Plant Explorers

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RISD Reference Books:

The Oxford companion to the garden  - SB450.95 .O94 2006.

Landscape architecture  - SB470.5 .M37 1993.

Pioneers of American landscape design  - SB469.9 .P56 2000.

Encyclopedia of gardens - SB450.95 .E52 2001.

Dictionary of gardening - SB450.95 .D53 1992.

Reference resources online:

Grove Art Online, Encyclopedia Britannica Online, & Marquis Whos Who on the Web

The Athenaeum has books on many plant explorers. RISD students & faculty can check out 5 Athenaeum books at a time.

Periodicals databases:

Academic Search Premier, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals,

Garden, Landscape & Horticulture Index, JSTOR, Project Muse, &

Readers' Guide Index