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Volume 2, Issue 5

Miller Library top twenty most-borrowed items

Plants of thje Pacific Northwest coastEncyclopedia of northwest native plants for gardens and landdetail from the flora of Seattle in 1850Binda Colebrook's Winter Gardening in the Maritime NorthwestCass Turnbull's guide to pruning Second Nature by Constance SidlesLandscaping for privacy
What items are the most frequently borrowed at the Elisabeth C. Miller Library? We've been collecting statistics since the fall of 2012, and the results get better each year, helping us to select the most useful new items for addition to the library. Looking at the aggregate data since our online catalog was established, more than half of our most popular items are the work of local authors.

1. Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast Encyclopedia of garden fernsJapanese maples : momiji and kaedeRain gardens
2. Encyclopedia of Northwest native plants for gardens and landscapes
3. The flora of Seattle in 1850
4. Winter gardening in the maritime Northwest
5. Cass Turnbull's guide to pruning
6. Second nature: tales from the Montlake Fill
7. Landscaping for privacy
8. Trees of Seattle Designing with conifersRestoring the Pacific NorthwestConifers for gardensNative plants in the coastal garden : a guide for gardeners
9. Encyclopedia of garden ferns
10. Japanese maples
11. Rain gardens
12. Designing with conifers
13. Native plants in the coastal garden
14. Planting the dry shade garden
15. Conifers for gardensThe holistic orchardBook of gardening projects for kidsUrban farm handbookEdible landscaping
16. The holistic orchard
17. The book of gardening projects for kids
18. The urban farm handbook
19. Edible landscaping
20. Restoring the Pacific Northwest

2013 student poster exhibit

Student poster exhibit opens May 8

Curious about what your fellow researchers are doing to advance Restoration Ecology and Environmental Horticulture? Our annual Review of Student Work opens May 8. Students have prepared posters explaining their work on the effects of climate on plant communities, ecological restoration, invasive plant control, and much more. Don't miss the opening night party Friday, May 8, from 5 to 7 pm.

Recommended reading: Weeds of North AmericaWeeds of North America
Reviewed by Brian Thompson

Weeds of North America is an excellent new guide to more than 600 invasive plants throughout the United States and Canada. Designed in field guide style, the photographs are a particularly strong feature of this book, with 3-5 for each plant, including leaves, flowers, and seeds. The text includes a description of the life cycle, jurisdictions that have identified the plant as noxious, and details on the reasons for concern, including displacement of native plant habitat, toxicity to livestock, and/or status as an alternative host of a serious plant disease.

New to the Library April 2015

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