| [1]F. Chittendon. RHS Dictionary of Plants plus Supplement. 1956
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| Comprehensive listing of species and how to grow them. Somewhat outdated, it has been replaces in 1992 by a new dictionary (see [200]).
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| [2]Hedrick. U. P. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.
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| Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
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| [4]Grieve. A Modern Herbal.
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| Not so modern (1930's?) but lots of information, mainly temperate plants.
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| [11]Bean. W. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement.
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| A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures.
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| [43]Fernald. M. L. Gray's Manual of Botany.
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| A bit dated but good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America.
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| [78]Sheat. W. G. Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers.
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| A bit dated but a good book on propagation techniques with specific details for a wide range of plants.
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| [80]McMillan-Browse. P. Hardy Woody Plants from Seed.
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| Does not deal with many species but it is very comprehensive on those that it does cover. Not for casual reading.
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| [99]Turner. N. J. Plants in British Columbian Indian Technology.
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| Excellent and readable guide.
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| [101]Turner. N. J. and Szczawinski. A. Edible Wild Fruits and Nuts of Canada.
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| A very readable guide to some wild foods of Canada.
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| [105]Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World.
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| The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
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| [108]International Bee Research Association. Garden Plants Valuable to Bees.
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| The title says it all.
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| [113]Dirr. M. A. and Heuser. M. W. The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation.
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| A very detailed book on propagating trees. Not for the casual reader.
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| [161]Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237.
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| A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.
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| [164]Bird. R. (Editor) Growing from Seed. Volume 4.
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| Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation. A good article on Yuccas, one on Sagebrush (Artemesia spp) and another on Chaerophyllum bulbosum.
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| [172]Schofield. J. J. Discovering Wild Plants - Alaska, W. Canada and the Northwest.
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| A nice guide to some useful plants in that area.
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| [182]Thomas. G. S. Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos.
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| Contains a wide range of plants with a brief description, mainly of their ornamental value but also usually of cultivation details and varieties.
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| [184]Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Shrubs.
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| Excellent photographs and a terse description of 1900 species and cultivars.
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| [200]Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
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| Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
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| [208]Thomas. G. S. Plants for Ground Cover
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| An excellent detailled book on the subject, very comprehensive.
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| [212]Craighead. J., Craighead. F. and Davis. R. A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers
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| Excellent little pocket guide to the area, covering 590 species and often giving details of their uses.
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| [229]Elias. T. The Complete Trees of N. America. Field Guide and Natural History.
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| A very good concise guide. Gives habitats, good descriptions, maps showing distribution and a few of the uses. It also includes the many shrubs that occasionally reach tree proportions.
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| [257]Moerman. D. Native American Ethnobotany
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| Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
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