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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Titlesort icon Author Volume Number Publication Date
Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction Spencer C. H. Barrett (editor) 11 2 2008 Major Evolutionary Transitions in Flowering Plant Reproduction
Making Craft Cider: A Ciderist’s Guide Simon McKie 13 6 2011 Making Craft Cider: A Ciderist’s Guide
Making More Plants: The Science, Art, and Joy of Propagation Ken Druse 14 3 2012 Making More Plants: The Science, Art, and Joy of Propagation
Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Lightens up the Shadows Larry Hodgson 8 5 2006 Making the Most of Shade: How to Plan, Plant, and Grow a Fabulous Garden that Li
Managing Plant Genetic Diversity J.M.M. Engels, V. Ramanatha Rao, A.H.D. Brown and M.T. Jackson (editors) 5 5 2002 Managing Plant Genetic Diversity
Managing Wetlands for Private and Social Good: Theory, Policy and Cases from Australia Stuart M. Whitten and Jeff Bennett 8 4 2005 Managing Wetlands for Private and Social Good: Theory, Policy and Cases from Au
Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops (except ornamentals) Peter Hanelt and the Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (editors) 4 1 2001 Mansfeld's Encyclopedia of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops (except ornament
Maples Rosemary Barrett 7 1 2004 Maples
Marie-Antoinette and the Last Garden at Versailles Christian Duvernois 11 1 2008 Marie-Antoinette and the Last Garden at Versailles
Mary McMurtrie's Country Garden Flowers Timothy Clark 11 5 2009 Mary McMurtrie's Country Garden Flowers
Measuring Plant Diversity: Lessons from the Field Thomas J. Stohlgren 9 2 2007 Measuring Plant Diversity: Lessons from the Field
Medical Authority and Englishwomen’s Herbal Texts, 1550–1650 Rebecca Laroche 12 2 2009 Medical Authority and Englishwomen’s Herbal Texts, 1550–1650
Medicinal Herbal Therapy: A Pharmacist's Viewpoint Steven G. Ottariano 1 4 1999 Medicinal Herbal Therapy: A Pharmacist's Viewpoint
Medicinal Plants in Australia. Volume 3 — Plants, Potions, and Poisons Cheryll J. Williams 15 1 2012 Medicinal Plants in Australia. Volume 3 — Plants, Potions, and Poisons
Medicinal Plants of North America Jim Meuninck 10 4 2008 Medicinal Plants of North America
Medicinal Plants of the World: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Uses Ivan A. Ross. 3 2 1999 Medicinal Plants of the World: Chemical Constituents, Traditional and Modern Use
Medieval Fields David Hall 13 2 2010 Medieval Fields
Medieval Flowers Miranda Innes and Clay Perry 1 1 1997 Medieval Flowers
Mediterranean Kitchen Garden Mariano Bueno 12 5 2010 Mediterranean Kitchen Garden
Mediterranean Landscape Design: Vernacular Contemporary Louisa Jones 14 4 2012 Mediterranean Landscape Design: Vernacular Contemporary
Michigan's State Forests: A Century of Stewardship William B. Botti and Michael D. Moore 9 3 2006 Michigan's State Forests: A Century of Stewardship
Microbial Pest Control. Sushil K. Khetan 3 5 2001 Microbial Pest Control
Microgreens: How to Grow Nature’s Own Superfood Fionna Hill 13 1 2010 Microgreens: How to Grow Nature’s Own Superfood
Middle East Garden Traditions: Unity and Diversity Michel Conan (editor) 10 3 2007 Middle East Garden Traditions: Unity and Diversity
Midwest Home Landscaping, Including South-Central Canada Landscape gardening, Gardens 13 1 2010 Midwest Home Landscaping, Including South-Central Canada
Molecular Markers in Plant Genetics and Biotechnology Dominique de Vienne (editor) 5 5 2003 Molecular Markers in Plant Genetics and Biotechnology
Monet at Giverny Caroline Holmes 14 1 2011 Monet at Giverny
Monet's Garden at Giverny 3 6 1999 Monet's Garden at Giverny
Monet’s Passion: Ideas, Inspirations & Insights from the Painter’s Gardens Elizabeth Murray 12 4 2010 Monet’s Passion: Ideas, Inspirations & Insights from the Painter’s Gardens
Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming Gary Alan Fine 6 3 2003 Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming
Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies: Revealing Their Natural History Carolyn Dodson and William W. Dunmire 10 2 2007 Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies: Revealing Their Natural History
Movements in Green: Conceptual Landscape Gardening Arend Jan van der Horst 13 3 2010 Movements in Green: Conceptual Landscape Gardening
Moving Horizons: The Landscape Architecture of Kathryn Gustafson and Partners Jane Amidon 8 4 2005 Moving Horizons: The Landscape Architecture of Kathryn Gustafson and Partners
Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists Nicholas P. Money 5 4 2002 Mr. Bloomfield's Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycolog
Mr. Hamilton’s Elysium: The Gardens of Painshill Michael Symes 13 1 2010 Mr. Hamilton’s Elysium: The Gardens of Painshill
Mr. Marshal’s Flower Book Alexander Marshal 11 2 2008 Mr. Marshal’s Flower Book
Mrs. Delany & Her Circle Mark Laird and Alicia Weisberg-Roberts (editors) 12 1 2009 Mrs. Delany & Her Circle
Mrs. Spitzer's Garden Edith Pattou 4 2 2001 Mrs. Spitzer's Garden
Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation & Interactions with Animals Carlos M. Herrera 12 2 2009 Multiplicity in Unity: Plant Subindividual Variation & Interactions with Animals
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Candace Fleming 5 4 2002 Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix 8 4 2005 Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America
Mushrooms in Forests and Woodlands: Resource Management, Values and Local Livelihoods Anthony B. Cunningham and Xuefei Yang (editors 13 4 2011 Mushrooms in Forests and Woodlands: Resource Management, Values and Local Livel
My Day in the Garden Miela Ford 1 3 1999 My Day in the Garden
My First Garden Tomek Bogacki 2 3 2000 My First Garden
My Ikebana Marcel Vrignaud 14 5 2011 My Ikebana
My Mother Talks to Trees Doris Gove 1 3 1999 My Mother Talks to Trees
My Natural History: The Evolution of a Gardener Liz Primeau 11 1 2008 My Natural History: The Evolution of a Gardener
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World Paul Stamets 8 5 2005 Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World