The Amateurs’ Digest Archive
“When you fall in love with succulents … one plant is never enough!” — Marina Welham, Editor
First, The Amateurs' Digest, and now The Cactophile Network:  "The Hobbyist's First Choice".
“The Amateurs’ Digest … what I liked about it was that it had a very ‘down to earth’ ethos ...” — Anthony Murphy, UK

MARINA’S BIBLIOGRAPHY

Marina’s Bibliography

As I discover items Marina published for free or paid distribution, and as I have time, I will post them here.

not for sale
The following items are not for sale, this is just an old price list. I need to recover all these old print and digital publications.

The Amateurs’ Digest Help Booklets

CACTI and SUCCULENTS from SEEDS
60 pages, cardstock cover, over 40 contributors of articles, photos and original drawings. Everything you need to know about how to grow cacti and succulents from seeds.

Canada $13.00 USA US$12.00 All Others US$14.50 – Surface Postage Included

CACTUS GRAFTING MADE EASY
20 pages, color cover, well illustrated. All the basics to get you started on cactus grafting. Tips from experts and our members and please note, if you don’t want to read it twice, this includes my article from our March 2000 issue.

Canada $5.00 USA US$5.00 Other US$6.50 – Surface Postage Included

CAUDEX BOOKLETS
For complete information on these booklets go to Caudex

FUN & FOTOS – Succulent Crossword Puzzles
Color on both covers, 38 pages,16 crosswords, 17 photos, 4 original cartoons

Canada $6.00 USA US$6.00 Other US$7.50 – Surface Postage Included

GROWING UNDER LIGHTS (Revised May, 1998)
27 Pages..How to Set up a Grow Room, How to Grow Other Succulents Under Lights. Booklet with several articles by members published in other Digest issues

Canada $5.00 USA US$5.00 All others US$6.50 – Surface Postage Included

LITHOPS
Small Illustrated Booklet – 12 Pages. Copies of articles by members who know how to grow these plants and tell you how.

Canada $4.00 USA $4.00 All others US$5.50 – Surface Postage Included

SUCCULENTS FROM SCRATCH – ALL THE BASICS
For Beginners this 30 page booklet will give you all the basics you need to get started growing cacti and succulents successfully. And it’s written in easy to understand language! Well illustrated. Some new color photos have been added recently.

Canada $6.00 USA $6.00 All others US$7.50 – Surface Postage Included

A CELEBRATION OF SUCCULENTS on a CD-ROM
50 pages of articles with photos PLUS 1750 color photographs of cacti, other succulents, caudiciforms & collectibles 215+ genera, 1100+ species, subspecific taxa & hybrids. BIG selection of Caudiciforms & Other Collectibles: 75+ genera, 300+ species and around 250 photos of 25 genera of cold hardy species, hybrids and varieties including many plants never before published

A major collection of photographs of plants grown by amateur hobbyists who provide valuable growing tips and other plant information with many of their photos.

For variety we have included a few photos by hobbyists of plants in private collections and gardens and botanical gardens.

New Articles: The Name Game, The Cactus Family, Culture and Growth of Euphorbias, Orchid Cacti (all aspects of care), Getting Started with Cold Hardy Plants including Hardy C&S; by Zone and USA Hardiness Zones. Plus: Reprint (requested by many) of Bonsai-Saikei and Succulents and Succulents From Scratch: The Basics for Newcomers with tips and advice for problem solving;

Canada CDN$25.00 USA US$20.00 All Others US$20.00

WHERE THE HARDY CACTUS GROW: A HARDY SUCCULENTS HANDBOOK by David Sierer, published by The Amateurs’ Digest, January 1, 1999 (paperback), sold on Amazon.