Nurseries	For a good source of cactus & succulents in Ireland contact Michael Harrington = anneharrington6@eircom.net
Affilliations	.
.	The British Cactus & Succulent Society = www.bcss.org.uk
.	The Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall is an Internet resource for cacti and succulents. With information on cactus and succulent societies through out the world; photographs and suppliers of plants, books & journals, cultivation and much more. www.cactus-mall.com
Books	.
	The Rathgar Bookshop is a good source of gardening books = www.therathgarbookshop.ie
Other Societies	.
.	The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. = www.rhsi.ie
.	The Irish Garden Plant Society = www.habitas.org.uk/igps
.	The Alpine Garden Society = www.alpinegardensociety.ie
.	The National Botanic Gardens = www.botanicgardens.ie
.	Wild Flowers of Ireland = www.wildflowersofireland.net
More	information on Thomas Coulter
.	California's Frontier Naturalists By Richard G. Beidleman
.	A biography "A man who can speak of plants". Dr Thomas Coulter (1793–1843) of Dundalk in Ireland, Mexico and Alta California. E. Charles Nelson & Alan Probert. 192 pp., 52 figures & photographs and 8 colour plates.