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Book on weeds?
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Subject: Book on weeds?
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From: jfsanders@delphi.com (jack sanders)
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Date: 25 Jan 1995 23:52:23 GMT
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Article: 52222 of rec.gardens
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Newsgroups: rec.gardens
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Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation
In article <3g3p6l$gev@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, jstone9352@aol.com (JSTONE9352)
writes:
> Does anyone know of a good book on weeds?
Try these:
COMMON WEEDS OF THE UNITED STATES, prepared by the Agriculture Research
Service of the US Department of Agriculture, New York: Dover, 1971 (this
should be still in print from Dover Books; includes grasses, but is mostly
herbs; technical, but very comprehensive; aimed at farmers; lots of B&W
drawings)
Martin, Alexander C, WEEDS, New York: Golden Press, 1972 (a little
pocket-sized
Golden guide, with decent color illustrations but limited number of
species)
Spencer, Edwin Rollin, ALL ABOUT WEEDS, New York: Dover, 1974 (another Dover
reprint; 1957 original publication; very readable and interesting; called a
Who's
Who among Weeds; a lot about 102 of the most common species; good reading)
Crocker, Lawrence J., WILDLY SUCCESSFUL PLANTS: A Handbook of North American
Weeds, New York: Collier, 1977 (informative, entertaining, concise book by
a
Columbia University professor who has a good sense of humor; good on ways
to eliminate weeds; probably out of print, but libraries may have)
Walters, Charles, Jr. WEEDS: Control without Poisons, Kansas City, Mo.: Acres
USA, 1991 (A comprehensive guide to weeds, aimed at farmers).
--Jack Sanders, Ridgefield, Conn., jfsanders@delphi.com
(author of "Hedgemaids and Fairy Candles: The Lives and Lore of North
American Wildflowers," TAB/McGraw-Hill, 1993 -- which sings the *praises*
of many weeds!)