Anderson's "The Cactus Family" as a guide to nomen

peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri May 09, 2008 6:39 am

I started a thread to this effect, but I am selling Illustrated Handbook Monocotyledons and Crassulaceae brand new, not used, mint condition, far below list. (As well as Fritz Hochstaetter's three Yucca books).

pm me if interested.

peterb

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:00 am

peterb,
I think I pm'ed you as you were posting

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peterb · Post by **peterb** » Fri May 09, 2008 3:21 pm

Found an online bookstore called ecampus that had The Cactus Family for $21 as recently as 6 weeks ago. Out of stock now, of course, at that price. Wild.

peterb

iann · Post by **iann** » Fri May 09, 2008 5:10 pm

Seems likely that the speculators are in the market now. Pretty soon it will be $200/barrel. Wait, no, wrong thread ...

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Fri May 09, 2008 11:09 pm

$200 for a barrel of Andersons? Sign me up!

LOL.

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lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:16 am

I missed TimN's message about a copy of Anderson for $99, but I'm pretty excited that Amazon has a copy (which I just ordered), via one their "subsidiaries," for $200.

I made sure it was subject to Amazon's 30 day return policy, which served me well when I found out that that half-price edition of the Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Dicotyledons that I bought from them didn't include the color plates.

Cheers,
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Post by **daiv** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:34 pm

I am going to make a confession. My copy of Anderson's book has been on the shelf since about the time it came out. Didn't think twice about it. Now I am reading all these posts about how much the price has gone up and the difficulty of finding a copy... then for the first time I drop mine right on the binding!

So I think. Man! What am I doing and I set it back up on top of a three-ring binder and no sooner do I turn around and bam! It hits the ground a second time!

It's like growing a Ubelmannia. You find yourself growing it without even thinking about it and then you hear from others that it is a hard species to keep. Before you know it, you get worried about keeping it alive and kill it in the process!!

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Fri May 23, 2008 11:41 pm

Well Daiv, the price just went down on your damaged book. I'll give ya $50 for it

Sounds like your like me-- If not for badluck you'd have no luck at all

Peyote Pete · Post by **Peyote Pete** » Sat May 24, 2008 3:26 am

Ack! That sucks Daiv. Next time you should lock it up in a treasure chest. I totally understand what you are saying about killing cacti with love. It is hard to not pay more attention to a tough grower, and it is too easy to smother with love than it is to neglect.

daiv wrote:I am going to make a confession. My copy of Anderson's book has been on the shelf since about the time it came out. Didn't think twice about it. Now I am reading all these posts about how much the price has gone up and the difficulty of finding a copy... then for the first time I drop mine right on the binding! So I think. Man! What am I doing and I set it back up on top of a three-ring binder and no sooner do I turn around and bam! It hits the ground a second time!

It's like growing a Ubelmannia. You find yourself growing it without even thinking about it and then you hear from others that it is a hard species to keep. Before you know it, you get worried about keeping it alive and kill it in the process!!

lancer99 · Post by **lancer99** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:44 pm

Amazon now lists Anderson for $63 w/ free shipping, with four copies in stock. Maybe they'll refund the extra $137 I paid for my copy!

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