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 reviews@chicagobotanic.org

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