References

§ Article:

. The International Waterlily and Water Gardening Society. A Guide to the Germination and Cultivation of Victoria Waterlilies, Pond & Garden Magazine, pages 31 - 77.

§ Books:

. ADAMS, C. R., et. al. 2001. Principles of Horticulture, 3rd ed, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, chapter 6.

. HARTMANN, H. T., KESTER, D. E. 1983. Plant propagation: principles and practices, 4th ed, PHI - Prentice-Hall International Editions, New Jersey.

. RAVEN, P. H., et. al. 2003. Biology of Plants, 6th ed, W. H. Freeman and Company Worth Publishers, New York.

. SMITH, J. A. 1971. The Cultivation and Growth of the Genus Victoria (with Special Reference to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), School of Horticulture, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Unpublished.

§ Personal Communication:

. BILLIET, Frieda (frieda.billiet@br.fgov.be), 13/02/2003. Re: Victoria amazonica, e-mail to Renata Mazzini (r.mazzini@rbgkew.org.uk).

. BILLIET, Frieda (frieda.billiet@br.fgov.be), 03/03/2003. Re: Storage temperature, e-mail to Renata Mazzini (r.mazzini@rbgkew.org.uk).

. HACHADOURIAN, Marc (mhach@ix.netcom.com), 15/02/2003. Re: Victoria amazonica, e-mail to Renata Mazzini (r.mazzini@rbgkew.org.uk).

. KNOTTS, Kit (kit@victoria-adventure.org), 02/02/2003. Re: Germination research, e-mail to Renata Mazzini (r.mazzini@rbgkew.org.uk).

. KNOTTS, Kit (kit@victoria-adventure.org), 03/02/2003. Re: Seeds, e-mail to Renata Mazzini (r.mazzini@rbgkew.org.uk).

. KNOTTS, Kit (kit@victoria-adventure.org), 07/02/2003. Re: The seeds arrived!!, e-mail to Renata Mazzini (r.mazzini@rbgkew.org.uk).

. KNOTTS, Kit (kit@victoria-adventure.org), 09/03/2003. Re: Viability, e-mail to Renata Mazzini (r.mazzini@rbgkew.org.uk).

§ Websites:

. BBC, no date. February 2003: England and Wales [on-line]. BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/review/feb2003_review.shtml, 20/03/2003.

. FALK, M., no date. Giant Water Lily of the Amazon [on-line]. The New York Botanical Garden, http://www.nybg.org/gardens/victoriamazon.html, 14/01/2003.

. GOVERNO DO ESTADO DE RONDONIA, 2002. Diagnostico Socio-Economico do Estado de Rondonia [on-line]. Governo do Estado de Rondonia, http://www.rondonia.ro.gov.br/secretarias/seplad/diag-2002/
Diagnóstico%20-%20Apresentação.htm, 20/03/2003.

. KNOTTS, Ben and Kit, no date. 2003 Victoria Seed Germination [on-line]. http://www.victoria-adventure.com/victoria/germination_2003.html, 10/03/2003.

. KNOTTS, Ben and Kit, no date. "Nicking Victoria Seeds - Step by Step [on-line]. http://www.victoria-adventure.com/victoria/nicking.html, 17/01/2003.

. KNOTTS, Ben and Kit, no date. Open the Door! - The Secret to Starting Victoria Seeds [on-line]. http://www.victoria-adventure.com/our_adventure/1999_open_the_door.html, 17/01/2003.

. KNOTTS, Ben and Kit, no date. Victoria [on-line].
http://www.victoria-adventure.com/victoria/victoria_intro.html, 17/01/2003.

. KNOTTS, Ben and Kit, no date. Victoria Cultivation [on-line].
http://www.victoria-adventure.com/victoria/victoria_cultivation.html, 13/02/2003.

. KNOTTS, Kit, no date. Myths & Misunderstandings About Victoria [on-line]. http://www.victoria-adventure.com/victoria/myths_and_misunderstandings.html, 17/01/2003.

. KNOTTS, Kit, no date. Victoria's History [on-line].
http://www.victoria-adventure.com/victoria/victoria_history.html, 17/01/2003.

. RILEY, J. M. 1997. Gibberellic Acid for Fruit Set and Seed Germination [on-line]. California Rare Fruits Growers, http://www.crfg.org/tidbits/gibberellic.html, 13/02/2003.

. TAVARES, A. C. P., 2000. Victoria: a "rainha-dos-nenufares" [on-line]. Universidade de Coimbra, http://www.uc.pt/botanica/!vamaz.htm, 14/01/2003.

. The United States National Arboretum, 2003. From Seed to Autumn Gala and Beyond: Victoria Water Platters at the U.S. National Arboretum [on-line]. The United States National Arboretum, http://www.nationalarboretum.usda.gov/victoria.html, 02/02/2003.