Scope: This guide contains information on
resources related to horticulture. It is not meant to be comprehensive,
but rather a guide to some selected resources. For information on related
topics, readers should consult the guides on Agriculture,
Botany, Maryland's Environment
(archival resources), and Wetlands and Water
Quality. Email the subject area specialist at daustin (@umd.edu) or
call (301)314-0014 for more information.
Floriculture.com,
this site has a feature that searches through extension publications,
university sites, government sites, and other sites for information.
The site also has reports, a plant library, product information and
more. [http://www.floriculture.com/cgi-shl/$Webdbc.exe/model/nextid/htx/&/floriculture/home.htx]
Garden Web Glossary,
"currently contains 4400 terms relating to botany, gardening, horticulture
and landscape architecture and is regularly updated."[http://glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/]
Horticulture
Hot Links, from Cornell University. [http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/hlinks.html]
, has product information and a database linking
to related sites and a horticulture plant library. [http://www.horticulture.com/cgi-shl/$Webdbc.exe/model/nextid/htx/&/horticulture/home.htx]
NatureServe, "a source for
authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals,
and ecological communities of the United States and Canada." [http://www.natureserve.org/]
NewCrop, "NewCROP
(New Crops Resource Online Program) is an information-rich site related
to crop plants. It is a project of the Purdue University Center for
New Crops and Plant Products and is associated with the New Crop Diversification
project and the Jefferson Institute." http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/
Plant Facts,
from OSU. It contains photos of various plants and pests as well as
fruits, vegetables and turf. [http://plantfacts.osu.edu/images.lasso]
Something
to grow on, nutrient management information from Cornell's extension.
[http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/good/growon/index.html]
Plant Gene Register,
"An Electronic publication for articles describing the isolation and
DNA sequence determination of plant genes." [http://www.tarweed.com/pgr/index.html]
UMCP faculty, staff
and students can access online databases and E-Journals through the campus
network or Research Port. Read
more about remote
access.
Flora : an illustrated history of the garden flower, Brent
Elliott with a preface by Sir Simon Hornby. 2001 LOCATION: UMCP
McKeldin Library Folio CALL NUMBER: SB4045 .E44 2001
New! Specialty cut flowers : the
production of annuals, perennials, bulbs, and woody plants for fresh and
dried cut flowers LOCATION: McKeldin Library Stacks CALL NUMBER:
SB405 .A68 2003
Dictionary of horticulture / the National Gardening Association
; produced by the Philip Lief Group, Inc. 1996 LOCATION: McKeldin
Library Reference CALL NUMBER: SB317.58 .D53 1994
Index of Garden Plants. Timber Press, 1994. LOCATION:
McKeldin Reference Stacks CALL NUMBER: SB407 .G77 1994