A moderate selection of books is available each month for members and visitors alike to read through and consult during the meeting, if you become a member of the main society you are also entitled to borrow these books to look through and consult in your own time.
As well as books which have been donated to the branch library the main society also holds a significant amount of books and journals related to cacti & succulents which can be viewed in person by arrangement with the society librarian or you can request copies of extracts of books and journals on CD or by email for a small fee, for more information please consult the British Cactus & Succulent Society Website
As well as the above resources there is a growing number of quality cactus & succulent journals which are published freely online such as the Cactus Explorers Club Journal which has a broad selection of articles covering cacti & succulents and Acta Succulenta a bilingual journal focussing on succulents & xerophytic plants.
Another excellent resource for cactus and succulent books online is the Cactus and Succulent Digital Library which hosts hundreds of out of print books whose authors have allowed their publication freely online and also books whose copyright has expired.
A small selection of recommended reads made available by the Cactus and Succulent Digital Library:
- Britton N.L. & Rose J.N.: The cactaceae , 1919-23.
- Mauseth J.D., Kiesling R., Ostolaza C.: A Cactus Odyssey, 2002.
- Bradleya, 1983-89; Bradleya, BCSS.
- Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, 1932-1982.
This is a complete list of all books which are currently held by the Isle of Wight Branch as part of our library, if you wish to make sure a specific book is definitely available to read at our next meeting then please use the contact form provided.
Currently, all books are brought to each meeting by the secretary, however this may change if more books are added in the future.
| Book Number | Title | Author | Published | ISBN | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Encyclopaedia of Cacti | Willy Cullmann; Erich Götz; Gerhard Gröner | 1987 | 9780881921007 | Available |
| 2 | The Cactus Family | Edward F Anderson | 2001 | 9780881924985 | Available |
| 3 | Letts Guide to Cacti of the World | Brian M Lamb | 1991 | 9781852381219 | Available |
| 4 | The Illustrated Dictionary of cacti | R & K Preston-Mafham | 1991 | 9780713720921 | Available |
| 5 | The Cactus Handbook | Erik Haustein | 1988 | 9781555212063 | Available |
| 6 | The Plantfinder’s Guide to Cacti & Other Succulents | Keith Grantham & Paul Klaassen | 1999 | 9780881924251 | Available |
| 7 | Cacti & Succulents | Terry Hewitt | 1998 | 9781859675939 | Available |
| 8 | Cacti & Succulents | Hans Hecht | 1994 | 9780806905488 | Available |
| 9 | Cacti and Succulents in Habitat | K Preston-Mafham | 1994 | 9780304342945 | Available |
| 10 | The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Cacti & Other Succulents | Říha; Rudolf Šubík; Kenneth A Beckett; Gillian Beckett | 1981 | 9780706414929 | Available |
| 11 | The Handbook of Cacti & Succulents | Clive Innes | 1988 | 9781555212377 | Available |
| 12 | Succulents II The New Illustrated Dictionary | Maurizio Sajeva & Mariaangla Costanzo | 2000 | 9780881924497 | Available |
| 13 | Succulents The Illustrated Dictionary | Maurizio Sajeva & Mariaangla Costanzo | 1994 | 9780881922899 | Available |
| 14 | Succulents | Terry Hewitt | 2002 | 9781842155677 | Available |
| 15 | Succulents in Cultivation | Vera Higgins | 1960 | Available | |
| 16 | Lithops : Treasures of the Veld ; Observations on the Genus Lithops N.E. Br. | Steven A Hammer | 1999 | 9780902099647 | Available |
| 17 | Crassulas in Cultivation | Vera Higgins | 1964 | Available | |
| 18 | The Royal Horticultural Society Gardeners’ Encyclopedia of Plants | Christopher Brickell; Royal Horticultural Society. | 1994 | 9780751301472 | Available |
| 19 | Studies in the Opuntioideae (Cactaceae) | David Hunt & Nigel Taylor | 2002 | 9780953813414 | Available |
| 20 | Pachyforms: a Guide to Growing Caudiciform and Pachycaul Plants | Philippe de Vosjoli | 2004 | 9780974297118 | Available |
| 21 | Cactus and Succulents : A Care Manual | Toni & Susanne Mace | 1998 | 9781571456199 | Available |
| 22 | A Gallery of Agaves : (Including Variegates) | John Pilbeam | 2013 | 9780902099968 | Available |
| 23 | Succulents in Nature | Laura Guglielmone | 2012 | 9780902099951 | Available |
| 24 | An Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cacti | Clive Innes & Charles Glass | 1991 | 9780747204022 | Available |
| 25 | British Cactus & Succulent Society Handbook of Shows 10th Edition (Latest Edition) | British Cactus & Succulet Society | 2014 | Available | |
| 26 | Fine-flowered Cacti; Epiphyllums and Others for Home and Greenhouse, | Frederic Richard McQuown | 1972 | 9780498010583 | Available |
| 27 | Aloes : for Greenhouse and Indoor Cultivation | W C Noble | 1976 | Available | |
| 28 | Collectors Cacti | Edward V Bloom | 1960 | Available | |
| 29 | Echeverias | R Ginns | 1968 | 9780902099005 | Available |
| 30 | The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents Vol. 1 | Edgar Lamb; Brian Michael Lamb | 1955 | Available | |
| 31 | The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents Vol. 2 | Edgar Lamb; Brian Michael Lamb | Available | ||
| 32 | The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents Vol. 3 | Edgar Lamb; Brian Michael Lamb | Available | ||
| 33 | The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents Vol. 4 | Edgar Lamb; Brian Michael Lamb | Available | ||
| 34 | The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents Vol. 5 | Edgar Lamb; Brian Michael Lamb | Available |