"GRASS ALOES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN VELD" BY CHARLES CRAIB, NUMBERED FIRST EDITION IN SLIPCASE

"GRASS ALOES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN VELD" BY CHARLES CRAIB, NUMBERED  FIRST EDITION, 2005 HARDCOVER, IN A FINE SLIPCASE, 156 PAGES WITH COLOUR PLATES THROUGHOUT BY GILLIAN CONDY AND DRAWINGS BY MURRAY RALFE. GILT TITLE TO THE FRONT BOARD AND SPINE. NUMBER 654 OF AN EDITION OF 2000. NO NAMES OR INSCRIPTIONS. IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

Grass Aloes are an appealing group of deciduous aloes. As the name implies, they grow mainly in grasslands subject to winter fires. Their leaves and colours resemble their habitat, making them difficult to find when not in flower. These largely miniature aloes have very attractive flowers, making them desirable, if difficult, plants to cultivate. Their growing pattern is closely related to the winter fire cycles of the veld, some species responding directly to burning and producing leaves, flowers and later seed after such events. This publication is as much a book of art as it is an enlightening study of the veld of the eastern parts of South Africa. Gillian Condys illustrations of the species are masterpieces in their own right and make the book a pleasure to behold.