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AHS 75 Great Books
With its celebration of its 75th anniversary, the American Horticultural Society honored "75 Great American Garden Books." Those books are listed here, alphabetically by author. Some books are still available for purchase (click on "Buy this book"), others are currently out of print but may be available by special order (click on "Buy this book"), and a few are rare indeed (designated as "Unavailable"). Adams, James; Landscaping with Herbs; Timber Press; 1987 Armitage, Allan M.; Herbaceous Perennial Plants: A Treatise on Their Identification,
Culture, and Garden Attributes; Varsity Press; 1989 Bailey, Liberty H.; Hortus Third: A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the
United States and Canada; Macmillan Publishing Co.; 1976 Bailey, Liberty H.; The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture; Macmillan Publishing; 1939
Bradley, Fern Marshall and Ellis, Barbara; Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic
Gardening; Rodale Press; 1992 Bryan, John E.; Bulbs Vols. 1 & 2; Timber Press; 1989 Bye, Arthur Edwin; Art into Landscape, Landscape into Art, 2nd ed.; PDA Publishers
Corp.; 1988 Charlesworth, Geoffrey B.; The Opinionated Gardener: Random Offshoots from an Alpine
Garden; David R. Godine Publisher; 1988
Clausen, Ruth Rogers and Ekstrom, Nicholas; Perennials for American Gardens; Random
House; 1989 Courtright, Gordon; Trees and Shrubs for Temperate Climates, 3rd ed.; Timber Press;
1988 Creasy, Rosalind; The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; Sierra Club Books; 1982 Crockett, James Underwood; Crockett's Victory Garden; Little, Brown and Co.; 1977 Cruso, Thalassa; Making Things Grow: A Practical Guide for the Indoor Gardener, reprint
ed.; Lyons & Burford; 1989 Dennis, John V.; The Wildlife Gardener; Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; 1985 Dirr, Michael; Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, 4th ed.; Stipes Publishing Co.; 1990
Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium; Beatrix Jones Farrand: Fifty Years of American Landscape
Architecture; Dumbarton Oaks Trustees for Harvard University; 1983 Elbert, Virginie F. and Elbert, George; Foliage Plants for Decorating Indoors: Plants,
Design, and Maintenance for Homes, Offices and Interior Gardens; Timber Press; 1989 Everett, Thomas H.; The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of
Horticulture, 2nd printing; Garland Publishing Co.; 1981 Fairchild, David; The World Was My Garden: Travels of a Plant Explorer; Charles
Scribner's Sons; 1938 Foster, H. Lincoln; Rock Gardening: A Guide to Growing Alpines and Other Wildflowers in
the American Garden; Timber Press; 1982 Frederick, William H., Jr.; 100 Great Garden Plants; Timber Press; 1986
Graf, Alfred Byrd; Exotica Series IV International: Pictorial Cyclopedia of Exotic
Plants from Tropical and Near-Tropic Regions, 12th ed.; Roehrs Company Publishers; 1985 Greenlee, John; The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses: How to Grow and Use over 250
Beautiful and Versatile Plants; Rodale Press, Inc.; 1992 Griswold, Mac K. and Weller, Eleanor; The Golden Age of American Gardens: Proud Owners,
Private Estates, 1890-1940; Harry M. Abrams, Inc.; 1991 Harper, Pamela J.; Designing with Perennials; Macmillan Publishing Co.; 1990 Harter, Jim, ed.; The Plant Kingdom Compendium; Bonanza Books; 1988 Hill, Lewis; Secrets of Plant Propagation: Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables,
Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants; Garden Way Publishing; 1985 Johnson, Warren T. and Lyon, Howard H.; Insects That Feed on Trees and Shrubs, 2nd ed.;
Comstock Publishing Associates; 1988 Karson, Robin; Fletcher Steele: Landscape Architect; Harry N. Abrams, Inc.; 1989 King, Louisa Yeomans; The Well-Considered Garden, revised ed.; Charles Scribner's Sons;
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Lacy, Allen; Home Ground: A Gardener's Miscellany; Farrar, Straus &
Giroux, Inc.;
1984 Lawrence, Elizabeth; A Southern Garden, 50th anniversary edition; University of North
Carolina Press; 1991 Leighton, Ann; Early American Gardens: "For Meate or Medicine"; Houghton
Mifflin; 1970 (reprinted 1986) Loewer, H. Peter; The Wild Gardener: On Flowers and Foliage for the Natural Border;
Stackpole Books; 1991 Lovejoy, Ann; The American Mixed Border: Gardens for All Seasons; Macmillan Publishing
Co.; 1993 Martin, Laura C.; The Wildflower Meadow Book: A Gardener's Guide; East Woods Press;
1986 Mathias, Mildred Esther, ed.; Flowering Plants in the Landscape; University of
California Press; 1982
Mitchell, Henry; The Essential Earthman: Henry Mitchell on Gardening; Houghton Mifflin;
1994 Olkowski, William and Daar, Sheila and Olkowski, Helga; Common-Sense Pest Control;
Taunton Press, 1991 Perenyi, Eleanor Spencer Stone; Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden; Random House;
1983 Phillips, Harry R.; Growing and Propagating Wild Flowers; University of North Carolina
Press; 1985 Pollan, Michael; Second Nature: A Gardener's Education; Atlantic Monthly Press; 1991 Poor, Janet Meakin, ed., Garden Club of America; Plants That Merit Attention: Vol. I -
Trees; Timber Press; 1984
Proctor, Rob; Annuals: Yearly Classics for the Contemporary Garden; Harper Collins;
1991 Rehder, Alfred; Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs Hardy in North America, 2nd ed.;
Dioscorides Press, 1986 Rickett, Harold William; Wild Flowers of the United States; McGraw-Hill, Inc.;
1966-1973 Salley, Homer E. and Greer, Harold E.; Rhododendron Hybrids: A Guide to Their Origins,
Including Selected, Named Forms of Rhododendron Species, 2nd ed.; Timber Press; 1992 Schenk, George; The Complete Shade Gardener, 2nd ed.; Houghton Mifflin Co.; 1991 Schinz, Marina and Littlefield, Susan; Visions of Paradise: Themes and Variations on
the Garden; Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc.; 1985 Sinclair, Wayne A. and Lyon, Howard H. and Johnson, Warren T.; Diseases of Trees and
Shrubs; Comstock Publishing Associates; 1987 Spongberg, Stephen A.; A Reunion of Trees: The Discovery of Exotic Plants and Their
Introduction into North American and European Landscapes; Harvard University Press; 1990
(reissued 1995)
Stein, Sara Bonnett; Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards;
Houghton Mifflin Co.; 1993 (reissued 1995) Stout, Ruth; Gardening Without Work; Devin-Adair Publishers; 1961 (reissued 1998) Streatfield, David C.; California Gardens: Creating a New Eden; Abbeville Press; 1994 The Editors of Sunset Magazine; Sunset Western Garden Book; Sunset Publishing Co.; 1995 Swain, Roger B.; The Practical Gardener: A Guide to Breaking New Ground; Little, Brown
and Co.; 1989 Thaxter, Celia; An Island Garden (reprint); Houghton Mifflin Co.; 1995 (original 1894) Tripp, Kim E. and Raulston, J. C.; The Year in Trees: Superb Woody Plants for
Four-Seasons Gardens; Timber Press; 1995 van Sweden, James and Oehme, Wolfgang; Gardening with Water: How James van Sweden and
Wolfgang Oehme Build and Plant Fountains, Swimming Pools, Lily Pools, Ponds, and Water
Edges; Random House; 1995
Wasowski, Sally and Andy; Native Gardens for Dry Climates; Clarkson Potter; 1995 White, Katherine Sargent Angell; Onward and Upward in the Garden; Farrar, Straus and
Giroux; 1979 Wilder, Louise Beebe; Color in My Garden: An American Gardener's Palette, reprint ed.;
Atlantic Monthly Press; 1990 (original 1918) Wilkinson, Elizabeth and Henderson, Marjorie, eds.; Decorating Eden: A Comprehensive
Source Book of Classic Garden Details; Chronicle Books; 1992 Wilson, Ernest Henry; Aristocrats of the Garden; Stratford; 1932Unavailable Winterrowd, Wayne; Annuals for Connoisseurs; Prentice Hall; 1992 Wyman, Donald; Wyman's Gardening Encyclopedia, 2nd ed.; Macmillan Publishing Co.; 1986 In addition, AHS recognized the following as "indispensable directories":
Isaacson, Richard T.; Andersen Horticultural Library's Source List of Plants and Seeds:
A Completely Revised Listing of 1993-96 Catalogues, 4th ed.; Andersen Horticultural
Library; 1996 Whealy, Kent; The Garden Seed Inventory: An Inventory of Seed Catalogs Listing All
Non-Hybrid Vegetable Seeds Still Available in the United States and Canada, 3rd ed.; Seed
Saver Publications, 1992
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Beveridge, Charles E.; Frederick Law
Olmsted: Designing the American Landscape; Rocheleau, Paul: Rizzoli; 1995
Church, Thomas Dolliver; Gardens Are for
People: How to Plan for Outdoor Living, 3rd ed.; University of California Press, 1995
Druse, Ken; The Natural Garden; Clarkson
Potter, 1989
Galle, Fred C.; Azaleas (enlarged ed.);
Timber Press; 1987
Kruckeberg, Arthur R.; Gardening with
Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Guide; University of Washington
Press; 1982
Mickel, John; Ferns for American Gardens;
Macmillan Publishing Co.; 1994
Pritchard, Tom; Flowers Rediscovered: New
Ideas for Using and Enjoying Flowers; Stewart, Tabori & Chang, Inc.; 1985
Springer, Lauren; The Undaunted Garden:
Planting for Weather-Resilient Beauty; Fulcrum Publishing; 1994
Vertrees, J. D.; Japanese Maples, 2nd
ed.; Timber Press; 1987 
Barton, Barbara J.; Gardening by Mail: A
Source Book, 5th ed.; Houghton Mifflin;, 1995
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