Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 10, Number 6
(November 2008)

 

Antoine Al-Achi. An Introduction to Botanical Medicines: History, Science, Uses, and Dangers. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2008.

Bradford Angier and David K. Foster. Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants. Second edition. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2008.

Curtis J. Badger. A Natural History of Quiet Waters: Swamps and Wetlands of the Mid-Atlantic Coast. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007.

Thomas G. Barnes, Deborah White, and Marc Evans. Rare Wildflowers of Kentucky. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2008.

David Beerling. The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Nils Büttner. The History of Gardens in Painting. New York: Abbeville Press, 2008.

Ernest Callenbach. Ecology: A Pocket Guide. Tenth revised and expanded edition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.

Graham Clarke. Success with Acid-Loving Plants. Lewes, East Sussex, U.K.: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd., (distributed in the U.S. by Sterling), 2008.

Thomas R. Dunlap. DDT, Silent Spring, and the Rise of Environmentalism. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008.

Olivier Filippi. The Dry Gardening Handbook: Plants and Practices for a Changing Climate. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2008.

Stephen Green-Armytage and Dennis Schrader. Extraordinary Leaves. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2008.

Marc Kristal (editor). Olin: Placemaking. New York: Monacelli Press, 2008.

Janet Malcolm. Burdock. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2008.

Alice McGowan and Brian McGowan. Bulbs in the Basement, Geraniums on the Windowsill:
How to Grow and Overwinter 165 Tender Plants. North Adams, Mass.: Storey, 2008.

Allen Paterson. The Gardens at Kew. London: Frances Lincoln, 2008.

Gerald A. Rosenthal. Sonoran Desert Life: Understanding, Insights, and Enjoyment. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Academic Insights (distributed by the University of Arizona Press), 2008.

Lisa Taylor. A Taste for Gardening: Classes and Gendered Practices. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate Publishing, 2008.

Matt Trappe, Frank Evans, and James M. Trappe. Field Guide to North American Truffles: Hunting,
Identifying, and Enjoying the World's Most Prized Fungi. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 2007.

Sharon White. Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2008.

Kim Wilson. In the Garden with Jane Austen. Madison, Wis.: Jones Books, 2008.

Xin Wu. Patricia Johanson's House & Garden Commissions: Reconstruction of Modernity. Two volumes. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection (distributed by Harvard University Press), 2007.

Zhenbiao Yang (editor). Intracellular Signaling in Plants. Annual Plant Reviews, volume 33. Ames, Ia.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008.

 

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