Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 8, Number 3
(May 2006)

 

Earl L. Core. Spring Wildflowers of West Virginia. Third edition, reprinted. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2005.

Page Dickey. Gardens in the Spirit of the Place. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2005.

Patrick Dugan (general editor). Firefly Guide to Wetlands. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2005.

Fred Hageneder. The Meaning of Trees: Botany, History, Healing, Lore. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2005.

Laura J. Lawson. City Bountiful: A Century of Community Gardening In America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005.

Tom Long. New England Nature Watch: A Month–by–Month Guide to the Natural World Around Us. Beverly, Mass.: Commonwealth Editions, 2003.

Sally M. Miller and Daryl Morrison (editors). John Muir: Family, Friends, and Adventures. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2005.

Toby Musgrave. Courtyard Gardens. New York: Hearst Books, 2000.

Stephen J. Pyne. Tending Fire: Coping with America’s Wildland Fires. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2004.

Sarah Raven. The Great Vegetable Plot: Delicious Varieties to Grow and Eat. London: BBC (distributed by Trafalgar Square Publishing), 2005.

Michael G. Simpson. Plant Systematics. Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2006.

Judith B. Tankard. Gardens of the Arts and Crafts Movement. New York: Abrams, 2004.

William L. Thompson. Sampling Rare or Elusive Species: Concepts, Designs, and Techniques for Estimating Population Parameters. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2005.

Ellen Wohl. Disconnected Rivers: Linking Rivers to Landscapes. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2004.

 

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