Gesneriad Book Poll

Gessneriad Book Poll
By Nancy Robitaille
Read PERSONAL NOTE from Nancy at bottom of page.

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We now have TWO Book Polls...this page contains the Gesneriad Book List.
Please click HERE to view the African Violet Book List.
You will find some books on both lists; several AV books will discuss other gesneriads,
while Gesneriad books will also cover African violets.

Although many of these books are indicated as “out of print” by Amazon.com,
they may still be found at: www.abebooks.com or on www.ebay.com.
This is a list by author’s name.

STREPTOCARPUS--Rex and Garth Dibley

STREPTOCARPUS--Rex Dibley
HANDBOOK: AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES--edited by Frances Batcheller

STREPTOCARPUS: AN AFRICAN PLANT STUDY--O.Mohilliard/B.L.Burtt

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIADS—Sidney Crawcourt and Harry Jackson, Melbourne, Lothian Publishing, black and white photos, 46 pages

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIADS FOR MODERN LIVING—M. Jane Coleman. Helmer, Publishers E.P. Dutton, 1978, ASIN 0894840061

GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS AND SOME OTHER FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS—Ruth Coulson, publishers Kangaroo Press 1993 (1986) ASIN 0864175094

THE MIRACLE HOUSEPLANTS-AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER EASY-TO-BLOOM PLANTS IN THE GESNERIAD FAMILY—Virginie F. And George A. Elbert (African violets consume only about 12 pages of this All-gesneriad Book)— Publishers Crown Publishing Group 1986 paperback 272 pages ASIN 0517551373

INDOOR LIGHT GARDENING BOOK—George A. Elbert

HOW TO SELECT AND GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS AN OTHER GESNERIADS—Theodore James, Jr. Publishers H.P. Books 1983, 96 pages ASIN 0897210425

PLANTS UNDER LIGHTS HOW TO GROW AND SHOW PLANTS IN ATTRACTIVE INDOOR GARDENS ANYWHERE IN YOUR HOME—Jack Kramer

HOW TO KNOW AND GROW GESNERIADS—Florence K. Messick

AFRICAN VIOLETS, GLOXINIAS AND THEIR RELATIVES--Harold E. Moore, Jr

FLORAL DESIGN CONCEPTS WITH AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIADS—Ruth Jo McCoy, 1985, paperback, Publishers Tri Color Pr ASIN 0961460407

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND FLOWERING HOUSEPLANTS –Powell

GLOXINIAS AND HOW TO GROW THEM—Peggie Schultz—M. BARROWS AND CO., 1965, 128 PAGES

GESNERIADS AND HOW TO GROW THEM- edited by Peggie Schulz, Publishers, Diversity Books, Book Club Edition, 1967, 351 pages, 30 color photos, 142 black and white photos

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND COLORFUL KIN—A.G.W. Simpson, MURRAY BOOK DIST. 1978

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND RELATED PLANTS—Bill Wall (Wisley Series) paperback 62 pages. Publishers Cassell Academic Ind . 1991 ASIN 0304320080

THE AFRICAN VIOLET STORY AND THE EXOTIC, NEW EPISCIA –F.E. Wentink, 47 pages, black and white photos, 1954

AFRICAN VIOLET AND GESNERIAD QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY 20 EXPERTS –Helen Van Pelt Wilson, D.VAN NORSTRAND PUBLISHING, 1966

HOUSEPLANTS FOR EVERY WINDOW—Dorothy Jenkins and Helen Van Pelt Wilson, 1975

REVISION OF TRICHANTHA (GESNERIACEAE) 1963 CONTRIBUTORS

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES—Brooklyn Botanical Garden, publishers (out of print) 1984 ASIN 06862

HANDBOOK ON AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES --Brooklyn Botanical Garden 1974

GESNERIADS OF BRAZIL (Pictorial book about Gesneriads in Brazil. No writing except a preface in English and Portuguese. A collector’s item. 519 pages)

AFRICAN VIOLETS AND FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS—ORTHO BOOKS

EPISCIA GLABRA-CENTROSOLENIA GLABRA FROM FLORE DES SERRES ET DES JARDINS DE L'EUROPE--Charles LeMairie

EPISCIA BICOLOR: FROM: ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ROYAL D'AGRICULTURE DE LA BOTANIQUE DE GAND, JOURNAL D'HORTICULTURE--Charles Morren, Editor

PHYLLOMORPH SENESCENCE IN STREPTOCARPUS MOLWENIENSIS--

GLOXINIEN UND VERWANDTE KULTUREN (ACHIMES, STREPTOCARPUS, COLUMNIA, SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA)--Starke Warner

DIE KEIMPFLANZEN DER GENERIACEEN MIT BESONDERER BERUCKSICHLIGUNG--K. Fritsch

LES STREPTOCARPUS ET LES DIDYMOCARPUS, HISTOIRE ET CULTURE--Nestor Seghers

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Personal note from Nancy:
Special Thanks to everyone who contributed
photos and effort to this project:
Thanks to the following for the use of their violet photos above: (from left to right)
Maggie Gibson (Cleopatra), Andrew Maceda (Iced Flamingo and Blue Nile),
and Gail Gray (Janus).
Credits for Book Photos go to Nancy Robitaille.
Thank You, also, to Alana Cunningham
for creating the many other book review pages and lists
that will contribute much material to more than one article!