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Re: Gardening Library

To Steve's excellent suggestion I would have to add 'Perennials For
American Gardens' by Ruth Rogers Clausen and Nicholas H. Ekstrom and
'Manual of Woody landscape Plants' by Michael A. Dirr.  These two as well
as Wyman are the ones I refer to the most.   If you can find one of the
'deals' that come up every so often, 'Hortus III' is a good reference
although getting a bit outdated in nomenclature I understand.  Wouldn't pay
$100 for it, tho'.  For a good read and good advice, any of the books by
the late Henry Mitchell are well worth getting.  I miss that man  - his
column in the Washington Post made my Sunday for years.  Although you have
to make allowances for the difference between US conditions and UK
conditions, Beth Chatto's 'The Damp Garden' and 'The Dry Garden' are
personal favorites  of mine and contain very good information on the native
sources for many perennials that we can grow in various parts of the US,
which helps to figure out what kind of conditions they need to grow well.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
Editor:  Gardening in Shade
http://www.suite101.com

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> From: Steve Hatch <pcix1625@idt.net>
> Date: Thursday, June 26, 1997 12:03 PM
> 
> I'd have to say that if i were to have just one book, it'd be Wyman's
> Gardening Encylopedia, for it covers not just plants, but techniques. a
> great source.
> steve hatch

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