| AV Book List This list of books on the subject of African violets is simply a simple version of the BOOK POLL. This list is a great 'must read' list for all African violet growers. Please return to the BOOK POLL to submit your reviews of those you read.
There is also a Gesneriad 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.
AFRICAN VIOLETS--Robert Atkinson
GROWING TO SHOW—HOW TO GROW PRIZE WINNING AFRICAN VIOLETS—Pauline Bartholemew,
June, 1987 paperback, 112 pages Publisher AV Enterprise Pr revised edition
1987 ISBN 0961571519 N, I, A
AFRICAN VIOLETS: A SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM OF HOME CULTURE—Kenneth Bowman
HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS—CLARK
THE AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK, 1988 Second Edition April, 2003—Tony Clements
Publishers David and Charles, 143 pages
COMPLETE AFRICAN VIOLET HANDBOOK—Tony Clements
AFRICAN VIOLETS—Tony Clements Publishers David and Charles 1992, 192 pages
ASIN 0715391879
AFRICAN VIOLETS: A GUIDE FOR AUSTRALIANS—Ronald Cole, Golden Press, 47 pages
color photos
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIADS—Sidney Crawcourt and Harry Jackson,
Melbourne, Lothian Publishing, black and white photos, 46 pages
INSECT AND MITE PESTS OF THE AFRICAN VIOLET—Dr. Charles L. Cole
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND OTHER GESNERIADS FOR MODERN LIVING—M. Jane Coleman.
Helmer, Publishers E.P. Dutton, 1978, ASIN 0894840061
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS-- Ruth Coulson, paperback. Publisher Seven Hills Book
Distributors, Oct, 1993 ASIN 08464170785
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS AND SOME OTHER FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS—Ruth Coulson,
publishers Kangaroo Press 1993 (1986) ASIN 0864175094
HOW I GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS—Ednah Daw, Publishers International Specialized
Book Services 1983, paperback, ASIN 0850911648
AFRICAN VIOLETS: A DELIGHTFUL HOBBY, THIRD ISSUE NOV. 1979—Win Duncan
AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR PLEASURE—Nancy Ewart
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
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS—Charles Fisher
ALL ABOUT AFRICAN VIOLETS THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO SUCCESS WITH
SAINTPAULIAS—Montague Free, Publishers Doubleday, revised edition 1979 ASIN
0385145217
AFRICAN VIOLETS FROM MOTHER NATURE--James D. Glick, Publisher Glick Publishing
Inc. 1978 paperback ASIN 0918170303
AFRICAN VIOLETS THE COMPLETE GUIDE— Gwen Goodship and Joan Hill, 128 pages
Publisher Crowood Pr. 1998 ISBN 1861261500
HOW TO GROW BETTER AFRICAN VIOLETS—Esther C. Grayson
THEONEX AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK—Esther C. Grayson, PUB. HYDROPONIC CHEM CO.
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA—Joan Halford
HOW TO GROW AND BLOOM AFRICAN VIOLETS AT HOME—J. Lawrence Heinl, 1953, Green
Thumb, pub. 32 pages.
AFRICAN VIOLETS-THEIR CARE AND CULTURE —M.E. Jones, Mitcham Saturn Press, 1953
THE FIRST BRITISH BOOK ON AV
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 GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS—Jack Kramer—Menlo Park,CA. LANE BOOKS 1971
AN EASY GUIDE TO AFRICAN VIOLETS—William Meacham
GROWING AFRICAN VIOLETS IN THE HOME--Muriel Milostead, Publishers W.
Collingridge of London, 1958, 1st edition, 80 pages.
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
A HANDBOOK FOR AFRICAN VIOLET GROWERS—Mary Margret Odem
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND FLOWERING HOUSEPLANTS –Powell
SUCCESS WITH AFRICAN VIOLETS—Thomas Rochford
AFRICAN VIOLET GIFTS FROM NATURE --Melvin J. Robey,1988 ¨Publishers Cornwall
Books, hardcover, ISBB 0845347667 314 pages 29 color photos
AFRICAN VIOLET QUEEN OF THE INDOOR GARDENING KINGDOM –Melvin J. Robey,
Publisher A.S. Barns and Co., 1980, Hardcover ASIN 0498023494
HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS--by Carolyn Rector, a Sunset Book, 1969 (May be
the same book as Sunset book listed below) ASIN 800005XH7N (different number
indicates different book)
COLORFUL WORLD OF AFRICAN VIOLETS—A.G.W. Simpson Publishers Sunflower Books
1988, hardcover ASIN 9997776550
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND COLORFUL KIN—A.G.W. Simpson, MURRAY BOOK DIST. 1978
OUR AFRICAN VIOLET HERITAGE—Anne Tinari
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND RELATED PLANTS—Bill Wall (Wisley Series) paperback 62
pages. Publishers Cassell Academic Ind . 1991 ASIN 0304320080
MODERN GUIDE TO HOUSE PLANTS WITH SPECIAL SECTIONS ON AFRICAN VIOLETS AND
TERRARIUMS—Ann Warren
THE AFRICAN VIOLET STORY AND THE EXOTIC, NEW EPISCIA –F.E. Wentink, 47 pages,
black and white photos, 1954
1001 QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY TWELVE EXPERTS—Helen Van Pelt Wilson, editor, VAN
NORSTRAND PUBLISHING, 1958
THE NEW COMPLETE BOOK OF AFRICAN VIOLETS 1963—Helen Van Pelt Wilson—N, I, A
HELEN VAN PELT WILSON’S AFRICAN VIOLET BOOK--Helen van Pelt Wilson,
Publishers, Olympic Marketing Corp, June 1970 ASIN 0801538521 (Excellent
insect pages)
THE AFRICAN VIOLET—SAINTPAULIA—Wilson, PUB. M. BARROWS AND CO. 1949
THE AFRICAN VIOLET—Helen Van Pelt Wilson
AFRICAN VIOLET AND GESNERIAD QUESTIONS ANSWERED BY 20 EXPERTS –Helen Van Pelt
Wilson, D.VAN NORSTRAND PUBLISHING, 1966
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF AFRICAN VIOLETS—Helen Van Pelt Wilson ASIN 800005XDN
unknown binding
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT DESIGNS FOR TODAY –Helen Van Pelt Wilson
THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT CALENDAR 1947-1967—Helen Van Pelt Wilson
THE JOY OF FLOWER ARRANGING—Helen Van Pelt Wilson
HOUSEPLANTS FOR EVERY WINDOW—Dorothy Jenkins and Helen Van Pelt Wilson, 1975
NEW ERA MODERN GUIDE TO HOUSEPLANTS WITH SPECIAL SECTIONS ON AFRICAN VIOLETS
AND TERRARIUMS, CONNECTICUT NEW ERA, 1961 127 pages
AFRICAN VIOLETS. RAISING AND BLOOMING THEM SUCCESFULLY—1984
AFRICAN VIOLETS-COOPERATIVE EXTENTION SERVICE CIRCULAR 942--UNIVERSITY OF
ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
TOP RATED AFRICAN VIOLETS—RAISING AND BLOOMING THEM SUCCESSFULLY—(Golden
Gardening Series) by Horticulture associates—out of print) Paperback 64 pages
1984 ASIN 0307466434
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES—Brooklyn Botanical Garden, publishers (out
of print) 1984 ASIN 06862
THE AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY OF AMERICA HANDBOOK FOR GROWERS, EXHIBITORS, AND
JUDGES—AVSA
HOW TO GROW AFRICAN VIOLETS, a Sunset Book—1977 (Sometimes listed as Rector, author an out of print edition) 80 pages, paperback Bublishers Sunset Pub. Co
5th edition in 1984 ASIN 0376030577
AFRICAN VIOLETS—Countryside Books 1976
HANDBOOK ON AFRICAN VIOLETS AND THEIR RELATIVES --Brooklyn Botanical Garden
1974
AFRICAN VIOLETS HOW TO GROW THEM, by Ortho staff, Publishers Ortho Books 96
pages
AFRICAN VIOLETS AND FLOWERING HOUSE PLANTS—ORTHO BOOKS
AFRICAN VIOLET GROWING HANDBOOK—TEXAS FIRST AUSTIN AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY 1972
AFRICAN VIOLET GROWING, PROPAGATING, SHOWING: For Beginners and Experts,
Seattle AV Society 1978, Emory Leland, ed.
ARRANGING AFRICAN VIOLETS FOR HOME DECORATION—Emily Stueber, HEARTHSIDE PRESS,
INC. 1956
COMMENT CULTIVER LA VIOLETTE AFRICAINE—Michel Tremblay. This is translated as
"How to Cultivate African Violets."
For a simple text file of this list: African Violet Book Poll.txt |
