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Title: Not for the casual collector
Review: I purchased this book to help me identify the specimens in my growing cacti collection and while this book is very thorough in covering the subject matter, I found that it made no effort to note which of the many many cacti represented in the various chapters were likely to be the one I'd just purchased from my local retail sources. The photos are wonderful, with very good detail, although I would have preferred a picture showing both overall cactus shape as well as the closeup details of ribs, spines and flowers. Some specimens are only shown as flowers, which does not help with the identification process. And while I understand that there are many common names for the various cacti listed, it would have been helpful to have a few of them listed for each cactus (with a disclaimer of course) and included in the index.
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