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A dictionary of plant sciences by Michael Allaby (Editor)
Call Number: Webster Reference 2nd Floor -- QK9 .C67 1998 (Library use only)

Offers wide coverage of biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, biogeography, earth history, and the earth sciences. Devoting one-third of its entries to taxa, this book provides world-wide coverage of taxonomic groups - from bacteria and fungi to the main groups of flowering and non-flowering plants.
Toxic plants of North America by George E. Burrows; Ronald J. Tyrl
Call Number: Webster Reference 2nd Floor -- QK100.N6 B87 2001 (Library use only)

Covers toxic plants - both wild and planted - found on the North American continent. Covers both animal and human intoxications with pertinent information, including: plant morphology and distribution, associated disease problem(s); toxicants and their mechanisms of action, clinical signs and pathologic changes of intoxicants, and treatment approaches.
Flowering plants of the world by V. H. Heywood (Editor)
Call Number: Webster Reference 2nd Floor -- QK495.A1 F58 1993 (Library use only)

The flowering plants, or angiosperms, are the dominant group of plants on Earth today. Comprising more than 250,000 species, they are our main sources of food crops, timber, fibers, vegetable oils, gums, herbs, spices, flavorings, drugs, stimulants, and narcotics. Library use only

Hortus Third by Marion R. Sheehan (Illustrator); Mitsu Nakayama (Illustrator); David M. Bates (Introduction by); L. H Bailey Hortorium
Call Number: Webster Reference 2nd Floor -- SB45 .B22 1976 (Library use only)

Hortus Third The one essential authoritative reference work to the plants of North American horticulture with description for families, genera, and species.
Encyclopedia of gardens: history and design by Candice A. Shoemaker (Editor)
Call Number: Webster Reference 2nd Floor -- SB465 .E63 2001 (3 volumes) (Library use only)

This major international reference work contains more than 600 entries on a wide range of topics. Coverage includes important people in the history of gardening and landscaping throughout the ages; specific sites, both historical and existing; surveys of types and styles of gardens; gardening movements; traditions of specific geographic regions; and materials and techniques.