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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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