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.

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