Current Books & Book Reviews

Current Books on Gardening & Botany is an Internet-only journal reviewing new books and other media about gardening, horticulture, and botany. Reviews cover a wide range of new literature in print and digital form and are written primarily by the staff of the Chicago Botanic Garden.

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Title Author Publication Date
Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution Else Marie Friis, Peter R. Crane, and Kaj Raunsgaard Pedersen 2011 Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution
Earth Repair: A Transatlantic History of Environmental Restoration Marcus Hall 2005 Earth Repair: A Transatlantic History of Environmental Restoration
East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers Gil Nelson 2005 East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers
East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons Liza Dalby 2007 East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir Through the Seasons
Easy and Elegant Rose Design: Beyond the Garden Ellen Spector Platt 2004 Easy and Elegant Rose Design: Beyond the Garden
Easy Orchids Liz Johnson 2005 Easy Orchids
Eat Your Yard! Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Landscape Nan K. Chase 2010 Eat Your Yard! Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Landscap
Ecological Communities: Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs Takayuki Ohgushi, Timothy P. Craig, and Peter W. Price (editors) 2007 Ecological Communities: Plant Mediation in Indirect Interaction Webs
Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting Catherine Rich and Travis Longcore (editors) 2006 Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting
Ecological Literacy: Educating our Children for a Sustainable World Michael K. Stone and Zenobia Barlow (editors) 2005 Ecological Literacy: Educating our Children for a Sustainable World
Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New England Second Edition Carolyn Merchant 2010 Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New England Second Editio
Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River Juliet C. Stromberg and Barbara Tellman (editors) 2009 Ecology and Conservation of the San Pedro River
Ecology and Evolution of Flowers Lawrence D. Harder and Spencer C.H. Barrett (editors) 2006 Ecology and Evolution of Flowers
Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands Darold P. Batzer and Rebecca R. Sharitz (editors) 2006 Ecology of Freshwater and Estuarine Wetlands
Ecology: A Pocket Guide Ernest Callenbach 2008 Ecology: A Pocket Guide
Ecotourists Save the World: The Environmental Volunteer’s Guide to More than 300 International Adventures to Conserve, Preserve, and Rehabilitate Wildlife and Habitats Pamela K. Brodowsky and the National Wildlife Federation 2010 Ecotourists Save the World: The Environmental Volunteer’s Guide to More than 30
Eddie’s Garden and How to Make Things Grow Susan Garland. 2004 Eddie’s Garden and How to Make Things Grow
Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World Ian Hall, Steven Stephenson, Peter K. Buchanan, Wang Yun, and Anthony L.J. Cole 2003 Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the World
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn Second Edition 2010 Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn Second Edition
Edible Plants for Prairie Gardens: The Best Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs June Flanagan 2011 Edible Plants for Prairie Gardens: The Best Fruits, Vegetables & Herbs
Edible Wild Plants Todd Telander 2012 Edible Wild Plants
Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods Local foods, Cookery, American 2010 Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods
Elements of Mathematical Ecology Mark Kot 2001 Elements of Mathematical Ecology
Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins Donald C. Watts 2000 Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins
Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden Page Dickey 2011 Embroidered Ground: Revisiting the Garden
Emil Nolde: Mein Garten voller Blumen; My Garden Full of Flowers Emil Nolde 2009 Emil Nolde: Mein Garten voller Blumen; My Garden Full of Flowers
Empowered Gardens: Architects and Designers at Home Carol Soucek King (editor) 1997 Empowered Gardens: Architects and Designers at Home
Encyclopedia of Dahlias Bill McClaren 2004 Encyclopedia of Dahlias
Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants: Annuals, Bulbs, Herbs, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees, Vegetables, Fruits & Nuts Derek Fell 2007 Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants: Annuals, Bulbs, Herbs, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees,
Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science Robert M. Goodman 2004 Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science
Encyclopedia of Soil Science Rattan Lal (editor) 2002 Encyclopedia of Soil Science
Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of Over 3,000 Tropical Plants Ahmed Fayaz 2011 Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of Over 3,000 Tr
Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy Allan Franklin, A.W.F. Edwards, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Daniel L. Hartl, and Teddy Seidenfeld 2008 Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy
Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation Gary Paul Nabhan 2002 Enduring Seeds: Native American Agriculture and Wild Plant Conservation
Energy–wise Landscape Design: A New Approach for Your Home and Garden Sue Reed 2010 Energy–wise Landscape Design: A New Approach for Your Home and Garden
English Gardens in the Twentieth Century Tim Richardson 2005 English Gardens in the Twentieth Century
Envisioning the Garden: Line, Scale, Distance, Form, Color, and Meaning Robert Mallet 2011 Envisioning the Garden: Line, Scale, Distance, Form, Color, and Meaning
Epicurean Simplicity Stephanie Mills 2002 Epicurean Simplicity
Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque Claude-Henri Watelet (Samuel Danon, translator and editor) 2003 Essay on Gardens: A Chapter in the French Picturesque
Essay on the Geography of Plants Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland 2009 Essay on the Geography of Plants
Essays on Nature and Landscape Susan Fenimore Cooper 2002 Essays on Nature and Landscape
Ethical Sourcing in the Global Food System Stephanie Barrientos and Catherine Dolan (editors) 2006 Ethical Sourcing in the Global Food System
Every Root An Anchor: Wisconsin’s Famous and Historic Trees R. Bruce Allison 2005 Every Root An Anchor: Wisconsin’s Famous and Historic Trees
Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Reproductive Strategies Tom J. de Jong and Peter Klinkhamer 2006 Evolutionary Ecology of Plant Reproductive Strategies
Ex Situ Plant Conservation: Supporting Species Survival in the Wild Edward O. Guerrant, Jr., Kayri Havens, and Mick Maunder 2004 Ex Situ Plant Conservation: Supporting Species Survival in the Wild
Exotic Botanical Illustration with the Eden Project Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurstan 2012 Exotic Botanical Illustration with the Eden Project
Exploitation of Fungi G.D. Robson, P. van West, and G.M. Gadd (editors) 2007 Exploitation of Fungi
Exploring Florida’s Botanical Wonders: A Guide to Ancient Trees, Unique Flora, and Wildflower Walks Sandra Friend 2009 Exploring Florida’s Botanical Wonders: A Guide to Ancient Trees, Unique Flora, a
Exploring Gardens & Green Spaces: From Connecticut to the Delaware Valley Magda Salvesen 2011 Exploring Gardens & Green Spaces: From Connecticut to the Delaware Valley
Exploring Nature’s Bounty: One Hundred Outings Near New York City Lucy D. Rosenfeld and Marina Harrison 2012 Exploring Nature’s Bounty: One Hundred Outings Near New York City
Extraordinary Leaves Stephen Green-Armytage and Dennis Schrader 2008 Extraordinary Leaves
Extraordinary Plant Qualities for Biodynamics. Translation by David Heaf Jochen Bockemühl and Kari Jävinen 2006 Extraordinary Plant Qualities for Biodynamics. Translation by David Heaf