Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 9, Number 3
(May 2007)

 

Darold P. Batzer and Rebecca R. Sharitz (editors). Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006.

William B. Botti and Michael D. Moore. Michigan’s State Forests: A Century of Stewardship. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2006.

Maggie Campbell–Culver. A Passion for Trees: The Legacy of John Evelyn. London: Eden Project Books, 2006. (distributed by Trafalgar Square, North Pomfret, Vt.)

Henri Cueco. Conversations with my Gardener. London: Granta, 2006. (distributed by Trafalgar Square, North Pomfret, Vt.)

John Cushnie. How to Propagate: Techniques and Tips for Over 1,000 plants. Batavia, Ill.: Ball Publishing, 2007.

Charles Elliott (editor). The Royal Horticultural Society Treasury of Flowers: Writers and Artists in the Garden. London: Frances Lincoln, 2006.

Lawrence D. Harder and Spencer C.H. Barrett (editors). Ecology and Evolution of Flowers. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

John L. Hoogland (editor). Conservation of the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog: Saving North America’s Western Grasslands. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2006.

Julie L. Lockwood, Martha F. Hoopes, and Michael P. Marchetti. Invasion Ecology. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2007.

Graham Murphy. Old Roses. London: National Trust, 2006. (distributed by Trafalgar Square, North Pomfret, Vt.)

Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig, and Peter W. Price (editors). Ecological Communities: Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Mark Rieger. Introduction to Fruit Crops. Binghamton, N.Y.: Haworth Press, 2006.

Ada V. Segre. The Gardens at San Lorenzo in Piacenza, 1656-1665: A Manuscript Planting Notebook with a Study, Transcription, and Translation. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library Collection, 2006.

William Paul Winchester. A Very Small Farm. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2006.

David Yetman. Organ Pipe Cactus. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2006.

 

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