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From a Victorian Garden
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TITLES IN THE CATEGORY PLANT SPECIFICS:

Michael's Rating Title  
Author
THE APPLE GROWER: A GUIDE FOR THE ORGANIC ORCHARDIST  

Michael Phillips

ARMITAGE’S MANUAL OF ANNUALS, BIENNIALS AND HALF-HARDY PERENNIALS  

Allan M. Armitage

THE BACKYARD BERRY BOOK: GROWING BERRIES, BRAMBLES, AND VINE FRUIT IN THE HOME GARDEN  

Stella Otto

THE BACKYARD ORCHARDIST : A COMPLETE GUIDE TO GROWING FRUIT TREES IN THE HOME GARDEN  

Stella Otto

BAMBOO FOR GARDENS  

Ted Jordan Meredith

CARNIVOROUS PLANTS  

Tony Camilleri

CLEMATIS: THE GENUS  

Christopher Gray-Wilson

THE COMPLEAT SQUASH: A PASSIONATE GROWER'S GUIDE TO PUMPKINS, SQUASHES, AND GOURDS  

Amy Goldman

EDIBLE WILD MUSHROOMS OF NORTH AMERICA: A FIELD-TO-KITCHEN GUIDE  

David W. Fischer, Alan E. Bessette

ELEGANT SILVERS: STRIKING PLANTS FOR EVERY GARDEN  

Jo Ann Gardener & Karen Bussolini

FIFTY EASY OLD FASHIONED ROSES, CLIMBERS, AND VINES  

Anne M. Zeman

THE GARDENER’S GUIDE TO GROWING HELLEBORES  

Graham Rice and Elizabeth Strangman

THE GARDENERS GUIDE TO GROWING IRISES  

Geoff Stebbings

THE GARDENERS GUIDE TO GROWING HOSTAS  

Diana Grenfell

THE GARDENER'S GUIDE TO GROWING PEONIES (GARDENER'S GUIDE SERIES)  

Martin Page

GROWING GREAT GARLIC: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE FOR GARDENERS AND SMALL FARMERS  

Ron L. Engeland

THE HEIRLOOM TOMATO: FROM GARDEN TO TABLE  

Amy Goldman

HOME ORCHID GROWING  

Rebecca Tyson Northen

AN ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CLEMATIS  

Mary Toomey and Everett Leeds

JAPANESE MAPLES  

J.D. Vertrees

LANDSCAPING WITH HERBS  

James Adams

MANUAL OF WOODY LANDSCAPE PLANTS  

Michael A. Dirr

OLD SOUTHERN APPLES  

Creighton Lee Calhoun

ORCHIDS AS HOUSE PLANTS  

Rebecca Tyson Northen

ORCHIDS SIMPLIFIED: AN INDOOR GARDENING GUIDE  

Henry Jaworski

THE PATHFINDERS GUIDE TO GARDEN FERNS  

Martin Rickard

PENSTEMONS  

Robert Nold

PEONIES  

Allan Rogers

THE SAVAGE GARDEN: CULTIVATING CARNIVOROUS PLANTS  

Peter D'Amato

SUGARTIME: THE HIDDEN PLEASURES OF MAKING MAPLE SYRUP  

Susan Carol Hauser

TAYLOR'S GUIDE TO ORCHIDS (TAYLOR'S GUIDES TO GARDENING)  

Judy White

TROUBLE FREE CLEMATIS: THE VITICELLAS  

John Howells

VARIEGATED PLANTS; A GARDENER'S INDEX TO PATTERNED FOLIAGE  

Susan Conder

THE YEAR IN TREES: SUPERB WOODY PLANTS FOR FOUR SEASON GARDENS  

Kim Tripp and J.C. Raulston

UNCOMMON FRUITS FOR EVERY GARDEN  

Lee Reich

WINTER FLOWERING SHRUBS  

Michael W. Buffin

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