Musings
The transition from physician to horticultural historian was a very pleasurable one, punctuated by having to read many interesting and informative books. The San Francisco Garden Club has a small but significant library, representing shifts and changes in horticulture over six decades. I made a practice of reading a different book each month and writing a review of the club’s gazette. At the same time I was also reading on a much wider scale and from time to time wrote about books I had found in other places.
What follows are the reviews which incorporate my ideas about the books and their authors, or “musings”.
What follows are the reviews which incorporate my ideas about the books and their authors, or “musings”.
CATEGORIES
Hyams, Edward Solomon
An Englishman’s Garden
London
Thames and Hudson
Wilson, Ernest H.
Aristocrats of the Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
The Stratford Company 1932
H.Harold Hume
Azaleas
New York
Macmillan 1948
Lawrence, Elizabeth
Beautiful at all Seasons
Durham, North Carolina
Duke University Press 2007
Tebitt, Mark
Begonias: Cultivation, Identification and Natural History
Portland, Oregin
Timber Press 2005
Botanica’s Roses
San Diego, California
Laurel Glen Press 2000
City College of San Francisco: A History and How To Grow A School Garden
Arcadia Publishing 2010 and Timber Press 2010
Koopowitz, Harold
Clivias
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Jekyll, Gertrude
Colour Schemes for the Garden
London
Heinemann 1925
Maree, Johannes & van Wyk, Ben-Erik
Cut Flowers of the World
Timber Press 2010
Stuart, David
Dangerous Garden: the quest for plants to change our lives
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press 2004
Helphand, Kenneth L.
Defiant Gardens: making gardens in wartime
San Antonio, Texas
Trinity University Press 2006
James Jiler
Doing Time in the Garden
Oakland, California
New Village Press 2006
Haworth-Booth, Michael
Effective Flowering Shrubs
New York
Collins 1951
van Gelderen, C. J. and D.M. van Gelderen
Encyclopedia of Hydrangeas
Portland, Oregon -- Cambridge, UK
Timber Press 2004
Martin, Clair
English Roses for American Gardens
New York
Workman's Press for Smith and Hawken 1997
Lester Morse
Field Notes on Sweet Peas
C.C. Morse and Co. 1917
Elliott, Brent
Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower
Willowdale, Ontario 2001
Fairchild, David
Garden Islands of the Great East
New York
Charles Scribners Sons 1943
Warren, Arete Swartz
Gardening by the Book
New York
The Garden Club of America
The Grolier Club 2013
Gildemeister, Heidi
Gardening the Mediterranean Way: How to Create a Waterwise, Drought-Tolerant Garden
London
Harry N. Abrams Inc 2004
Horwood, Catherine
Gardening Women: their stories from 1600 to the present
London
Virago Press 2010
Dickey, Page with photography by John M. Hall
Gardens in the Spirit of Place
New York
Stewart, Tabori and Chang 2005
Anderton , E. W. and Ron Park
Growing Gladioli
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press
Hull, Kathleen MD
Guide to the Medicinal Plant Garden of the Indiana Medical History Museum
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Medical History Museum 2010
Dykes, William Rickatson
Handbook of Garden Irises
New York
Martin Hopkinson 1924
Salaman, Redcliffe
History & Social Influence of the Potato
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press 1949
Taylor, Judith M
Inauguration
San Francisco
2017
Young, Terence, Hart, John, Russell A. Beatty and Michael Boland
Interesting parallels — Building San Francisco’s Parks 1850-1930, and Gardens of Alcatraz
Baltimore - London - San Francisco
The Johns Hopkins Press 2004 California Golden Gate National Parks Assoc 1996
Scanniello, Stephen
Jackson and Perkins Rose Companion: Growing Annuals, Perennials, Shrubs and Vines with Roses
Nashville, Tennessee
Cool Springs Press 2004
McRae, Edward A.
Lilies: A Guide for Growers and Collectors
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1998
Gary Kawaguchi
Living With Flowers
San Francisco. California
Flower Market Inc. 1993
Dane, Clemence
London Has a Garden
New York
W.W Norton 1964
Matschat, Cecile
Mexican Plants for American Gardens
Boston
Houghton Mifflin 1932
Harriett Risley Foote
Mrs. Foote’s Rose Book
Boston
Charles T. Branford Co. 1948
Cullina, William
Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines: a guide to using, growing and propagating North American woody plants
Boston -- New York
Houghton Mifflin 2002
Allyson Hayward
Norah Lindsay: life and art of a garden designer
London
Francis Lincoln 2007
Logan, William Bryant
Oak: the frame of civilization
New York
W.W. Norton 2005
An Englishman’s Garden
London
Thames and Hudson
Wilson, Ernest H.
Aristocrats of the Garden
Boston, Massachusetts
The Stratford Company 1932
H.Harold Hume
Azaleas
New York
Macmillan 1948
Lawrence, Elizabeth
Beautiful at all Seasons
Durham, North Carolina
Duke University Press 2007
Tebitt, Mark
Begonias: Cultivation, Identification and Natural History
Portland, Oregin
Timber Press 2005
Botanica’s Roses
San Diego, California
Laurel Glen Press 2000
City College of San Francisco: A History and How To Grow A School Garden
Arcadia Publishing 2010 and Timber Press 2010
Koopowitz, Harold
Clivias
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Jekyll, Gertrude
Colour Schemes for the Garden
London
Heinemann 1925
Maree, Johannes & van Wyk, Ben-Erik
Cut Flowers of the World
Timber Press 2010
Stuart, David
Dangerous Garden: the quest for plants to change our lives
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press 2004
Helphand, Kenneth L.
Defiant Gardens: making gardens in wartime
San Antonio, Texas
Trinity University Press 2006
James Jiler
Doing Time in the Garden
Oakland, California
New Village Press 2006
Haworth-Booth, Michael
Effective Flowering Shrubs
New York
Collins 1951
van Gelderen, C. J. and D.M. van Gelderen
Encyclopedia of Hydrangeas
Portland, Oregon -- Cambridge, UK
Timber Press 2004
Martin, Clair
English Roses for American Gardens
New York
Workman's Press for Smith and Hawken 1997
Lester Morse
Field Notes on Sweet Peas
C.C. Morse and Co. 1917
Elliott, Brent
Flora: An Illustrated History of the Garden Flower
Willowdale, Ontario 2001
Fairchild, David
Garden Islands of the Great East
New York
Charles Scribners Sons 1943
Warren, Arete Swartz
Gardening by the Book
New York
The Garden Club of America
The Grolier Club 2013
Gildemeister, Heidi
Gardening the Mediterranean Way: How to Create a Waterwise, Drought-Tolerant Garden
London
Harry N. Abrams Inc 2004
Horwood, Catherine
Gardening Women: their stories from 1600 to the present
London
Virago Press 2010
Dickey, Page with photography by John M. Hall
Gardens in the Spirit of Place
New York
Stewart, Tabori and Chang 2005
Anderton , E. W. and Ron Park
Growing Gladioli
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press
Hull, Kathleen MD
Guide to the Medicinal Plant Garden of the Indiana Medical History Museum
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Medical History Museum 2010
Dykes, William Rickatson
Handbook of Garden Irises
New York
Martin Hopkinson 1924
Salaman, Redcliffe
History & Social Influence of the Potato
Cambridge
Cambridge University Press 1949
Taylor, Judith M
Inauguration
San Francisco
2017
Young, Terence, Hart, John, Russell A. Beatty and Michael Boland
Interesting parallels — Building San Francisco’s Parks 1850-1930, and Gardens of Alcatraz
Baltimore - London - San Francisco
The Johns Hopkins Press 2004 California Golden Gate National Parks Assoc 1996
Scanniello, Stephen
Jackson and Perkins Rose Companion: Growing Annuals, Perennials, Shrubs and Vines with Roses
Nashville, Tennessee
Cool Springs Press 2004
McRae, Edward A.
Lilies: A Guide for Growers and Collectors
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1998
Gary Kawaguchi
Living With Flowers
San Francisco. California
Flower Market Inc. 1993
Dane, Clemence
London Has a Garden
New York
W.W Norton 1964
Matschat, Cecile
Mexican Plants for American Gardens
Boston
Houghton Mifflin 1932
Harriett Risley Foote
Mrs. Foote’s Rose Book
Boston
Charles T. Branford Co. 1948
Cullina, William
Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines: a guide to using, growing and propagating North American woody plants
Boston -- New York
Houghton Mifflin 2002
Allyson Hayward
Norah Lindsay: life and art of a garden designer
London
Francis Lincoln 2007
Logan, William Bryant
Oak: the frame of civilization
New York
W.W. Norton 2005
Hill, Mary Brawley
On Foreign Soil: American gardeners abroad
New York
Harry N. Abrams 2005
Taylor, Judith M
On Writing Books
San Francisco
2017
Eck, Joe and Winterrowd, Wayne
Our Life in Gardens
New York
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
Cook, Farrar Genders and Jordan
Pansies, Violas and Sweet Violets
Manandhar, Narayan P.
Plants and People of Nepal
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Hobhouse, Penelope
Plants in Garden History
London
Pavilion Books 1992 (re-issued 2004)
Anderson, Christine and Terry Tischer
Pointsettias: Myth & Legend
Tiburon, California
Waters Edge Press 2000
Yoshida, Toshio
Portraits of Himalayan Flowers
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Adams, Denise Wiles
Restoring American Gardens: an encyclopedia of heirloom ornamental plants 1640 to 1940
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2009
D'Ursel, Nanda and Edith Dasnoy
Roses des Jardins de Hex
Tielt, Belgium
Editions Lannoo 1995
Dallman, Peter and Scot Medbury
San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum: an introduction to a world of plants
San Francisco
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society 2005
Lloyd, Christopher
Succession Planting for Year Round Pleasure
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2005
Denk, Barbara J. and Debra Prinzing
The Abundant Garden: a celebration of color, texture and blooms
Nashville, Tennessee
Cool Springs Press 2005
The American Gardener: Magazine of the American Horticultural Society
Alexandria, Virginia
May / June 2014
Eglin, Anthony
The Blue Rose
New York
St Martin's Press 2004
Kramer, Fay
The Butcher’s Daughters: the recycled recollections of two 20th century sisters
Published by Fay Kramer 2001
Burbidge, Frederick William
The Chrysanthemum
London
"The Garden" office 1884
Vaughan, Mary Jane
The Complete Book of Cut Flower care
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1998
Genders, Roy
The Cottage Garden and the old-fashioned flowers
London
Pelham Books 1969 (re-issued 1987)
Robinson, William
The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds
London
John Murray 1911
Wilder, Louis Beebe
The Fragrant Path
New York
TheMacmillan Company 1932
The Garden – Magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society
London, England
April 2014
Hockaday, Joan
The Gardens of San Francisco
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1988
Hertrich, William
The Huntington Botanical Gardens 1905-1949: Personal Recollections of William Hertrich, Curator Emeritus
San Marino, California
The Huntington Library 1949
Browning, Dominique
The New Garden Paradise: great private gardens of the world
New York
W. W. Norton 2005
Thompson, Peter
The Looking Glass Garden; plants and gardens of the Southern hemisphere
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2001
Berliocchi, Luigi
The Orchid in Lore and Legend
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1996
Patrick Taylor, editor
The Oxford Companion to the Garden
Oxford -- New York
Oxford University Press 2006
Brittain, Julia
The Plant Lover's Companion
Horticultural Books 2006
Philips, Roger and Martyn Rix
The Random House Book of Shrubs
New York
Random House 1989
Ward, Frank Kingdon
The Romance of Gardening
London
Jonathan Cape 1935
McFarland, J Horace
The Rose in America
New York
The Macmillan Company 1923
Rice, Graham
The Sweet Pea Book
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Tudge, Colin
The Tree; a natural history of what trees are, how they live and why they matter
New York
Crown Publishers 2006
The Year in Gardening – a critique
Tyrrell, Ian
True gardens of the Gods: Californian-Australian environmental reform, 1860 - 1930
Berkeley -- Los Angeles -- London
University of California Press 1999
Kirkpatrick, Jane
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Water Brook Press 2012
Mitchell, Sydney Bancroft
Your California Garden and Mine
New York
M. Barrows and Company, inc 1947
On Foreign Soil: American gardeners abroad
New York
Harry N. Abrams 2005
Taylor, Judith M
On Writing Books
San Francisco
2017
Eck, Joe and Winterrowd, Wayne
Our Life in Gardens
New York
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2009
Cook, Farrar Genders and Jordan
Pansies, Violas and Sweet Violets
Manandhar, Narayan P.
Plants and People of Nepal
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Hobhouse, Penelope
Plants in Garden History
London
Pavilion Books 1992 (re-issued 2004)
Anderson, Christine and Terry Tischer
Pointsettias: Myth & Legend
Tiburon, California
Waters Edge Press 2000
Yoshida, Toshio
Portraits of Himalayan Flowers
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Adams, Denise Wiles
Restoring American Gardens: an encyclopedia of heirloom ornamental plants 1640 to 1940
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2009
D'Ursel, Nanda and Edith Dasnoy
Roses des Jardins de Hex
Tielt, Belgium
Editions Lannoo 1995
Dallman, Peter and Scot Medbury
San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum: an introduction to a world of plants
San Francisco
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society 2005
Lloyd, Christopher
Succession Planting for Year Round Pleasure
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2005
Denk, Barbara J. and Debra Prinzing
The Abundant Garden: a celebration of color, texture and blooms
Nashville, Tennessee
Cool Springs Press 2005
The American Gardener: Magazine of the American Horticultural Society
Alexandria, Virginia
May / June 2014
Eglin, Anthony
The Blue Rose
New York
St Martin's Press 2004
Kramer, Fay
The Butcher’s Daughters: the recycled recollections of two 20th century sisters
Published by Fay Kramer 2001
Burbidge, Frederick William
The Chrysanthemum
London
"The Garden" office 1884
Vaughan, Mary Jane
The Complete Book of Cut Flower care
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1998
Genders, Roy
The Cottage Garden and the old-fashioned flowers
London
Pelham Books 1969 (re-issued 1987)
Robinson, William
The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds
London
John Murray 1911
Wilder, Louis Beebe
The Fragrant Path
New York
TheMacmillan Company 1932
The Garden – Magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society
London, England
April 2014
Hockaday, Joan
The Gardens of San Francisco
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1988
Hertrich, William
The Huntington Botanical Gardens 1905-1949: Personal Recollections of William Hertrich, Curator Emeritus
San Marino, California
The Huntington Library 1949
Browning, Dominique
The New Garden Paradise: great private gardens of the world
New York
W. W. Norton 2005
Thompson, Peter
The Looking Glass Garden; plants and gardens of the Southern hemisphere
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2001
Berliocchi, Luigi
The Orchid in Lore and Legend
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 1996
Patrick Taylor, editor
The Oxford Companion to the Garden
Oxford -- New York
Oxford University Press 2006
Brittain, Julia
The Plant Lover's Companion
Horticultural Books 2006
Philips, Roger and Martyn Rix
The Random House Book of Shrubs
New York
Random House 1989
Ward, Frank Kingdon
The Romance of Gardening
London
Jonathan Cape 1935
McFarland, J Horace
The Rose in America
New York
The Macmillan Company 1923
Rice, Graham
The Sweet Pea Book
Portland, Oregon
Timber Press 2002
Tudge, Colin
The Tree; a natural history of what trees are, how they live and why they matter
New York
Crown Publishers 2006
The Year in Gardening – a critique
Tyrrell, Ian
True gardens of the Gods: Californian-Australian environmental reform, 1860 - 1930
Berkeley -- Los Angeles -- London
University of California Press 1999
Kirkpatrick, Jane
Where Lilacs Still Bloom
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Water Brook Press 2012
Mitchell, Sydney Bancroft
Your California Garden and Mine
New York
M. Barrows and Company, inc 1947
