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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 7, Number 4
(July 2005)

 

Rosemary Alexander and Richard Sneesby. The Garden Maker’s Manual. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2005.

Jennifer Bennett. Dryland Gardening: Plants That Survive and Thrive in Tough Conditions. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2005.

George W. Cox. Alien Species and Evolution: The Evolutionary Ecology of Exotic Plants, Animals, Microbes, and Interacting Native Species. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004.

Paul Ecke III, James E. Faust, Andy Higgins, and Jack Williams. The Ecke Poinsettia Manual. Batavia, Ill.: Ball Publishing, 2004.

Betty Fussell. The Story of Corn. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2004.

Anne Halpin. Homescaping: Designing Your Landscape to Match Your Home. Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Books, 2005.

Manuel Miró Jodral (editor). Illicium, Pimpinella and Foeniculum: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2004.

Mark C. McKinstry, Wayne A. Hubert, and Stanley H. Anderson (editors). Wetland and Riparian Areas of the Intermountain West: Ecology and Management. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.

Gary Paul Nabhan. Why Some Like It Hot: Food, Genes, and Cultural Diversity. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2004.

Jane Owen and Diarmuid Gavin. Gardens Through Time: 200 Years of the English Garden. London: BBC Books, 2004.

Dan L. Perlman and Jeffrey C. Milder. Practical Ecology for Planners, Developers, and Citizens. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2005.

Ellen Spector Platt. Easy and Elegant Rose Design: Beyond the Garden. Golden, Colo: Fulcrum, 2004.

Liz Primeau. Front Yard Gardens: Growing More Than Grass. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2003.

Simon Toomer. Trees for the Small Garden: How to Choose, Plant, and Care for the Tree That Makes the Garden Special. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 2005.

 

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