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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 5, Number 6
(November 2003)

 

Allan M. Armitage and Judy M. Laushman. Specialty Cut Flowers: The Production of Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Woody Plants for Fresh and Dried Cut Flowers. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Samuel S. Gnanamanickam (editor). Biological Control of Crop Diseases. New York: Marcel Dekker, 2002.

Tony Hamilton. A Year at Barnsdale: The Inspiring Legacy of Geoff Hamilton’s Beautiful Garden. London: Headline Book Publishing (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vt.), 2002.

Louisa Thomas Hargrave. The Vineyard: The Pleasures and Perils of Creating an American Family Winery. New York: Viking, 2003.

Peter J. Harrison. Garden Houses and Privies: Authentic Details for Design and Restoration. New York: Wiley, 2002.

Hiromi Hayashi. Origami Flowers: Popular Blossoms and Creative Bouquets. Tokyo: Japan Publications (distributed in U.S. by Kodansha America, Inc., New York, N.Y.), 2003.

Gordon Hayward. Your House, Your Garden: A Foolproof Approach to Garden Design. New York: Norton, 2003.

Sean Hogan (chief consultant). Flora: A Gardener’s Encyclopedia. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Jean H. Langenheim. Plant Resins: Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology and Ethnobotany. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Tony Lord. Planting Schemes from Sissinghurst. London: Frances Lincoln, 2003.

Stuart George McCook. States of Nature: Science, Agriculture, and Environment in the Spanish Caribbean, 1760–1940. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002.

Debbie Roberts and Ian Smith. Creating Garden Ponds and Water Features. San Diego: Laurel Glen, 2001.

Vivian Russell. Planting Schemes from Monet's Garden. London: Francis Lincoln, 2003.

Simon Swaffield (editor). Theory in Landscape Architecture: A Reader. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002.

Alan Titschmarsh. Ground Force Weekend Workbook. London: BBC (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vt.), 2003, c. 1999.

Tommy Walsh. Ground Force Practical Garden Projects. London: BBC (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vt.), 2002, c. 2000.

Peter Willis. Charles Bridgeman and the English Landscape Garden. Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.: Elysium Press, 2002.

Roger Yepsen (editor). 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2003, c. 1997.

 

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