1896 

148 pages, £18, p&p £ 2

H. Dauthenay translated A5 book, French page on right, English on Left; about 5000 Zonal Pelargoniums traced for France; development of doubles, dwarfs, giants, colored leaf "races".

Decadic Pelargonium Cultivars, compiled by Richard Clifton

This series appear to be the first attempt to create a list of Pelargonium cultivar names, capable of being updated, with descriptions from original publications where possible, capable of the update being purchasable without non-updated sections.

Part 1, 1450-1799 . ISBN 1-899742-48-4

7 pages A4, £3.00 p&p incl. Not very many so far

Part 2, 1800-1819 . ISBN 1-899742-49-2

20 pages A4, £ 6.00, p&p incl. Mostly inter-species cultivars

Part 3, 1820-1829 . ISBN 1-899742-50-6

70 pages A4, £ 12.00, p&p incl. Multi-sp. lineage cultivars begin.

Part 4, 1830-1839 . ISBN 1-899742-51-4

22 pages A4, £ 6.00, p&p incl. A recession, few new.

Part 5, 1840-1959 . ISBN 1-899742-52-2

147 pages A4, 258 col. pages.£ 21.00, p&p £1.50., 450gms.  7000 names approx.

Checklisting Pelargonium Cultivars & updates 

Geraniaceae Group Associated Notes  N. 5,10,20,22,24,25,26,28,29 - £6 each, p&p incl - 

N°  5-10-20 Checklisting Pelargonium Cultivars - problems and discussion

N°22- Pelargonium cultivars in garden books 1800-1900

N°24- Zonal Pelargoniums before 1830

N°25- Index to RHS references 1800-1901

N°26- Magazines, European: preliminary survey.

N°28 - Index to LHS references 1800-1859

N°29 - The Pelargonium Society 1874

GERANIUM 

Hardy Geraniums, by Dr P.F.Yeo, edn.2, ISBN (UK) 0-7134-8500-0.

218 pages, 206 illustr.( 56 in colour) , 

Hardback: £ 25.00, p&p £ 4.50, 1020 gms

Paperback: £ 20.00, p&p £ 3.00, 860 gms

This is THE work on geraniums in cultivation. Each species meticulously described with discussion of cultivars and hybrids.

Revision of Geranium subgenus Erodioidea, by Dr, C. Aedo, Syst. Bot.Mon.49,1996. ISBN 0-912861-49-5

103 pages, b&w illus., £15.00, p&p £1.50, 290gms

This is largely the "G. cinereum complex" with a few others that seem morphologically related.

The Wisley Guide to Hardy Geraniums, by Dr.D.Hibberd, 2003.

A5 booklet, 45 colour pictures, £8.00 p&p £1.00. 

A-Z cultivars list; plenty of good gardening advice.

L'Essentiel sur les Geraniums Vivaces, by Dr.D.Evrard, 1997. ISBN 2-9502708-6-7

Wisley Guide format, in French. 64 pages, 26 colour pictures and 12 b&w, £10.00, p&p incl, 150gms

Cultivars and species dealt.

The Genus Geranium, by Walter Ingwersen 1946, Geraniaceae Group reprint 1993. ISBN 1-894742-10-7

£4.00, p&p incl., 40gms

The original lively booklet, GeraniaceaeGroup reprint authorized by Paul Ingwersen. Index of modern names at back.

Gardening With Hardy Geraniums, by Birgitte Husted Bendtsen, English edition 2005

£ 19.00, p&p £ 3.50, 900 gms. Brilliant colour plates.

The Gardener's Guide to Growing Hardy Geraniums, by T. Bath & J. Jones, 1994.

 £ 19.00, p&p £2.00, 700gms

Lots of colour figs; chapters by varied growers.

My Experience Growing Hardy Geraniums, by Phoebe Noble, 1994

40 pages near A4, b&w drawings, £9.50, p&p £1.25, 170gms

Canadian cultivation and garden advice.

Geraniums with Scented Leaves, by Richard Clifton, 1994

4-page leaflet, 50p, post free

Written in 1994 to "twin" our Pelargonium booklet.

RHS Wisley Geranium Trials 2004,5,6 by RHS Botanist Mr. Armitage

3 booklets A4 size in colour; apply to RHS Wisley

The Register of Geranium Cultivar Names, by the Registrar, David Victor, 2008. 

Third edition. 85 pages, A4 size. £ 10.00, p&p £ 2.00

(£ 10, p&p incl. for members of the Hardy Plant Society Hardy Geranium Group)

Includes parents and status, essential for hybridists, notes and descriptions for many new cultivars.

Bibliography of Geranium excluding Pelargonium

12 pages, £3.00, post free.

 

MONSONIA & SARCOCAULON

The Genus Sarcocaulon, by Prof.Dr. R.O.Moffett

This monography is one of the 18 papers included in our title "Proceedings.." which see (£50.00, p&p 4.50). Black & white illustrations, maps, taxonomy

Sarcocaulon Cultivation, by Richard Clifton, 1994

Leaflet, 50p post free

All 14 species described.

 

ERODIUM

Contribution a L'etude biosystematique du genre Erodium L'Her. dans le bassin mediterraneen occidental, by Prof.Dr. G.G.Guittonneau, 1972, Boissiera vol.20.

£ 36.00, p&p £ 1.50, 350gms

In French, technical, this is the most comprehensive and recent work on the genus. A remarkable, painstaking, thorough examination of West Mediterranean species. N&S shores, including hybridisation studies and their evolutionary implications. The East Mediterranean species are unlikely ever to receive such good coverage, despite having this as a template for the work.

Geraniologia (Erodium), by L'Heritier, 1802, Facsimile text 1988. ISBN 1-899742-21-2

£4.00, p&p incl..

This is the Erodium part of the historic TEXT, which should have accompanied the famous figures L'Heritier published in 1792.

Erodium: Progress in Experimental Systematics, by Prof.Guittonneau, 1987

transl.sponsored by Dr.G.Robbins 1995, 8 page leaflet, £2.00, p&p incl.

Some further results after 1972

Nouvelle Interpretation de L'Erodium valentinum...de l'Espagne, by Guittonneau, Romero & Sanz, 1991

£10.00, p&p incl.

In French, with the latest distribution map for Subsect. Petraea in Spain

Bibliography of Erodium , updated by Prof.Dr.G.G. Guittonneau, 1997  ISBN 1-899742-30-1

28-page leaflet £4.00 post free.

Preliminary Checklist of Erodium Cultivar Names, by the Registrar, David Victor, 1999. ISBN 1-899742-37-9

Pocket size. £2.50, post free

Includes parents and status, essential for hybridists.

The Register of Erodium Cultivar Names, by the Registrar, David Victor, 2000. ISBN 1-899742-44-1

A4 size. £ 4.50 p&p incl.

Includes parents and status, essential for hybridists, descriptions in many cases.

Erodium in Garden Books 1857-1993

Geraniaceae Group Associated Note 21, £ 6.00 p&p incl.

Examines garden accounts for the genus; a critical review tracking errors.

Erodiums for the rock garden, by Dr. L.Bacon, 1990

18 pages, 18 species, 2 pages colour figs. (AGS Bull.58), second hand copies only. £9.00, p&p 60p, 160 gms

 

TITLES ON MANY  GENERA

Geraniologia by L'Heritier, 1792,

Facsimile reprint 1978. Folio book. £60.00, p&p £5.00, weight 1500gms.

These are the FIGURES by which L'Heritier meant to establish the "new" genera Pelargonium, Erodium.  40 black and white folio figures of great historic interest.

Notes on the  Geraniologia of L'Heritier, by Prof.Dr.G.G.Guittonneau, translated.1987, reissued 1995

2 of 4-pages leaflets, £1.00, post free.

Benchmark papers establishing when the figures or text of Erodium was published.

L'Heritier: Geraniologia - Discussion & Index, by Richard Clifton, 1995. ISBN 1-899742-18-2

24- page leaflet, £6, p&p 50p.

Examines only the Figures, if it's been done before it isn't in print; updates names.

Geraniaceae Knuth Tribes 2-3-4-5, (Geraniales Checklist series, vol.4) by Richard Clifton. ISBN 1-899742-4-9

24 pages, £ 6.00 p&p incl.

Compiled from botanical sources. Part 1: Geraniaceae Link (Biebersteinia, Rhyncotheca) and Vivianaceae Lefor (Viviania, Caesarea, Araeoandra, Cissarobryon); Part 2: Balbisia, Dirachma, (Aitonia), Wendtia.

Index to The Figures of Knuth, by Richard Clifton, 1995 

8 pages, £3.00 p&p incl.

Updates id's of the figures, from professional botanists' statements, to modern names + cross-index at end. A few comments but no text.

The "Geraniaceae" of Robert Sweet, 1820-1830, Index &Discussion. 

Group leaflet 1998, ISBN 1-899742-18-2, alpha & numeric indexes,12 pages, £4.00, post free.

Examines Sweet's colours and reporting 

Henry Andrews & Geraniaceae, 1798-1828, Index & Discussion. Edn 2 

Group booklet 2000, ISBN 1-899742-12-3, 32 pages, £6.00, post free.

Examines Andrews's colours, reporting and dating.

Proceedings of the International Geraniaceae Symposium, Stellenbosch 1990, edited by Dr.P.Vorster,

Geraniaceae Group reprint 1994, ISBN 1-899742-11-5. 356 pages, b&w illus., £50.00, p&p £4.50, weight 1100gms.

The Proceedings of the most important get-together of scientists working on the Geraniaceae since Knuth; reprinted with full permission of Dr.Vorster of Stellenbosch University and has been sold to Botanic institutions around the world. 18 papers; including Evolutionary trends by Dr. Yeo, Sarcocaulon by  Prof.Moffett's, Monsonia by Prof. Venter, Hypseocharis by Dr Link, etc.

Botany of the Geraniaceae, part1, R. Clifton, 1993

4-page leaflet, 50p, post free.

Quickie explanation of the Family as popularly known.

Botany of the Geraniaceae - Historically Reviewed, by Richard Clifton, 1998. ISBN 1-899742-31-X

96 pages, £15.00, p&p incl, 170gms

Explains why the term "Family Geraniaceae" is imprecise and shows how the concepts developed and then fragmented.This is the full story to 1996.

Geraniaceae & The Linnaeus Typification Project, compiled by Richard Clifton, 1999 ISBN 1-899742-38-7

A5 booklet. £20.00, p&p incl., about 400gms.

224 pages pseudo-facsimiles, checklist, Typification data,checklists. Linnaeus began the Binomial System and many botanical names date from his publications; this sorts them out for "Geraniaceae"; typification data assisted by Dr.C.Jarvis, NHM. Includes Linnaeus's bibliography; facsimiles include Gen.Pl., Sp.Pl., Mant., Reg. Veg., Amoen.Acad., Suppl., & editions & versions

Caudiciform Geraniaceae, Dr. A.Rodriguez, in The New Plantsman Dec.1999.

8 pages, £ 7.50 p&p incl.

Colour illustrations, drawings, cultural, CITES etc. advice

Back Issues of the Group News

£2.00 each 1981-1990; £3.00 each 1991-.

Please specify issue n., or year & season, and allow for p&p. 

Geraniaceae Group Bulletins: no.1 covers 1981, no.2=1982..., up to n.21, 2001; ISSN 1353-6044

4 page leaflets covering the Group's activities for that year, with index to articles & illustrations; 50p each post free.

Geraniaceae Group Associated Notes: ISSN 1464-7265

N° 1: Audit for Botany

N° 2: Wahlenbergia angustifolia indoors

N° 3: Cryptic species & Pelargonium daucifolium

N° 4: A member's experiences of CITES-UK

N° 6: Last International Conference of the 2nd Millennium - Geranium and Erodium

N° 9: Geraniaceae Group knowledge base described

£6.00 each, p&p  incl (surface mail)

These notes go into detail inappropriate for the Newsletter. 

See also the issues listed under Checklisting Pelargonium Cultivars and Madagascar Notes

Germination and Collection of Seed, by Gwen Dodge and Bill Morris, 1992

Technical advice on getting seed to germinate quickly.

Group leaflet, 4pages, 50p post-free.

THE SPECIES CHECK-LISTS (Geraniales Vol. 1)

All A4 size paperback 1-899742-00-X

Edition 5: includes corrections from the professional botanists working on the genus up to 1994, and includes all latinised names for the 5 core genera + Hypseocharis.

Complete sets (part 1-7) £60.00 each (saving 20%), including worldwide surface mail.

Part 1, Erodium, edition 5,  ISBN 1-899742-63-8 ; 224 pages, £21.00, p&p &1.70, 500gms 

Taxonomy, complete species analysis, advisor Prof. Dr. Guittonneau, Orleans.Ecology, notes especially for the Eastern Mediterranean species

Part 2, Geranium, edition 5, 2004 , ISBN 1-899742-61-1 ,169 pages £18.00, p&p 1.70, 450gms

All latinised names, synonyms too; many descriptions, ecology, notes. Advisor Dr. P.F. Yeo.

Part 3, Monsonia, 1988, ISBN 1-899742-03-4,  issue 2 1994, 14 pages, 65gms. £4.50 p&p 50p.

All species described. Checked against Prof.Venter' s Monograph. 

Part 4, Pelargonium, edition 5, 2004, ISBN 1-899742-60-3 , 178 pages, 450gms, £18.00, p&p 1.70

284 species; many descriptions; improved edition now includes generic descriptive and historical data and references to illustrations. Advisors: Professor Dr.J.J.A.van der Walt, Dr.P.Vorster, Dr.E.M.Marais (of Stellenbosch University (R.S.A.), Dr.Mary Gibby (Nat.Hist.Mus., London) .

Part 5, Sarcocaulon, 1994, ISBN 1-899742-05-0, 10 pages, 40gms, £4.00, p&p incl..

All species described; approved by Professor Moffett, University of the North, R.S.A.; pre-merger 1996 with Monsonia

Part 6, Superseded Genera, 2007, ISBN 1-899742-65-4,  120gms, £7.50, p&p incl.

Hybrids and genus Grielium  described; Sweet's  Pelargonium genera.

Part 7, Hypseocharis, 1994, 1-899742-07-7, 8 pages, 40 gms, £4.50, p&p incl..

All species described; including observations made in the field by botanists over the last century.

Other genera - see below : other titles, Geraniales

OTHER TITLES: Geraniales

Oxalis Good & Bad,

Group leaflet, 4pages, 50p post-free.

Another of "The Geraniaceae Group" 4 pages leaflets with  excellent advice on how to deal with the weed species.

Oxalis - Geraniaceae Benth.& Hooker, Geraniales Checklists series vol.5, part I) by Richard Clifton. ISBN 1-899742-58-1

Edition 2, Issue 1, 142 pages, £ 15.00 p&p incl.

From Index Kewensis base data, enhanced from botanical sources. Many South American and South African species described.

Oxalidaceae,  excluding Oxalis (Geraniaceae Benth.&Hooker, Geraniales Checklists series, vol 5, part II) by Richard Clifton. ISBN 1-899742-59-X

£ 9.00, p&p incl.

From various sources, B&H Tribe VI Oxalideae now treated as Family Oxalidaceae, with brief look at new ideas of Oxalidales; checklists of genera included. Addendum treats Francoa, Crossosoma, Greyia

Revision of the Tropaeolaceae, by Sparre, 1990. ISBN 87-88702-47-2

Fully illustrated in b&w,Opera Botanica 108 (1991), 140 pages,  £ 45, p&p £2.00

Habitat maps,lists specimens seen. The definitive work, which, shamefully, nurseries "don't think they need".

Checklist of the Tropaeolaceae, (Geraniales Checklist series vol.3) by Richard Clifton. ISBN 1-899742-39-5

A4 size, 26 pages, £ 9.00 p&p incl.

A cheap introduction to Tropaeolum based on Sparre, with some cultivation notes.

Tropaeolum News, N°1 (2000), N°2 (2001), N° 3(2003), N° 4 (2004),N° 5, N° 6, N° 7, N° 8; illustrations in colour, all £6 each

Balsaminaceae: Impatiens (Geraniaceae Benth.& Hooker, Geraniales Checklist series, vol. 6). ISBN 1-899742-43-3

£15.00, p&p £ 1.50.

Compiled by Richard Clifton from Index Kewensis base data. A few descriptions, synonyms to be done. Scientific adviser Dr. C. Grey-Wilson

Madagascar Balsams, by Richard Clifton, 2001, ISBN 1-899742-54-9

A5, 81 pages, £18, p&p incl., 150 gms

Complete account ex Perrier. Introductory notes describing the region and island, taxonomy incl. subgen. Trimorphopetalum, no illustrations.

SPECIAL TITLES:

ST.HELENA

St.Helena: A Highly Critical Flora: by Richard Clifton, edition 2, 1997, ISBN 1-899742-28-X

200 pages, £20.00, p&p £1.00, 300gms.

Complete account, 200 pages incl. checklist as index, taxonomy, ecology*, cultivation notes*, economic uses*, human intervention, analyses, nomenclature.    *= where known!

St.Helena: Checklist of the Endemic & Indigenous Plants, 1996, ISBN 1-899742-22-0

36 pages, £3.00 p&p incl.

Complete nomenclature.

St.Helena: An Alphabetical List of Plants Seen by Dr.Roxburg 1813-4  , by Beatson from Dr Roxburgh's Notes , ISBN 1-899742-26-3

£6.50, p&p 50p.

Facsimile reprint 1997 of the 1816 historic record. Roxburgh was Company Botanist to the owners of St Helena then. This is the first effective "Flora of St. Helena", with many original descriptions.    

St.Helena: An Alphabetical List of Plants Seen by Dr.Roxburg 1813-4 and Commentary 1996, facsimile reprint, ISBN 1-899742-27-1

£9.00, p&p £1.

Facsimile plus brief update page-to-page, giving current names, status, brief idea of why the non-endemics were cultivated (herb, crop, etc.).

St. Helena: Flora, Fauna, & Fossils, by Brown, Olson & Clifton, ISBN 1-899742-25-5

A5 bk, 70 pages, £15.00 p&p incl.

Deals with weeds as well( density, locations); "fauna"checklists arthropods, not cattle; permission given by ODA for use of ODA Report. The first published Govt. analysis of the island's natural history.

MADAGASCAR

Madagascar: Checklist of the Endemic Flowering Plants , by Richard Clifton Ed. 2, 2003, ISBN 1-899742-56-5

 £30.00 p&p £ 4.50, 1200 gms

Descriptions only down to genus; all species names, many of the synonyms and indigenous species too.

Madagascar Notes ,  Geraniaceae Group Associated Notes N. 1,2,3,4,6 - £5.00 each, p&p incl  except N° 5* 

N°1- Why a Checklist ?; N°2- Grandidier Atlas: discussion, indexes, modern names; N°3- Bamboos of Madagascar; first notes

N°4- Madagascar: Sea Dispersed Species; N°6- Flore de Madagascar: discussion and indexes

*N° 5- Grasses of Madagascar: Descriptive Checklist is replaced by an upgraded book (Grasses of Madagascar) of 216 pages, £ 18.00, p&p incl.

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