Back Issues

Individual issues for 2003 and before are $8 each.
For 2004 they are $12 each.
You can order full-year sets (six issues per set) for 1990-2003 at US $40 per set.*
Rates include postage in the USA and worldwide surface mail delivery.
For worldwide airmail delivery, add US $2 for EACH copy you order. Make check in US dollars payable to 'Palm Journal'. International and postal money orders must be drawn on US banks; cash is OK, if you must. Finally, we now accept Visa/MasterCard. Please identify whether Visa or MasterCard, provide your credit card number, expiration date, and show your name exactly as it appears on the card.

Mail your check or credit card information, along with your request to:
Alaric ('AI') Prince
828 S. Western Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92804 USA

*January 1994, January 1998, March 2000, September 2000, November 2003, and January 2004 are sold out.

Palms that grow in southern California are discussed, and sometimes other related interests, such as Cycads. Although there is usually at least one scientific article written by a botanist or professor discussing a palm genus with its specie(s) and exacting descriptions, it is more of a garden journal for those who simply love palms and want to know what they can grow and how to do it. Frankly, most of the members are especially interested in the "Experiences of.." section which is a garden-style presentation of local growers and their experiences with the palm that is being discussed this period. They talk of water and irrigation techniques, the weather---from bright sun to dappled to dark shade, inexpensive greenhouse methods, feeding, soil conditions and what they did and experienced with their palm, and they are brutally honest-sometimes they are successful and sometimes its a bust. This is fascinating because you read first hand what others do, and sometimes you see a photograph of the dizzying palm that they have nurtured from a seedling, which then becomes the driving force for you to try growing something unusual or exotic. Even members in Europe and Africa love this "Experiences of" section. Though they are distant, they do as we do---they find a reporting member who shares a microclimate like theirs then concentrates on the kind of palms that work with him, and follows his footsteps. It's intoxicating.

Starting in January, 1998 our journals were enhanced considerably. There are extensive scientific articles from renown botanists, interviews, color photos, exchange ads for membership from other societies, i.e., Australia, Florida, Texas, the Cycad Society, and cartoons that poke fun of our more noted members (because we think the world of them and what they've done for this club). There are color photographs on the front and rear, outside and inside covers plus many black and white photographs throughout. Also you'll find out where to obtain some of these prize palms from our grower member's advertisements.