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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> The book described below by Derek Fell was
published in 2007 by Firefly Books. Fell has written many gardening books and
won awards for garden design. The book, in my town’s library’s collection,
recommends such plants as Scottish broom and oriental bittersweet. Seven of the
suggested plants are prohibited in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Hampshire</st1:place></st1:State>. I wrote a letter to the library that
explained how alien plants would ruin a garden and explained several of the
poor choices that Fell had included in the book. I received the thoughtful answer
below. I plan to take the librarian up on her kind offer to print out the NH
Invasive Species List and paste it in the front of the book.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> That list will help the gardeners who take out the
book at my library, but she mentions how this book is spreading over <st1:place
w:st="on">North America</st1:place>. Since the <u>Library</u> <u>Journal</u>
starred the book in a feature article, the book has had immediate status for
most NE libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Do different Alien Plant Working Groups have a
member who talks to and educates the gardening book reviewers in journals as <u>Booklist</u>,
<u>Library</u> <u>Journal</u>, and <u>Kirkus</u>? Since libraries everywhere
rely heavily on these journals, giving these reviewers knowledge would be far
reaching. If they understood the problem, they would be less enthusiastic to endorse
a book that praises oriental bittersweet, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Norway</st1:place></st1:country-region> maples, and euonymus alatus.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Have any people on this listserv worked with
reviewers or librarians regarding gardening and plant books?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></b><font size=3 color=black><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>The librarian also says that the
library would consider a title in addition to the book</span></font><font
size=3><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font><i><font size=3
color=black><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext;font-style:italic'>Invasive
Plants; a guide to the identification and the impacts and control of common
North American species</span></font></i><font size=3 color=black><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext'>, by S.R. Kaufman.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> What book or books would you recommend?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thank you for your help.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Grace Lilly<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Dear Grace -<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thank you for the information concerning the book The
Encyclopedia of Hardy Plants which we have in our collection. As you know, we
do order books primarily based on their receiving a good review in journals such
as Booklist, Library Journal, and Kirkus. This particular book was in a feature
article in Library Journal entitled "Regional Gardening North by
Northeast" and was one of their starred reviews, and it stated that
"starred titles are core purchases for most NE libraries." On that
basis, we ordered this book, as did (at last count) 19 other N.H. libraries and
536 other North American libraries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>I checked some of the plants that are listed in the NH
list of invasive species and I did find some of them in Fell's book. Three of
these plants have only recently been added to NH's list, after the publication
date of this book. Also, some of the plants on the NH list are not on other
state lists, and he was writing for any cold place on earth, not just <st1:place
w:st="on">New England</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>One thing we could do is to print out the NH invasive
species list and paste it in the front of the book. I believe we did that for
another book a couple of years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>We do try to include gardening books written just for
NH too. We have, for example, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Integrated
Landscaping: Following Nature’s Lead</span></i> by the UNH Cooperative
Extension and also their <i><span style='font-style:italic'>The Best Plants for
New Hampshire Gardens and Landscapes</span></i>. And I am ordering the book <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Invasive Plants; a guide to the identification and
the impacts and control of common North American species</span></i>, by S.R.
Kaufman.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>If you have a similar title that you would like to
recommend for purchase, we’d be happy to consider it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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