I collect hundreds of books and dozens of plants.

@vintageplantbooks documents [some of] my books on plants. Click into each for a deeper dive.

Foliage Plants for Modern Living Merchants Publishing Company, Kalamazoo, 1974 #dracaena #maranta #prayerplant #watermelonpeperomia #spiderplant #ficus #rubberplant #peperomia #caladium #hoya #waxplant #maunaloa #plant #book #vintageplantbook
The Cacti of Arizona The University of Arizona Press, 1969 By Lyman Benson #saguaro #hedgehogcactus #echinocereus #mammillaria #cereusgiganteus #chollas #opuntia #pricklypear #barrelcactus #ferocactus #arizona #cactus #plants #books #vintageplantboo
Houseplants & Indoor Gardening 1975, Octopus Books Limited By Cyril C Harris #terarrium #ficus #maranta #plantlibrary #brassaia #calathea #calatheamakoyana #palm #howea #euphorbia #cactus #cycas #pelargonium #hippeastrum #lilies #windowplants
“All plants require a period of rest” The Observer’s Book of Cacti & Other Succulents, Second Edition 1981 Frederick Warne Publishers Ltd By S.H Scott & J.W.P Mullard #cacti #cactus #notocactus #astrophytum #echinopsis #co
Lofted library of my dreams Success With House Plants, 1979 The Reader’s Digest Association Inc, Edited & Designed by Dorling Kindersley Inc #terarrium #ficus #maranta #plantlibrary #brassaia #calathea #calatheamakoyana #palm #howea #eup
“These curious plants” Golden Guide Cacti, 1974 Western Publishing Co, Inc By Frank D. Venning, Illustrated by Manabu Saito #exoticcacti #echinocactus #turkshead #devilshead #horsecrippler #barrelcactus #astrophytum #bishopscap #seaurch
“Well worth growing” Exotic Cacti, 1989 Salamander Books LTD By Peter Chapman & Margaret Martin Designed by Paul Johnson #exoticcacti #astrophytumasterias #sanddollarcactus #seaurchincactus #starcactus #ferocactusacanthodes #fishho
“The ancestors of our house plants were wild” 200 House Plants in Color, 1973 Herder and Herder, By G.Kromdijk #croton #tradescantiazebrina #inchplant #montseradeliciosa #montsera #swisscheeseplant #cactus #chamaecereussilvestrii #pea
Choose your partner like you choose your house plants How To Grow House Plants, 1977 Sunset Booke, Artwork by Dinah James #kangaroovine #coleusblumei #paintednettle #brassiamaculata #orchid #tolmieamenziesii #piggybackplant #fern #platyceriumbifur
“Plants That Solve Problems” Foliage House Plants, 1972 Time-Life Books, By James Underwood Crockett #begonia #fern #pepromia #pothos #bamboopalm #dracaena #dieffenbachia #caladium #englishivy #montsera #ivy #philodendron #70sdecor #ter
Flowers find a way Wildflowers Of The Desert, 1955 National Audubon Society Nature Program By Elise & Alexander Klots #saguaro #desert #cactus #wildmorningglory #morningglory #strawberrycactus #desertdaisy #grizzlybearcactus #goldengilia #gilia
“Adjusting to indoor conditions” Cacti & Succulents For Modern Living, 1976 Merchants Publishing Co Photos by John C Pike & William Kalina Text by Laura Williams Rice #cactus #succulents #starcactus #astrophytum #braincactus #ec
“At Last!” House Plants, 1970 Grosset & Dunlap Inc, Joan Compton Illustrations by Henry Barnett #palm #neanthebellapalm #lilies #liliums #terarrium #maranta #dracaena #anthurium #dizygothecaelegantissima #falsearalia #fiddlefig #spa
“…too curious for words” Sunset Cactus & Succulents, 1970 Sunset Books, Designed by Alan May #goldenbarrelcactus #agave #cactus #echinocereus #echinopsis #lobiviacactus #opuntia #milkweed #lifesaverplant #gymnocalycium #gree
Small dog, giant dumbcane Professional Guide To Green Plants, 1976 Florists’ Transworld Delivery Association #maranta #prayerplant #begonia #ardisia #dumbcane #rattan #parlorpalm #jade #montsera #montseradeliciosa #chineseevergreen #silverev