Late February 2007

Hello all:

Here is a list of some recent magazine articles, internet sites and books, both adult and children’s. If you would like a copy of any article, please let me know at Susan.Eubank@arboretum.org or at 626-821-3213 or in person. Please also let me know your areas of interest and I'll let you know when there are articles on that subject. All the books listed with an asterisk were gifts. Many thanks to our donors!



Articles



Sparks, Brian, “Situation critical: a leading voice in New York agriculture says that resolving the current labor problem is vital to ensuring the future success of the industry.” Western Fruit Grower, v. 127, no. 2 (Feb. 2007), p. 8-9.



Eddy, David, “GAPs can pay off: growers who don’t put up food contamination ‘firewalls’ are endangering not only the health of consumers, but of their bottom line. (Part two: Food Safety Series, consequences of inaction)” Western Fruit Grower, v. 127, no. 2 (Feb. 2007), p. 18-19.



Gagliardi, James A., & Mark H. Brand, “Connecticut nursery and landscape industry preferences for solutions to the sale and use of invasive plants.” HortTechnology, v. 17, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2007), p. 39-45.



Brzuszek, Robert F., Richard L. Harkess & Susan J. Mulley, “Landscape architects’ use of native plants in the Southeastern United States.” HortTechnology, v. 17, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2007), p. 78-81.



Uhlig, Robert E. [et al], “Soil fumigants to replace methyl bromide for weed control in ornamentals.” HortTechnology, v. 17, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2007), p. 111-114.



Czapar, George F., Marc P. Curry & Raymond A. Cloyd, “Educational needs and customer service practices of retail stores that sell pesticides in Illinois.” HortTechnology, v. 17, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2007), p. 115-119.



Denny6, Geoffrey C. & Michael A. Arnold, “Taxonomy and nomenclature of baldcypress, pondcypress, and Montezuma cypress: one, two, or three species.” HortTechnology, v. 17, no. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 2007), p. 125-127.



“School gardens plus nutrition lesions equal science literacy.” NSTA Reports, v. 18, no. 6 (Feb. 2007), p. 22.



Brown, Michael, “A tree pilgrimage in Israel: Israel’s trees may not be large by American standards, but many are old with fascinating histories that high-light the country’s culture.” American Forests, v. 112, no. 4 (Winter 2007), p. 34-39.



Landicho, Sarah, “Real American beauties: industry players join forces to make native plants and easier choice for American gardeners.” American Nurseryman, v. 205, no. 3 (Feb. 1, 2007), p. 18-20, 22-25.



Appleton, Bonnie Lee, “How to kill a tree: a Virginia Tech horticulture professor created a learning tool for schools and forestry groups that pinpoints the most common ways trees are abused in the landscape.” American Nurseryman, v. 205, no. 3 (Feb. 1, 2007), p. 36-41.



Wilson, Matthew, “How to go green with a roof garden: […] how to transform a dull garden shed and improve its ecological credentials by covering it with a layer of plants.” Gardens Illustrated, (Feb. 2007), p. 42-49.



“Horticulture industry partnership leads the charge against invasive plants in California.” Pacific Coast Nurseryman & Garden Supply Dealer, v. 66, no. 2 (Feb. 2007), p. 20-22.



Boland, John M., “The importance of layering in the rapid spread of Arundo donax (giant reed).” Madroño, v. 53, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2006), p. 303-312.



Trader, Melissa R., Matthew L. Brooks and Julie V. Draper, “Seed production by the non-native Brassica tournefortii (Sahara mustard) along desert roadsides.” Madroño, v. 53, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2006), p. 313-320.



Shellhammer, Howard S., Thomas H. Shellhamer, “Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum [Taxodiaceae]) seedling survival and growth in the first four decades following managed fires.” Madroño, v. 53, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 2006), p. 342-350.



Zaretsky, Bruce, “Retaining wall ABCs: before retaining walls can be aesthetic triumphs, they require a foundation of technical excellence […]” LandShapes, v. 2, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2007), p. 36-42.



Parsons, Louise, “New U.S. rules for importation of small lots of seed.” Bulletin of the American Penstemon Society, v. 66, no. 1 (Jan. 2007), 17-19.



Böck, Rob, “The best of the bunch: […] some of the most attractive species in the huge genus Dendrobium.” Orchid Review, v. 115, no. 1273 (Jan.-Feb. 2007), p 8-15.



Phillips, Ryan, Jon See and Kingsley Dixon, “An antipodean tale of elbows, hammers and flying ducks: […] the bizarre pollination methods they have discovered on Australian orchids.” Orchid Review, v. 115, no. 1273 (Jan.-Feb. 2007), p. 18-23.



Beug, Michael W., Marilyn Shaw and Kenneth W. Cochran, “Thirty-plus years of mushroom poisoning: summary of the approximately 2,000 reports in the NAMA case registry.” McIlvainea: Journal of American Amateur Mycology, v. 16, no. 2 (Fall 2006), p. 47-68.



Ullrich Bernd, “Agave attenuata ssp. dentata (Roezl) Ullrich.” Haseltonia, v. 12 (2006), p. 22-30.



Karahan, Faris, Isik Ozand and Neslihan Demircan, “Succulent plant diversity in Turkey: 1. Stonecrops (Crassulaceae).” Haseltonia, v. 12 (2006), p. 41-54.





New Items Added to the Collection

Adult literature



*PQ 2605 .O28 A285 1986 Flowers.
Colette, 1873-1954. Flowers and fruit / Colette ; edited by Robert Phelps ; translated by Matthew Ward. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c1986.



*PZ 3 .C7365 1932 Gardening—France--Fiction
Comminges, Aimery de, comte de, 1862-1925. Laura's garden / Count de Comminges ; translated by Bernard Miall. New York : The Macmillan Company, 1932.



*QK 83 .E27 1953 Plants--Folklore.
Eastwood, Dorothea, 1912-. Mirror of flowers / Dorothea Eastwood. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1953.



*QK 100 .A1 C74 1966 Poisonous plants.
Creekmore, Hubert, 1907-1966. Daffodils are dangerous : the poisonous plants in your garden / by Hubert Creekmore ; illus. by Helen Spence. New York : Walker, 1966.



*QK 396 .D49 1966 Trees--South Africa Transvaal.
De Winter, B. Sixty-six Transvaal trees / by B. de Winter, Mayda de Winter, and D.J.B. Killick. [Pretoria? : s.n., 1966].



*QK 396 .F58 1947 Wild flowers--South Africa.
Flugge-de Smidt, R. A. H. Flowers by the roadside / by R.A.H. Flugge-de Smidt. Johannesburg : [Swan], 1947.



QK 431 .O25 1962 Trees--Australia.
Oakman, H. Some trees of Australia / H. Oakman. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press, 1962.



*QK 451 .C45 1968 Wild flowers—Australia--Central Australia.
Chippendale, Thelma M. Wildflowers of Central Australia / Thelma M. Chippendale. Brisbane : Jacaranda, 1968.



*SB 355 .C43 1951 Fruit-culture.
Chandler, William Henry, 1878-. Deciduous orchards / by William Henry Chandler. 2d ed., thoroughly rev. Philadelphia : Lea & Febiger, c1951.



*SB 369 .C65 1937 Citrus fruits.
Coit, J. Eliot, b. 1880. Citrus fruits : an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions / by J. Eliot Coit. New York : Macmillan, 1937, c1915.



*SB 405 .C63 1993 Flower gardening--Australia.
Coates, Barbara. Growing flowers and foliage for cutting / Barbara Coates. Kenthurst, N.S.W. : Kangaroo Press, 1993.



*SB 406 .C69 1954 Urban gardening.
Cowderoy, Joan, 1922-. Flowers in town : an introductory handbook for the indoor and outdoor gardener / by Joan Cowderoy ; with a foreword by Ralph Wightman. London : Newman-Neame, 1954.



*SB 407 .F38 1949 Plants, Ornamental.
Favorite flowers in color / E.L.D. Seymour, editor ... [et al.]. New York : Wm. H. Wise, 1949.



*SB 411 .C43 1984 Rose culture.
Charlton, Don. Growing and showing roses / Don Charlton. Newton Abbot ; North Pomfret, Vt. : David & Charles, c1984.



*SB 411 .C44 1995 Rose culture.
Cheriton, Janet. Growing roses / Janet Cheriton. London : Cassell ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States by Sterling Pub. Co., 1994.



*SB 411 .C47 1997 Roses.
Christensen, Jack E. The "official guide" for growing roses in Southern California : a practical guide / according to Jack E. Christensen. Ontario, Calif. : Jack E. Christensen, c1997.



*SB 411 .C476 1999 Rose culture--United States.
Christopher, Thomas. Easy roses for North American gardens / Tom Christopher. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest, c1999.



*SB 411 .C63 1962 Roses.
Coats, Peter. Roses / Peter Coats. New York : Putnam, 1962.



*SB 411 .C66 1909 Roses.
Cook, E. T. (Ernest Thomas), 1867-1915. Rose growing made easy / by E.T. Cook. London : Offices of 'Country life, ' Ltd. [etc.]; New York : C. Scribner's Sons, [1909].



*SB 411 .C87 1980 Roses--Varieties.
Curtis, Henry, fl. 1850-1853. A facsimile edition of Beauties of the rose : containing portraits of the principal varieties of the choicest perpetuals, with plain instructions for their cultivation / by Henry Curtis ; new introd. and key by LeÌonie Bell. New ed. Palo Alto, CA. : Sweetbrier Press, 1980.



*SB 411 .D65 1991 Roses.
Dolezal, Robert J. Beautiful roses / writer, Bob Dolezal ; photographer, Kirk Amyx ; illustrator, Dick Cole. New York : Avon Books, c1991 (1992 printing).



*SB 411 .D86 1998 Roses--Varieties.
Dunn, Teri. 100 favorite roses / by Teri Dunn. New York : MetroBooks, c1998.



*SB 411 .E25 1962 Roses--Varieties.
Edland, Henry. Roses in color / introd. by H. Edland. New York : Viking Press, 1962.



*SB 411 .E25Po 1969 Roses--Encyclopedias.
Edland, Henry. The pocket encyclopedia of roses in color / H. Edland. 3d rev. and enl. ed. / L.G. Turner ; New and rev. American ed. New York : Macmillan, 1969.



*SB 411 .R82 1989 Rose culture--Miscellanea.
Roses : 1,001 gardening questions answered / by the editors of Garden Way Publishing ; foreword by Peter Chan. Pownal, Vt. : Storey Communications, c1989.



*SB 411.3 .D45 1996 Roses--Pictorial works.
Delbard, Henri. Diary of a rose lover / by Henri Delbard ; watercolors by Fabrice Moireau ; [translated from the French by Edward Lucie-Smith, Tony Burstall, and Michael England]. New York : Abrams, 1996.



*SB 411.65 .M55 E24 1996 Miniature roses.
Eagle, Dawn. Growing miniature and patio roses / Dawn & Barry Eagle. London : Cassell ; New York, NY, USA : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co., 1996.



*SB 411.65 .O55 S74 1967 Old roses.
Stemler, Dorothy. Roses of yesterday / Dorothy Stemler and Nanae Ito ; with a foreword by James Gould Cozzens. Kansas City, Mo. : Hallmark Cards, 1967.



*SB 413 .G5 P75 1932 Gladiolus--History.
Pridham, Alfred M. S. (Alfred Melville Stewart), b. 1902. The gladiolus : its history, classification, and culture / Alfred M.S. Pridham. Ithaca, N.Y. : New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, [1932].



*SB 413 .D3 D38 1954 Daylilies.
Davis, Ben Arthur, b. 1888. Daylilies and how to grow them / Ben Arthur Davis ; regional chapters by Stanley E. Saxton, northeast ; George E. Lenington, midwest ; E.J. Kraus, northwest ; John V. Watkins, Florida ; Homer T. Blackhurst, southwest. Atlanta : Tupper & Love, 1954.



*SB 413 .D13 D73 1958 Dahlias.
Drayson, G. F. Dahlias / G. F. Drayson. London : Ward, Lock, 1958.



*SB 413 .P2 C73 1951 Pansies.
Crane, Howard Hamp, 1885-. Pansies and violas for exhibition & garden / by Howard Hamp Crane. London : W.H. and L. Collingridge ; New York : Transatlantic Arts , 1951.



*SB 413 .R47 C53 1960 Rhododendrons.
Clarke, J. Harold (Joy Harold), 1899-. Getting started with rhododendrons and azaleas / by J. Harold Clarke. 1st ed. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1960.



*SB 425 .D64 1973 Bulbs.
Doerflinger, Frederic. Complete book of bulb gardening / Frederic Doerflinger. Harrisburg, Pa. : Stackpole Books, 1973.



*SB 453.2 .V5 G37 1963 Gardening--Virginia.
A garden potpourri : from The Garden Club of Virginia Journal. Richmond : Dietz Press, 1963.



*SB 453.3 .G7 C69 1971 Gardening--England.
Coxhead, Elizabeth, 1909-1979. One woman's garden / Elizabeth Coxhead. London : J.M. Dent, c1971.



*SB 455 .C78 1973 Gardening.
Cruso, Thalassa. To everything there is a season : the gardening year / with Thalassa Cruso. New York : Knopf; [distributed by Random House], 1973.



*SB 466 .U6 C73 1932 Gardens--United States.
Cran, Marion, 1879-1942. Gardens in America / Marion Cran. New York : Macmillan Co., 1932.



*SB 466 .U65 C62 E33 1990 Gardening—Connecticut--Newtown.
Eddison, Sydney, 1932-. A patchwork garden : unexpected pleasures from a country garden / Sydney Eddison ; illustrated by Steve Buchanan. 1st Owl Book ed. New York : H. Holt, 1992.



Juvenile literature



*j QH 541.5 .P63 S53 2005 Pond animals--Juvenile poetry.
Sidman, Joyce. Song of the water boatman : & other pond poems / written by Joyce Sidman ; illustrated by Beckie Prange. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.



j QK 83 .B37Fw 2002 Flowers--Juvenile poetry.
Barker, Cicely Mary. Flower fairies of the winter / poems and pictures by Cicely Mary Barker. London : Frederick Warne, 1990 (2002 [printing]).



*j QL 116 .S39 1997 Desert animals--Juvenile literature.
Schwartz, David M. In the desert / by David M. Schwartz ; photographs by Dwight Kuhn. Cypress, CA : Creative Teaching Press, c1997.



*j SB 327 .S39 1999 Beans--Juvenile literature.
Schwartz, David M. Bean / by David M. Schwartz ; photographs by Dwight Kuhn. Huntington Beach, CA : Creative Teaching Press, c1999.



Websites



http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

A searchable database of verified butterfly and moth records in the United States and Mexico. This site includes dynamic distribution maps, photographs, species accounts, and species checklists for each county in the U.S. and each state in Mexico.



www.naturesweb.ie

This is an exciting newsletter for children, featuring interesting and informative news on nature and the environment.

Post-Freeze Citrus Culture/Freeze Damaged Citrus Trees

Advice for the home gardener for dealing with citrus trees that have frozen leaves and fruit. Topics include crop salvage or removal, stripping of frozen fruit, and times and locations for safe pruning. From the University of California Cooperative Extension, Tulare County.
URL: http://cetulare.ucdavis.edu/pub/cit0199.htm
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23266

Global Environmental Citizen Award

Details about this award "presented annually by the [Harvard Medical School] Center for Health and the Global Environment to the citizen who does outstanding work towards protecting the global environment." Includes announcements for current and past winners (and acceptance speeches for some), including the Prince of Wales, Al Gore, Bill Moyers, Jane Goodall, Harrison Ford, and Edward O. Wilson.
URL: http://chge.med.harvard.edu/events/gec10.html
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23287

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

This panel, established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), assesses "the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human-induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation." The panel's websites features reports (including the 2007 report declaring "warming of the climate system is unequivocal"), details about working groups, press releases, and related material. Some documents available in multiple languages.
URL: http://www.ipcc.ch
LII Item: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/23285


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