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Gardening & Agriculture: Gardening Resources

Resources and advice for planting and growing.

Gardening Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Manuals and Guides to Planting and Garden Design

Popular Books on Gardening

Library of Congress Call Numbers - Gardening Subjects

Library of Congress call numbers for gardening topics: 
SB1-1110 Plant culture

  • SB109.7-111 - Methods for special areas

  • SB113.2-118.46 - Seeds. Seed technology

  • SB118.48-118.75 - Nurseries. Nursery industry

  • SB119-124 - Propagation

  • SB125 - Training and pruning

  • SB126 - Artificial light gardening

  • SB126.5-126.57 - Hydroponics. Soilless agriculture

  • SB129-130 - Harvesting, curing, storage

  • SB317.5-319.864 - Horticulture. Horticultural crops

  • SB320-353.5 - Vegetables

  • SB354-402 - Fruit and fruit culture

  • SB381-386 - Berries and small fruits

  • SB387-399 - Grape culture. Viticulture

  • SB401 - Nuts

  • SB403-450.87 - Flowers and flower culture. Ornamental plants

  • SB406.7-406.83 - Plant propagation

  • SB409-413 - Culture of individual plants

  • SB414.6-417 - Greenhouses and greenhouse culture

  • SB418-418.4 - Container gardening

  • SB419-419.3 - Indoor gardening and houseplants

  • SB419.5 - Roof gardening. Balcony gardening

  • SB421-439.8 - Classes of plants

  • SB442.5 Care and preparation of cut flowers and ornamental plants for market

  • SB442.8-443.4 - Marketing. Cut flower industry. Florists

  • SB446-446.6 - Horticultural service industry

  • SB447 - Preservation and reproduction of flowers, fruits, etc.

  • SB447.5 - Bonkei. Tray landscapes

  • SB449-450.87 - Flower arrangement and decoration

  • SB450.9-467.8 - Gardens and gardening 

  • SB469-(476.4) - Landscape gardening. Landscape architecture

  • SB599-990.5 - Pests and diseases

  • SB608 - Individual or types of plants or trees

  • SB610-615 - Weeds, parasitic plants, etc.

  • SB617-618 - Poisonous plants

  • SB621-795 - Plant pathology

  • SB950-990.5 - Pest control and treatment of diseases. Plant protection

  • SB950.9-970.4 - Pesticides

Gardening and Plant Identification Guides

Books on Pesticides, Pests, Plant Pathology, and Plant Care

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