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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 5, Number 2
(March 2003)

 

Sharon Amos. Tough Plants: Unkillable Plants for Every Garden. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2003.

Dominique Browning. Around The House and in the Garden: A Memoir of Heartbreak, Healing and Home Improvement. New York: Scribner, 2002.

Robert Burleigh. Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream. Paintings by Wendell Minor. New York: Atheneum, 2003.

Thomas Christopher. In Search of Lost Roses. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002, c. 1989.

Bonnie Trust Dahan. Gardenhome/city: Creating an Urban Haven. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2002.

Gloria Evangelista. In Search of the Perfect Pumpkin. Illustrated by Shawn Shea. Golden, Colo.: Fulcrum, 2001.

Thomas E. Hemmerly. Ozark Wildflowers: An Ecological Guide to Flowering Plants in the Region. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2002.

Mark Kot. Elements of Mathematical Ecology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Elaine McLeod. Lessons from Mother Earth. Illustrated by Colleen Wood. Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2002.

Gary Paul Nabhan. The Desert Smells Like Rain: A Naturalist in O'odham Country. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2002, c. 1982.

Amanda O'Neill. Insects and Bugs. (Curious Kids Guide). New York: Kingfisher, 2002.

Susan A. Roth and Dennis Schrader. Hot Plants for Cool Climates: Gardening with Tropical Plants in Temperate Zones. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Lena Struwe and Victor A. Albert (editors). Gentianaceae: Systematics and Natural History. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002.

 

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