This is a unique book which is a must for every serious Cactus and Succulent collector. Without doubt it is the finest work to come from Gordon Rowley and from Strawberry Press. No other combination could have produced such a fascinating and high quality work. A list of the chapter titles will give you an idea of its scope: Why Succulents? Prehistory Classical Era - The Dawn of Science The Garden & the Glasshouse Middle Ages Herbals - from Gerard to Ray The Age of Richard Bradley - A Disincornufistibilated Servant of Botany Linnaeus - A Place for Everything, and Everything in its Place The Linnaean Legacy Travels and Introductions The Age of Haworth The Microscope and what it revealed The First Cactus Cornucopia Literature on Succulents - (1) Text Literature on Succulents - (2) Pictures Charles Darwin and the Four Dimensions Brown, Schumann, Berger and Poellnitz Engelmann, Blanc, Britton and Rose Succulents after Britton and Rose Amateur Societies and Journals Aesthetics - Succulents as Objets d'Art? From Mesembryanthemum to Mesembryanthemaceae The Twentieth Century in Epitome Succulentist Biofile

The volume is lavishly illustrated throughout and produced to the highest technical standards we have come to expect from Strawberry Press and the technical editing of Nick Lear. Since its arrival in our household on saturday 13th September there has been much competition for the possesion of this volume and we could really have used two copies! Unfortunately as with all high quality books it is not cheap. If you find the price is beyond your means I recommend you try and get your club to get a copy for their library or find some other way of borrowing it. Prices and availability

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