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FROM: "Deb Warner" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 2/19/00, 11:57 AM

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/19/00, 12:46 PM

>From: "Deb Warner" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: Gardens and plants in Fiction
>Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:19:20 -0500
>
>We are compiling a bibliography for a display in conjunction with a program
>on gardening. I have FictionL's list, but need more fiction, mystery and
>otherwise, involving plants, gardens,botany, even forests. It has to
>catually be part of the plot, not just part of the title. Any suggestions?
>Science fiction may be included, not short stories unless the entire
>collection covers the subject,,,,,I'll post the full list when done. thanks

In the Forests of the Night, Anne Atwater-Rhodes (YA)
At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Peter Matthiessen
Enchanted Forests, ed. Kerr & Greenberg (a thematic fantasy collection, one
of an excellent and highly recommended series of same)
Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli (a fantasy series about a
race of shapechangers who live in, and in close harmony with, the forest)
Forest Blood, Jeff Golden
The Word for World is Forest, Ursula K. LeGuin
Midworld & Mid-Flinx, Alan Dean Foster (about a planet of immense trees in
whose upper layer live the slightly mutated remnants of a lost human colony)
Green Mansions, W. H. Hudson
Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey (about a logger)

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FROM: "Lisa Cihlar" <[removed]@scls.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 2/19/00, 1:40 PM

Bailey White, Quite a Year for Plums. One of the main characters is a
peanut botonist. Many other garden references also.


At 01:19 PM 02/19/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> Science fiction may be included, not short stories unless the
>entire collection covers the subject,,,,,I'll post the full list when
>done. thanks
***********************************************
Lisa J. Cihlar, Director
Monroe Public Library
925 16th Ave.
Monroe, WI 53566
(608)325-3016

FROM: "Madeline Guzman" <[removed]@capaccess.org>
REC'D: 2/19/00, 3:51 PM

How about...

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
by Stephen King

in which a girl becomes hopelessly lost in the woods.

Madeline

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> I have FictionL's list, but need more fiction, mystery and
> >otherwise, involving plants, gardens,botany, even forests.

Madeline T. Guzman
Rockville, Maryland
<A HREF="http://strictlyc.tripod.com/fiction.html">http://strictlyc.tripod.com/fiction.html</A>

FROM: "Susan Sultemeier" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/20/00, 10:42 AM

How about Skye Kathleen Moodyâs mysteries starring Venus Diamond in
Blue Poppy
Habitat
Rain Dance
Wildcrafters

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REC'D: 2/20/00, 12:56 PM

In a message dated 2/19/2000 1:59:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@hotmail.com writes:

<<

>From: "Deb Warner" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
>Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
>To: <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
>Subject: Gardens and plants in Fiction
>Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:19:20 -0500
>
>We are compiling a bibliography for a display in conjunction with a program
>on gardening. I have FictionL's list, but need more fiction, mystery and
>otherwise, involving plants, gardens,botany, even forests. It has to
>catually be part of the plot, not just part of the title. Any suggestions?
>Science fiction may be included, not short stories unless the entire
>collection covers the subject,,,,,I'll post the full list when done. thanks
>

Don't forget The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
Romance Novelist/Former Librarian

FROM: "Thelma Stone" <[removed]@pub-lib.ci.fort-worth.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/20/00, 1:17 PM

Albert, Susan Wittig
Atherton, Nancy. Aunt Dimity and the Duke.
Michaels, Barbara. Vanish with the Rose.
Peters, Ellis. Brother Cadfael series.
Ripley, Ann
Rothenberg, Rebecca
Sherwood, John. Celia Grant series.

Also in Donna Andrews' Murder with Peacocks her father has a poison
garden. Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe grows orchids.

FROM: "Madeline Guzman" <[removed]@capaccess.org>
REC'D: 2/20/00, 7:57 PM

There's an unusual lilac bush in

Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman

Madeline

Madeline T. Guzman
Rockville, Maryland
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FROM: "Maria E. Schieda" <[removed]@cromaine.org>
REC'D: 2/21/00, 9:37 AM

Someone may have mentioned this by now; but Night Gardening by E.L. Swann would
fit the bill.

Maria E. Schieda
Adult Services Librarian
Cromaine District Library

christine jeffords wrote:

> >From: "Deb Warner" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
> >Reply-To: [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> >To: <[removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org>
> >Subject: Gardens and plants in Fiction
> >Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:19:20 -0500
> >
> >We are compiling a bibliography for a display in conjunction with a program
> >on gardening. I have FictionL's list, but need more fiction, mystery and
> >otherwise, involving plants, gardens,botany, even forests. It has to
> >catually be part of the plot, not just part of the title. Any suggestions?
> >Science fiction may be included, not short stories unless the entire
> >collection covers the subject,,,,,I'll post the full list when done. thanks
>
> In the Forests of the Night, Anne Atwater-Rhodes (YA)
> At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Peter Matthiessen
> Enchanted Forests, ed. Kerr & Greenberg (a thematic fantasy collection, one
> of an excellent and highly recommended series of same)
> Jennifer Roberson's Chronicles of the Cheysuli (a fantasy series about a
> race of shapechangers who live in, and in close harmony with, the forest)
> Forest Blood, Jeff Golden
> The Word for World is Forest, Ursula K. LeGuin
> Midworld & Mid-Flinx, Alan Dean Foster (about a planet of immense trees in
> whose upper layer live the slightly mutated remnants of a lost human colony)
> Green Mansions, W. H. Hudson
> Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey (about a logger)
>
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> Get Your Private, Free Email at <A HREF="http://www.hotmail.com">http://www.hotmail.com</A>

FROM: "Viccy Kemp" <[removed]@ci.carrollton.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/21/00, 12:53 PM

Alisa Craig's series about the Grub and Stakers feature a gardening club.
Judith Lennox Smith, "The Italian Garden" features a Renaissance women.
John Sherwood, "Bones gather no moss," and "Creeping Jenny," mysteries
featuring Celia Grant.
Rosemary Enright, "The walled garden."
The late Rebecca Rothenberg also wrote a series of mysteries featuring
Claire Sharples, a botanist.
And don't forget China Bayles, writtenby Susan Albert Wittig, a great series
featuring an herbalist in central Texas.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deb Warner [[removed]@co.durham.nc.us]
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 12:19 PM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Gardens and plants in Fiction
>
> We are compiling a bibliography for a display in conjunction with a
> program on gardening.Ê I have FictionL's list, but need more fiction,
> mystery and otherwise, involving plants, gardens,botany, even forests.Ê It
> has to catually be part of the plot, not just part of the title. Any
> suggestions?Ê Science fiction may be included, not short stories unless
> the entire collection covers the subject,,,,,I'll post the full list when
> done. thanks

FROM: "Jeanne Etling" <[removed]@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/21/00, 1:37 PM

A YA book The China Garden, about 3-4 years old, I can't remember the
author.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

FROM: <[removed]@aol.com>
REC'D: 2/21/00, 7:08 PM

Another possibility for the list would be "Into the Forest" by Jean Hegland.

Cathy Stepanek

FROM: "Amy Roderick" <[removed]@wauclib.org>
REC'D: 2/22/00, 10:17 AM

Hi, Deb,
I'm not sure how much a part of the plot the gardening has to be, but
here's a few suggestions:

A Matter of Roses by David Manuel- mystery- Participants and judges in a
rose competition are the suspects when the sponsor is murdered.
Environmentalists vs land developers also plays a part in the plot.

The Poyson Garden by Karen Harper- Elizabethan mystery- A young
Elizabeth must race to stop an herbalist turned poisoner out for
revenge. They must also foil a plot to kill thousands with poisoned
grain.

Wildest Hearts by Jayne Ann Krentz- romance- Oliver, the romantic lead,
studied to become a botanist before turning to business to save the
family finances. He now raises rare ferns in his greenhouse as a hobby.
The greenhouse is the setting for many of the scenes, including a
pivotal part of the scene where they catch the bad guy, and he also
discusses the details of raising ferns.

Amy Roderick
Wauconda Area Public Library

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deb Warner [[removed]@co.durham.nc.us]
> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 4:14 PM
> [removed]@maillist.nslsilus.org
> Subject: Gardens and plants in Fiction
>
> We are compiling a bibliography for a display in conjunction with a
> program on gardening. I have FictionL's list, but need more fiction,
> mystery and otherwise, involving plants, gardens,botany, even forests.
> It has to catually be part of the plot, not just part of the title.
> Any suggestions? Science fiction may be included, not short stories
> unless the entire collection covers the subject,,,,,I'll post the full
> list when done. thanks << File: ATT00007.htm >>

FROM: "Mary Van Dyke" <[removed]@CLSN3046.glenview.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/22/00, 12:35 PM

Try Susan Wittig Albert's-- China Bayle's(her heroine runs an herb shop
and has a n herb garden behind the shop or you might enjoy John Sherwood's
Celia Grant who has her nursery and dispenses advise on plantings while
solving murders. Either series will give you knowledge of plants and
gardening along with a good mystery .

Mary Van Dyke
Glenview (IL) Public Library

Xy On Sat, 19 Feb 2000, Deb Warner
wrote:

> We are compiling a bibliography for a display in conjunction with a program on gardening. I have FictionL's list, but need more fiction, mystery and otherwise, involving plants, gardens,botany, even forests. It has to catually be part of the plot, not just part of the title. Any suggestions? Science fiction may be included, not short stories unless the entire collection covers the subject,,,,,I'll post the full list when done. thanks
>

FROM: "Joanna Hazelden" <[removed]@chipublib.org>
REC'D: 2/23/00, 1:40 PM

How about "Eucalyptus" by Murray Bail? It's about a father who will
only give his daughter to the man who can identity all the species of
eucalyptus trees he's grown. It got lots of good reviews.

Joanna Hazelden

Susan Sultemeier wrote:

> How about Skye Kathleen Moodyâs mysteries starring Venus Diamond in
> Blue Poppy
> Habitat
> Rain Dance
> Wildcrafters
>
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