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Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 9, Number 2
(March 2007)

 

Julie Bawden-Davis. Indoor Gardening the Organic Way: How to Create a Natural and Sustaining Environment for Your Houseplants. Lanham, Md.: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2007.

Jochen Bockemühl and Kari Jävinen. Extraordinary Plant Qualities for Biodynamics. Translation by David Heaf. Edinburgh: Floris Books, 2006 (distributed by Steiner Books, Herndon, Va.).

Jackum Brown. Conservatory Style: Garden Rooms, Glasshouses, and Sunrooms. New York: Universe Press, 2007.

Paul Martin Brown. Wild Orchids of the Prairies and Great Plains Region of North America. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006.

S.B. Chincholkar and K.G. Mukerji (editors). Biological Control of Plant Diseases. Binghampton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2007.

Peter Coates. American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species: Strangers on the Land. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.

Alan Crozier, Michael N. Clifford, and Hiroshi Ashihara (editors). Plant Secondary Metabolites: Occurrence, Structure and Role in the Human Diet. Ames, Ia.: Blackwell, 2006.

Geoffrey R. Dixon. Vegetable Brassicas and Related Crucifers. Cambridge, Mass.: CABI, 2007.

James Dodson. Beautiful Madness. New York: Plume Paperbacks, 2007.

Derek Fell. Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants: Annuals, Bulbs, Herbs, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetables, Fruits & Nuts. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books, 2007.

Des Kennedy. The Passionate Gardener: Adventures of an Ardent Green Thumb. Vancouver, B.C.: Greystone Books, 2006.

Amita Sinha. Landscape in India: Forms and Meanings. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, 2006.

Thomas J. Stohlgren. Measuring Plant Diversity: Lessons from the Field. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.

Ken Thompson. Compost. New York: DK Publishing, 2007.

 

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