Chicago Botanic Garden

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.

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