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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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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