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5 Star Rating	Table 1 - Gardening (click to shop) Book title / Comments
*****	The Garden Book for Wisconsin by Melinda Myers Excellent - best gardening guide for Wisconsin. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Month-By-Month Gardening in Wisconsin by Melinda Myers Excellent - another outstanding gardening book for Wisconsin. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Well-Tended Perennial Garden Excellent - very complete guide for serious gardeners. Solid information for selecting plants that grow in Wisconsin. Lots of hints and tips about flower gardening. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	American Horticultural Society A To Z Encyclopedia Of Garden Plants Excellent - complete and informative perennial encyclopedia. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Andrew Mikolajski Excellent - the second best perennial encyclopedia. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation Excellent - growers guide to plant propagation. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Making More Plants by Ken Druse Excellent - "how to" make more plants. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Birds of Wisconsin by Stan Tekiela Excellent - identifies 111 birds found in Wisconsin. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Trilliums Excellent - a monograph on Trilliums. Complete information about the history, taxonomy, ecology and geographic distribution of Trilliums. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Perennial Combinations Excellent - best garden design book. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	400 Best Garden Plants, by Elvin McDonald Good - nice survey of garden plants, many good ideas. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	Gardening Indoors With HID Lights by George Van Patten Good - important to buy this book before you get your HID lighting system. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	Gardening Indoors With Cuttings by George Van Patten Good - helpful ideas on how to grow plants indoors. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	The Hosta Handbook by Mark Zilis Excellent - Great book about Hostas.
****	Plantfinder's Guide to Garden Ferns by Martin Rickard Good - Solid reference on ferns.
****	The Genus Arisaema by Guy Gusman Good - Monograph on Arisaema.
****	Hostas and Other Shade-Loving Plants by Richard Bird Good - beginner's guide to shade gardening, with notes about common Hostas. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
***	Forcing, Etc.: the indoor gardener's guide Okay - nice coffee table book. See our complete review at Amazon.Com

5 Star Rating	Table 2 - Ornamental Grasses (click to shop) Book title / Comments
*****	Color Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses Excellent - complete and informative grass encyclopedia. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses Good - grass identification guide. See our complete review at Amazon.Com Book is presently out of print :-(
***	Gardening With Grasses Okay - nice coffee table book. See our complete review at Amazon.Com

5 Star Rating	Table 3 - Tropical Plants (click to shop) Book title / Comments
*****	Orchids 2005 Calendar Excellent - beautiful, elegant, and in vivid color calendar of spectacular flowers. Yup, this is our very own orchid calendar. Donna Krischan photographed the very best orchid blooms and Willow Creek Press insisted on publishing her work. All modesty aside - this is one awesome calendar!
*****	Easy Orchids Excellent - simple, but accurate, instructions for growing orchids with the beginner orchid grower in mind. If you want to grow orchids, start with this book. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Ortho's All About Orchids Excellent - great technique for measuring light with a photometer in a camera and a chart to convert this to footcandles. Specific details on growing 18 common orchid genera. A must have book for the indoor orchid grower. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids, by Alec Pridgeon Excellent - best orchid encyclopedia. Over 1100 orchid species. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids Excellent - 2nd best orchid encyclopedia. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	Slipper Orchids of Vietnam by Leonid Averyanov, Phillip Cribb, more Excellent - an outstanding book about Slipper Orchids (Paphiopedilum) in southeast Asia. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
*****	The Slipper Orchids by Catherine Cash Excellent - if you grow Paphiopedilum or Phragmipedium orchids, then this is a must have book. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	Phalaenopsis - A Monograph by Eric Christenson Good - if you grow Phalaenopsis, this is a must have book. It is a bit dry and stuffy. Still, a critically important book. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	Cattleyas - The Cattleyas by Carl Withner Good - This is volume 1 of a 6 series. It's a solid introduction to the genus Cattleya. Great images and taxonomy. It's an important book for plant identification and discussion of key varieties. But the book is weak on cultural requirements and total lacks any growing tips. The book is about taxonomy period.
****	Cattleyas - The Laelias by Carl Withner Good - This is volume 2 of a 6 part series. Good introduction to the genus Laelia. Identical in style to volume 1.
****	Cattleyas - The Encyclias by Carl Withner Good - This is volume 6 of a part 6 series. Good introduction to the genus Encyclia. Identical in style to volume 1.
NR	Cattleyas - The Epidendrums by Patricia Harding and Carl Withner Good - This is volume 7 of a 6 part series :-) Er, no, it is suppose to be an amendment to the original series. Good introduction to the genus Epidendrum. Book not yet published.
NR	Fragrant Orchids by Steven Frowine NR -
NR	Dendrobiums (Hardcover) by Howard Wood NR -
NR	Orchids of the Western Great Lakes Region by Fred Case NR -
NR	Wild Orchids Across North America by Philip Keenan NR -
NR	Growing Hardy Orchids by John Tullock NR -
NR	Carnivorous Plants of the United States by Donald Schnell NR -
*****	The House Plant Encyclopedia Excellent - best general houseplant book. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	Growing Bromeliads Good - introduction to growing Bromeliads and a brief review of the more common plants. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
****	The Exotic Garden Good - general guide to growing exotic plants in cold climates. Over 100 plants are reviewed. See our complete review at Amazon.Com
***	Hot Plants for Cool Climates Okay - nothing special, modestly informative with encyclopedia of 100 tropical plants. Better books are out there. See our complete review at Amazon.Com

5 Star Rating	Table 4 - Nature (click to shop) Book title / Comments
*****	Nature's Places photography by Rod Planck Excellent - Be inspired by the man who taught Donna nature photography. Appreciate the wonder and beauty of the natural world as seen through the eyes of this dedicated naturalist. His seminars and workshops are a must for any aspiring nature photographer - amateur or pro!

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