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Reference
*Bailey, L. H. Cyclopedia of American
Agriculture in Four Volumes. New
York: Macmillan, 1907. 2,675 pp.,
including many illustrations. Excellent.
See Vol. II, Crops, especially.
———. The Farm and Garden Rule-
Book. New York: Macmillan, 1915.
586 pp.
———. The Standard Cyclopedia of
Horticulture in Three Volumes.
New York: Macmillan, 1944. 4,056
pp., including 4,000+ engravings
and other illustrations.
Bailey, Liberty Hyde, and Ethel Zoe.
Hortus Third, A Concise Dictionary
of Plants Cultivated in the
United States and Canada. New
York: Macmillan, 1976. 1,290 pp.
Bullfrog Films. (Department F.,
Oley, PA 19547.) Good selection
of films on food, farming, land
use, and the environment, including
Gardensong, a PBS special on
Alan Chadwick and the Biointensive
method, and Circle of Plenty,
a PBS-TV special on Ecology
Action’s work and a key Biointensive
mini-farming project in Mexico.
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Chittenden, Fred J., ed. Dictionary of
Gardening in Three Volumes, 2nd
edition. Oxford, England: Royal
Horticulture Society, Clarendon
Press, 1977. 2,316 pp.
Creasy, Rosalind. Van Patten’s
Organic Gardener’s Edible Plants.
Chicago, IL: Login Publishers
Consortium (1436 W. Randolph
St., Chicago, IL 60607), 1993.
222 pp.
DeMuth, Suzanne. Vegetables and
Fruits: A Guide to Heirloom
Varieties and Community-Based
Stewardship. 3 vols.: Annotated
Bibliography, Resource Organizations,
Historical Supplement.
Beltsville, MD: U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Special Reference
Briefs Series 98–05, 1998. 135 pp.,
72 pp., 78 pp.
Department of Agronomy and Range
Science, University of California,
Davis, CA. Bulletins, Crop Production,
80 B. Various bulletins
from 1890s through early 1900s.
200 BIBLIOGRAPHY
*Erichsen-Brown, Charlotte.
Medicinal and Other Uses of North
American Plants. New York:
Dover, 1989. 512 pp. Originally
called The Use of Plants for the
Past 500 Years.
Fern, Ken. Plants for a Future: Edible
and Useful Plants for a Healthier
World. East Meon, Hampshire,
England: Permanent Publications,
Hyden House, The Sustainability
Centre (distributed in the United
States by Chelsea Green, White
River Junction, VT), 2000. 300 pp.
Hickman, James C. ed., The Jepson
Manual: Higher Plants of California.
Berkeley, CA: University of
California Press, 1993. 1,400 pp.
Montgomery, E. G. Lippincott’s
Farm Manuals: Productive Farm
Crops. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott,
1916. 501 pp.
*Past Worlds: The Times Atlas of
Archeology. Maplewood, NJ:
Hammond, 1988. 319 pp.
Pratt, Anne. Flowering Plants,
Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great
Britain. 4 vols. London: Frederick
Warne, 1905. 215 pp., 279 pp.,
269 pp., 258 pp.
Raven, Peter H., Ray F. Evert, and
Susan E. Eichhorn. Biology of
Plants. New York: Worth, 1992.
791 pp.
*Seagfer, Joni, ed. The State of the
Earth Atlas. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1990. 127 pp.
Source Book of Sustainable
Agriculture. Burlington, VT:
University of Vermont, Sustainable
Agriculture Publications,
1997. 136 pp. A guide to books,
newsletters, conference proceedings,
bulletins, videos, and more.
Sustainable Agriculture Directory of
Expertise—1993. Burlington, VA:
Sustainable Agriculture Publications
(Hills Bldg., Rm. 12, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT
05405-0082), 1993.
Synge, Patrick M., ed. Dictionary of
Gardening, 2nd edition supplement.
Oxford, England: Royal
Horticultural Society, Clarendon
Press, 1979. 554 pp.
Roots
Epstein, Emanuel. “Roots.” Scientific
American, May 1973, 48–58.
*Weaver, John E. Prairie Plants and
Their Environment. Lincoln, NE:
University of Nebraska Press,
1968. 276 pp. IL
*———. Root Development of Field
Crops. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1926. 291 pp. IL
*———. Root Development of Vegetable
Crops. New York: McGraw-
Hill, 1927. 351 pp. Excellent
diagrams of root systems. IL
*Wilson, Charles M. Roots: Miracles
Below. New York: Doubleday,
1968. 234 pp.
Seed Catalogs
Abundant Life Catalog. P.O. Box 772,
Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Open-pollinated and heirloom
seeds; books.
AgroForester Tropical Seeds. P.O. Box
428, Holualoa, HI 96725.
A High Country Garden. 2909 Rufina
St., Santa Fe, NM 87505-2929.
Drought hardy, perennial plants
for Western gardens.
American Bamboo Co. 345 W. 2nd
St., Dayton, OH 45402.
American Willow Growers Network.
RFD Box 124-A, S. New Berlin,
NY 13843.
Anderson Valley Nursery. P.O. Box
504, Boonville, CA 95415. Perennials,
shrubs, and trees.
*The Antique Rose Emporium. Rte. 5,
Box 143, Brenham, TX 77833.
Excellent. $5 for catalog.
Applesource. Rte. 1, Chapin, IL
62628. Apple trees.
Archia’s Seed. 106-108 E. Main St.,
Sedalia, MO 65301. Seeds; garden
and greenhouse supplies.
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, 2278
Baker Creek Rd., Mansfield, MO
65704.
Bakker of Holland. U.S. Bulb Reservation
Center, Louisiana, MO
63350. Bulbs and perennials.
The Banana Tree. 715 Northampton
St., Easton, PA 18042. Rare seeds.
Bear Creek Nursery. P.O. Box 411,
Northport, WA 99157. Trees,
tools, and books.