Chicago Botanic Garden

Education — Lenhardt Library

Current Books & Book Reviews

Volume 9, Number 6
(November 2007)

 

C. Ray Chandler, Lorne M. Wolfe, and Daniel E.L. Promislow. The Chicago Guide to Landing a Job in Academic Biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

Oscar F. Clarke, Danielle Svehla, Greg Ballmer, and Arlee Montalvo. Flora of the Santa Ana River and Environs With References to World Botany. Berkeley, Calif.: Heyday Books, 2007.

Charles Dowding. Organic Gardening: The Natural No-Dig Way. Foxhole, Dartington, Totnes, Devon, U.K.: Green Books, 2007.

Jamie Durie. The Outdoor Room. Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2007.

Kevin M. Heinz, Roy G. Van Driesche, and Michael P. Parrella (editors). Biocontrol in Protected Culture. Batavia, Ill.: Ball Publishing, 2004.

B.A. King. The Oak Behind the House. New York: Quantuck Lane Press, 2007.

Charles McRaven. Stone Primer: Ideas and Techniques for Incorporating Stone In and Around Your Home. North Adams, Mass.: Storey Publishing, 2007.

Graham S. Pearson. Hidcote: The Garden and Lawrence Johnson. London: National Trust (distributed by Trafalgar Square, Chicago), 2007.

G.D. Robson, P. van West, and G.M. Gadd (editors). Exploitation of Fungi. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Jessie Sheeler. The Garden at Bomarzo: A Renaissance Riddle. London: Frances Lincoln, 2007.

Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, Peter K. Endress, and Mark W. Chase. Phylogeny and Evolution of Angiosperms. Sunderland, Mass.: Sinauer Associates, 2005.

Christian Werthmann. Green Roof: A Case Study — Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates' Design for the Headquarters of the American Society of Landscape Architects. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.

Garry C. Whitelam and Karen J. Halliday (editors). Light and Plant Development. (Annual Plant Reviews, volume 30) Ames, Ia.: Blackwell, 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