Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 1, Number 4
(October 1999)

 

Peter Bernhardt. The Rose's Kiss: A Natural History of Flowers. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1999.

Dorie Byers. Herbal Remedy Gardens: 38 Plans for Your Health & Well-Being. Pownal, Vt.: Storey Books, 1999.

Esther Davis. Sensational Dried Flowers: Make Arrangements So Beautiful They Look Fresh. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, 1999.

Lynn Ellen Doxon. High Desert Yards & Gardens. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1999.

Helena Rutherford Ely. A Woman's Hardy Garden. New York: Lyons Press, 1999.

Catriona Tudor Erler. Garden Rooms: Create and Decorate Outdoor Garden Spaces. Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life Books, 1999.

Susan Harrison-Tustain. Glorious Garden Flowers in Watercolor. Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1999.

Cheryl Hazeltine and Barry Lovelace. The New Central Texas Gardener. College Station, Tex.: Texas A&M University Press, 1999.

Wolfgang Hensel. Gardening for Beginners. Hauppauge, N.Y.: Barron's, 1999.

Lorraine Johnson. 100 Easy-To-Grow Native Plants for American Gardens in Temperate Zones. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 1999.

Kathryn Kipp (Editor). The Best of Flower Painting. Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1997.

Steven G. Ottariano. Medicinal Herbal Therapy: A Pharmacist's Viewpoint. Portsmouth, N.H.: Nicolin Fields Publishing, 1999.

Paul Picton. The Gardener's Guide to Growing Asters. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 1999.

Robert Michael Pyle. Chasing Monarchs: Migrating with the Butterflies of Passage. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

Anne Rockwell. One Bean. New York: Walker and Company, 1998.

Richard Rosenfeld. Designing with Bulbs: The Joy of Gardening. Philadelphia: Courage Books, 1999.

Rachel Rubin Wolf. Best of Flower Painting 2. Cincinnati: North Light Books, 1999.

 

Current Books is an Internet–only journal reviewing new books about gardening, horticulture and botany. Reviews cover a wide range of new literature in print and are written primarily by the staff and volunteers of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Please send your comments and suggestions to

Edward J. Valauskas
Editor, Current Books on Gardening & Botany
Lenhardt Library of the Chicago Botanic Garden