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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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