Susan et al., There are lots of books, some hard to find. I list some on my web pages, such as: http://shieldsgardens.com/amaryllids/… at the very bottom of the page (scroll all the way down). Each genus page in that section has a list of books at the bottom, mostly the same but each genus tends to have one or two special books too. Jim Shields in central Indiana (USA) At 11:15 PM 2/24/2004 -0800, you wrote: >> >>If you are interested in growing South African bulbs that are mostly >> from winter rainfall areas I highly recommend The Color Encyclopedia of >> Cape Bulbs by John Manning, Peter Goldblatt, and Dee Snijman. > >**I'm rather overwhelmed by the amount of information offered on the pbs list. >Are there any other bulb books listers would recommend? >I put The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs on my Amazon.com wish list. >Now to win the lottery. > >The only catalog I have on hand to use as reference is last year's 'Brent >and Becky's Bulbs', and I do an occasional google search. >I am also entranced by the C. chrysanthus 'Prins Claus' pictured today. >All the photos, all of them, have been mind boggling. > >Too many plants to learn, too little time to grow them. > > >susan hayek >fortuna, northern coast of ca, (we can see a peek of water), Zone 9 >very very VERY windy tonight, my cuttings are taking a beating >-- >Owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Pup-Quiz the Basenji, >puppy Basenji boy, Jones, & Gracie the Rhodesian > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA