Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 6, Number 1
(January 2004)

 

Laura Barnard, Dannielle Doggett, Fiona Doig, and Kate Etherington (editors). Flora’s Plant Names. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Peter Blackburne-Maze. Fruit: An Illustrated History. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2003.

Les Bridgewood. Hydroponics: Soilless Gardening Explained. Marlborough, Wiltshire, U.K.: Crowood Press (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing, North Pomfret, Vt.), 2003.

Kate Bryant. The Complete Encyclopedia of Garden Flowers. San Diego, Calif.: Thunder Bay Press, 2003.

Stephen Harrod Buhner. The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth. White River Junction, Vt.: Chelsea Green, 2002.

Adam Caplin. New Kitchen Garden: Organic Gardening and Cooking with Herbs, Vegetables and Fruit. New York: Ryland, Peters & Small, 2003.

Lorenza De’Medici. A Passion for Vegetables. London: Pavilion Books, 2002.

Dana Gardner and Nancy Overcott. Birds at Your Feeder: A Guide to Winter Birds of the Great Plains. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2003.

Larry Hodgson. Annuals for Every Purpose: Choose the Right Plants For Your Conditions, Your Garden, and Your Taste. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale, 2002.

Carl H. Klaus. Weathering Winter: A Gardener’s Daybook. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2003, c. 1997.

Marco Leone. Bulbs. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2003.

Debbie S. Miller. Are Trees Alive? New York: Walker, 2002.

Robert Lee Riffle and Paul Craft. An Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Colin Spedding and Geoffrey Spedding. The Natural History of a Garden. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2003.

Roy Strong. Ornament in the Small Garden. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2002.

Michael Williams. Deforesting the Earth: From Prehistory to Global Crisis. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.

 

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