Selected Library Call Numbers Useful in Horticulture and Taxonomy
(Library of Congress System + U.S.D.A.)
Jesse L. Saylor
E 35/.C65/2000 The Columbia Gazetteer of North
America
E 154/.H45/2005 Historical Gazetteer of the United
States.
G 103.5/.C65/1998 The Columbia Gazetteer of the
World
PE 1625/.M7/1989 20 Vol. The Oxford English
Dictionary
GN 780/.D4/G513 The Bog People
BS THE BIBLE AND EXEGESIS
650-667 Bible and Science
660 Animals
664 Birds
665 Plants, trees, and flowers
(see also SB 434.3/.B52; see QK 99 for medicinal
plants of the Bible). Most plants of Bible are here.
Q SCIENCE
Q 1-219 Science periodicals
11 .C95 Cranbrook Institute of Science,
Bulletins
.C95 no. 43 Mayflies of Michigan Trout Streams
.C95 no. 25 Chippewa Village
.C95 no. 32 Ferns of Michigan
.C95 no. 42 Michigan Wildflowers
.C95 no. 48 Orchids of the Western Great Lakes
Region
.C95 no. 51 Diseases in Forest Plantations
.C95 no. 55 Michigan Flora Vol. 1
.C95 no. 56 The Archaeology of Michigan
.C95 no. 58 Kirtland’s Warbler
.C95 no. 59 Michigan Flora Vol. 2
.C95 no. 61 Michigan Flora Vol. 3
QE GEOLOGY
QE 901-996 Paleobotany
QH NATURAL HISTORY
QH 1-199 General natural history
1-7 Periodicals, societies, etc.
26-31 Biography of naturalists
43 General works of Linnaeus
44 Linnaeana
83 Classification, nomenclature,
terminology
QH 201-277 Microscopy
QH 301-705 General biology
301 Periodicals, societies, etc.
307.2 - 308 Biology Textbooks
351 General morphology
361-531 Theory of descent, evolution,
origin of species
QH 540-559 General ecology
573-671 General cytology
705 Economic biology
QK BOTANY
QK 1-474 Botany (general)
1 Periodicals, societies, etc.
3 Collected works (nonserial)
5 Voyages and expeditions
7 Encyclopedias
9 Dictionaries
10 Terminology (see also QK 96,
Nomenclature)
11 Indexes, Nomenclators, Checklists
13 Popular Names
15-21 History
26-31 Biography of botanists
QK 41-45 General works
47 Textbooks
61 Collecting and preservation
71-77 Botanical gardens & herbaria
83 Plant lore, folklore, fables
84 Floral emblems, language of flowers
86 Plant conservation, rare plants,
endangered plants
91 Botanical works of Linnaeus
92 Linnaean system (minor works)
93-94 Natural systems
95 Classification
95.6 Molecular Systematics, DNA
Sequencing
96 Nomenclature
97 Comprehensive systematic works
98.4 Useful Plants
98.5 Edible plants(see also Economic
Botany, SB 107-109)
99 Medical botany
100 Poisonous plants (see also SB 617-
618 for Poisonous plants as pests)
101-105 Phytogeography (Plant geography)
QK 108-474 Topographical divisions
(Floras of the World)
108 Special parts of the world
109 America
110-112 North America
115-195 United States by region and
state A-Z
QK 115 U.S.
QK 117-144 Regions of the U.S.
117 Northeastern U.S.
118 Popular Handbooks
121 New England
122 Atlantic States
124-125 Southern States
128 Middle West
130 Great Lakes
133 West
135 Great Plains
141 Rocky Mountain Region
142 Southwest
143 Pacific Coast
144 Northwest
QK 145-195 By State A-Z
146 Alaska
154 Florida
167 Michigan
168 Minnesota
180 Ohio
183 Pennsylvania
194 Wisconsin
QK 201 Canada
205 Spanish America (Latin America)
QK 211 Mexico, Baja California
QK 215-222 Central America
217 Costa Rica
QK 225-231 West Indies
226 Bahamas
230 Puerto Rico
231/ .S35 Saint Martin
231/ .V8 Virgin Islands
232 Bermudas
QK 241-274 South America
263 Brazil
264 Chile
Galapagos (See QK/473.G2)
266 Ecuador
QK 275 Atlantic Islands
275/.A9 Azores
Canary Islands (See QK 422)
Falkland Islands (See QK 274)
QK 281-339 Europe
297 Alpine plants in Europe
(see also SB 459 on Rock Gardens)
314.5 Mediterranean Region
321 Russia
QK 341-379 Asia
355 China
356 Taiwan
367 Indonesia, including Borneo
369 Japan
370 Korea
QK 381-424 Africa
394 Southern Africa
403 Egypt
407 Madagascar
422 Canary Islands
QK 431-461 Australia
463 New Zealand and adjacent Islands
QK 471-473 Pacific Islands
473/ .G2 Galapagos Islands
473/.H4 Hawaiian Islands
473/ .T3 Tahiti
474 Arctic and Antarctic
474.2 Greenland
474.4 Antarctica
474.5 Tropical regions
QK 475-495 Spermatophyta
QK 475-494 Trees and shrubs
475 General Works
477 Special aspects: trees in winter, etc.
(see GR 785 for folklore of trees;
see SD 383 for remarkable trees)
479-480 Arboreta
481 Silva of N. America and the U.S.
482 General works, popular handbooks
484 U.S. by state A-Z
487 Europe
488 Great Britain
489 Other European A-Z
490 Asia by country A-Z
491 Africa by country A-Z
493 Pacific Islands A-Z
QK 494 Gymnosperms (See also SB 428)
QK 495 Systematic division
(Monographs etc.) alphabetically by
Genus and family; Angiosperms and some
Gymnosperms
495/.A1 General Works; incl. Cronquist’s
Classification book
495/.A17 Aceraceae (Maples)
495/.A498 Anacardiaceae (Cashew)
495/.C74 Compositae or Asteraceae
495/.C79 Crassulaceae(Sedum, etc.) (see also
SB 413 .S43 for Sedum and
SB 438 for Succulents)
495/.E9 Euphorbiaceae
495/.G74 Gramineae (Grasses) (See also SB
431.7)
QK 504-635 Cryptogamic botany
504 Periodicals, societies, etc.
505-519 General systematic and
descriptive works
QK 520-532 Pteridophyta(Ferns)
521 Anatomy, Physiology, etc.
522 General works, treatises, textbooks
523 Classification
525-525.5 Ferns of the U.S.
525.6-525.7 Ferns of Canada
533-549 Musci (mosses) (Bryophyta)
551-563 Hepticae (liverworts)
564-580 Algae
581-597 Lichens
600-635 Fungi
QK 641-669 Morphology, anatomy and
embryology
640-707 Plant Anatomy
653-659 Flowering
660 Fruit and Seed
QK 710-899 Plant physiology
753/.C7 Colchicine
QK 901-989 Ecology
917 Insectivorous plants; carnivorous plants
(see also SB 432.7)
QK 918 Parasites, saprophytes, symbionts
930-938 Physiographic Regions
Bogs (See QK 938.M3
938/.C6 Coasts
938/.D4 Deserts
938/.F6 Forests, Deciduous Forests
938/.M3 Bogs, swamps, and Marshes
938/.P7 Prairies, Grasslands
938/.R34 Rain Forests
938/.S27 Salt Marshes, Tide Marshes
938/.T34 Taigas
938/.T8 Tundras
QL ZOOLOGY (See SK for hunting sports)
69 Gardening to Attract Wildlife
QL 360 - 599.82 Invertebrates
QL 461 - 599.82 Insects
QL 614 - 639.8 Fishes and sharks
638 Systematic Divisions
638.I3 Ictaluridae (Freshwater catfishes)
638.S2 Salmonidae (Salmon, trout, whitefishes)
QL 640 - 669.8 Reptiles and amphibians
QL 671 - 699 Birds
676.2Bird houses, bird protection,
Attracting Birds
696 Systematic Divisions
696.A52 Anatidae (Ducks, geese, swans)
696.F32 Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)
696.G33 Gaviidae (Loons)
QL 700 - 739.8 Mammals
737 Systematic Divisions
737.C22 Canidae (Dogs)
737.C23 Felidae (Cats)
737.U55 Cervidae (Deer)
737.C27 Ursidae (Bears, giant panda)
QL 750 - 795 Animal Behavior
795.B4 Bears
795.B57 Canada Goose
795.D3 Deer
Oversize Q's in separate stacks in Basement
R MEDICINE
RA 1250 Vegetable Poisons
RS PHARMACY etc. (not incl. Pharmacology)
160 Pharmacognosy
164 Medicinal plants and animals,
hallucinogenic plants
S AGRICULTURE
1-9 Periodicals and societies
S31-131 U.S. Ag. Exp. Sta.
S 75 Michigan Ag. Exp. Station
S131-400 Other Countries
133 Canada
217 England
544.3 U.S. Coop. Ext. Services
S 544.3/.M5 MSU Coop. Ext. Service
544.5 Other Countries
591-599 Soils
631-667 Fertilizers
900-972 Conservation and natural resources
SB PLANT CULTURE AND
HORTICULTURE
1-16 Periodicals and societies
19-29 Documents
44 Directories
SB 45 Encyclopedias and dictionaries
55-56 Childrens Gardens (See also SB457)
60 Museums (collections of special
plants) e.g., gums, with subject
61-87 History, Biography
91-105 General works
SB 107-109 Economic botany
109 Plant introduction, methods for
special areas
110 Dry-land agriculture
111 Tropical agriculture
113 Nurserymen's catalogs, etc.
114-117 Seeds
SB 115 Seed and plant catalogs
119-132 Propagation, training and
harvesting
120 Special methods
121 Planting and transplanting
123 Breeding, crossing, selection, etc.
123.5 Patents
SB 125 Training and pruning, budding,
grafting, layering
127 Forcing
126 Artificial light gardening
126.5 Soilless agriculture, hydroponics
170-171 Tree Crops
183-317 Field crops
183 Periodicals and societies
185 General works
189-191 Cereals
191.W55 Wild rice (our native)
193-207 Forage crops
209-211 Root crops
215-239 Sugar plants (incl. periodicals
and societies)
241-261 Textile and fiber plants (incl.
periodicals and societies)
253 Flax
257 Jute
265-279 Alkaloidal plants (cacao, coffee,
tea, tobacco, etc.)
267 Cacao (Chocolate)
269 Coffee
271 Tea
281-283 Basketwork and matwork plants
285-287 Dye plants
289-291 Gum and resin plants, rubber plants
292 Insecticidal plants
293-295 Medicinal plants (culture only)
295.C35 Cannabis (Marijuana)
295.G5 Ginseng
295.H8 Hops
295.M5 Mentha (Mints)
295.O65 Opium poppy
205/.P4 Peppermint
SB 298-299 Oil-bearing plants, wax plants
299/.S9 Sunflowers
299/.T8 Tung Tree
301-303 Perfume plants
303/.J37 Jasmine
305-307 Spice and condiment plants
307/.N8 Nutmeg
309-311 Starch plants
313-315 Tannin plants
317 Other economic plants, A-Z
317/.B25 Basil
317/.H64 Hops
SB 317.5-319 Horticulture
317.58 Dictionaries, encyclopedias, terminology
320-353 Vegetables (incl. mushrooms)
320 Periodicals, societies,
collections
325-353 Individual vegetables A-Z
351/.H5 Herbs
354-401 Fruit culture & orchard care
354 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, general works
355-379 Fruit
381-386 Berries and small fruits
387-399 Grape culture
401 Nuts
401/.C4 Chestnut
401/.F5 Filbert
401/.W3 Walnut
403-450 Flowers & flower culture &
ornamental plants
403 Periodicals and societies
403.Z5 History, etc., of horticulture
societies, garden clubs, etc.
SB 404 Florists' directories
404.5 Flowers and their histories
405 General American
406 General Other
407 Illustrations and descriptions of choice
plants
408 Lists of ornamental plants
409-413 Culture of individual plants
409 Orchids
411 Roses
413 Other Plants A to Z (Woody and
Herbaceous plants)
413/.S43 Sedum (see also QK 495 .C79 and
SB 438)
415-419 Greenhouses and window culture
419.23 Hydroponics
421 Alpine plants(see also SB 459 on Rock
Gardens)
422 Annuals
423 Aquatic plants; Water Gardens
424 Borders
425 Bulbs and tuberous plants
426 Chalk and limestone garden plants
427 Climbers
427.5 Desert plants; Desert gardening
428 Evergreens and Conifers (See also QK
494)
429 Ferns and lycopodiums
431 Foliage and plants
431.7 Ornamental Grasses (See also
495.G74)
432 Ground Cover Plants
432.7 Insectivorous Plants(see also QK 917)
433 Lawns and lawn grasses
433.5 Miniature plants & gardens; incl. Bonsai
434 Perennials
434.7 Shade Tolerant Plants
435-438 Shrubs and ornamental trees
435General works
435.5General works of U.S.
435.52General works by region or state, A-Z
436 Street trees, etc., incl. Urban Forestry
437 Hedges and windbreaks
437.5 Individual shrubs and trees A-Z
438 Succulent plants (see also QK 495 .C79
and SB 413 .S43)
438.8 Variegated Plants
439 Wild plants, flowers, shrubs, ferns
439.5 Winter Garden plants and gardening
439.6 Woodland plants and gardening
439.8 Xerophytes. Drought enduring plants
Dry gardens. See also 427.5 on Desert plants
See also 438 on Succulent plants
441 Flower shows and methods of judging
443 Marketing
445 Florists' designs, catalogs, etc.
447 Preservation and reproduction of
flowers, fruits, etc.
449 Use of flowers for decoration
450-450.87 Floral picture books
450.9-466 Gardens and gardening
450.95 Dictionaries and encyclopedias
451 History
454 General Special
454.3/.B52 Bible Plants(see also BS 665; see
QK 99 for medicinal plants of the
Bible)
SB 454.3/.C64 Color in Gardening
454.3/.F7 Fragrant Gardens (See also SB 301)
454.3/.M3 Mediterranean Climate
457 Children’s Gardens (See also SB55-56)
457.527 Afro-American gardens
457.53 American gardens
457.534 Australian gardens
457.536 Baroque gardens
457.54 British gardens
457.55 Chinese Gardens
457.58 Dutch gardens
457.585 Edwardian gardens
457.6 English Gardens
457.63 European gardens
457.65 French gardens
457.68 Georgian gardens
457.8 Islamic gardens
457.85 Italian Gardens
458 Japanese Gardens
458.3 Latin gardens
458.35 Medieval gardens
458.4 Mogul gardens
458.46 Oriental gardens
458.5 Persian gardens (See also SB 457.8)
458.54 Renaissance gardens
458.55 Roman gardens
458.7 Victorian Gardens
458.94 High altitude gardening
459 Rock gardens(see also SB 421 on
Alpine plants)
460 Seaside gardening
461 Formal Gardening
463 Topiary work
465-466 Illustrations and descriptions of
notable gardens
466.A7 Australia
466.A8 Austria
466.B4 Bermuda
466.C2 Canada
466.C5 China
466.E5 England
466.F8 France
466.I8 Italy
466.S3 Scotland
466.S34 Scandinavia
466.S6 South Africa
466.U6 United States
466.U65/M47 Public Gardens of Michigan by
Miriam Rutz. 2002.
467 Conservation and restoration of historic
Gardens
469-479 Landscape gardening and Architecture
469 Periodicals and Societies
470 Biography
472.55 Landscape contracting
472.56 Specifications
472.565 Estimates and cost
473 Home grounds, small estates
473.4 Landscape lighting
473.5 Ornaments and Furniture
475 Mazes, Labyrinths
475.5 Stone. Stonescaping.
479 Individual Estates by Name of
Owner
481-485 Parks and public reservations
599-999 Pests and diseases
599 Periodicals, societies,
congresses, etc.
601 General
603.5 Garden Pests and Diseases
608 Pests & diseases of individual
plants or trees, A-Z
611-615 Weeds, parasitic plants, etc.
617-618 Poisonous plants (see also QK 100)
621-791 Plant pathology
621-723 By region or country
733 Fungus diseases
734 Bacterial diseases
736 Virus diseases
737 Mycoplasma diseases
738 Mycoplasma-like dieseases
761 General Works
767 Galls and gall insects
781 Damage from frosts, freezing, and hail
801-815 Economic zoology
821-945 Economic entomology
939 Scale insects
940 Mites
945 Individual & groups of insects, mites A-Z
950.2 General works, U.S.
951-987 Treatment of pests and
diseases, etc.
975 Biological control, inspection,
quarantine
993-999 Noxious and useful animals and birds
995 Nozious and useful birds
SD FORESTRY
1 Periodicals and societies
363 Arbor Day, Forest Week
383 Description of remarkable trees
385 Popular description of forest trees
391-409 Silviculture
395 Natural history of forest trees
396 Growth
397 Description, value and culture of
individual species or groups A-Z
(see also QK 495)
397/.C344 Casuarina
397/.O12 Oak
397/.P55-65 Pine
397/.S4 Sequoia; redwood
399 Tree introduction (see also SB107-109)
399.5 Tree breeding and selection
402 Seed collection and treatment
403 Propagation
SD 405 Transplanting
406 Tree repairing
407 Pruning
408 Use of fertilizers
409 Afforestation and reforestation
419 Damage by Elements
421 Forest Fires
423 Frost, Storms
425 Floods, forests, and water supply
426-428 Forest reserves
434-535 Timber trees (by country)
536 Sections of wood and descriptive text
541 Utilization
543 By-products
547 Turpentine orcharding
SF ANIMAL CULTURE
(Veterinary Medicine)
SH AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES,
ANGLING
364 Sea otter
401-691 Angling (Fishing)
SK HUNTING SPORTS (See QL for biology
of birds, animals, etc.)
1 Periodicals, societies, etc.
284-287 Fox hunting
295-305 Big game hunting
311-335 Bird hunting
Oversize S's in separate stacks in Basement
T TECHNOLOGY
TA ENGINEERING, GENERAL
401-492 Materials of engineering and construction
419-424 Wood(see also SD 536)
Z INDEXES
696 Library of Congress classification, etc.
(See also LC 26.9)
5351-5360 Botany indexes
5991 Forestry indexes
5996-5997 Horticulture indexes
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
(in Government Documents)
U.S.D.A was created in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln
Goverment Documents do not follow Library of
Congress classification, but have their own. A = Agriculture, etc.
A1.9 Farmers Bulletins (FB or F)
FB 1972 = Poison-ivy, poison-oak, and poison sumac. 1971.
FB 2068 = Chestnut blight and resistant chestnuts. 1965.
FB 2201 = Growing ginseng. 1964.
FB 2233 = Commercial growing of watercress. 1968.
A1.10 Yearbook of Agriculture (YB)
1949 = Trees
A1.35 Leaflets (L)
L 179 = Native pawpaw. 1939.
L 517 = Russian-olive for wildlife and other conservation uses. 1971.
L 525 = Growing black walnuts for home use. 1963.
L555 = Rhubarb production. 1974.
A1.36 Technical Bulletins (T)
T 1585 = The douglas-fir tussock moth: a synthesis. 1978.
A1.38 Miscellaneous Publications (M or MP)
MP 200 = Manual of the grasses of the United
States. 1950(2nd rev. ed.). by A.S. Hitchcock.
MP 1175 = Eastern forest insects. 1972.
MP 1146, MP 1293, MP 1314, MP 1342, MP 1361
= Atlas of United States trees. 5 vol. by Elbert
L. Little, Jr.
MP 1339 = Western forest insects. 1977.
A1.68 Program Aids (PA)
PA 910 = The Gypsy Moth
PA 982 = Invite birds to your home--conservation plantings for the midwest.
PA 1093 = Invite birds to your home–conservation plantings for the southeast
PA 1094 = Invite birds to your home–conservation plantings for the northeast
A1.75 Agriculture Information Bulletins (AIB
or AB)
AIB 212 = Mint farming. 1963.
AIB 240 = Hop production. 1961.
AIB 283 = Salt tolerance of plants.
AIB 339 = Windbreaks for conservation. 1969.
AIB 399 = Meet the gypsy moth. 1977.
A1.76 Agriculture Handbooks (AH)
AH 8 = Composition of foods. 1963. 147 pages
(See also AH 456; these two cover nutrient
values for raw, canned, cooked, etc.).
AH 271 = Silvics of forest trees of the United
States. 1965. by H.A. Fowells.
AH 366 = Selected weeds of the U.S. 1970. by
Clyde F. Reed and Regina O. Hughes.
AH 386 = Diseases of forest and shade trees of the
U.S. 1971.
AH 410 = Alaska trees and shrubs. 1972. by Leslie
A. Vierick and Elbert Little, Jr.
AH 449 = Trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands.
AH 450 = Seeds of woody plants in the United
States. 1974. by C.S. Schopmeyer. (see copy
also at SD/402/.S44)
AH 456 = Nutritive value of American foods in
common units. 291 pages. (See also AH 8).
AH 463 = Peach production. 1974.
AH 470 = Forest nursery diseases in the United
States. 1975.
AH 496 = Insect pollination of cultivated crop
plants.
AH 498 = Economically important foreign weeds.
AH 506 = Principles and practices of seed storage.
AH 510 = Fire blight: a bacterial disease of
rosaceous plants. 1979.
AH 521 = Diseases of Pacific coast conifers.
AH 541 = Checklist of United States trees: native
And naturalized. 1979. E.L. Little.
AH 573 = An illustrated guide to plant
abnormalities caused by eriophyid mites in
North America. 1982.
AH 654 = Silvics of North America. 2 Vol. 1990.
AH 677 = A guide to insect, disease, and animal
pests of poplars. 1989.
AH 680 = Forest nursery pests. 1989. (Supersedes
AH 470)
AH 697 = Weights, measures, and conversion
factors for agricultural commodities and their
products
AH 706 = Guide to insect borers in North American
broadleaf trees and shrubs. 1995
AH 709 = Dwarf mistletoes: biology, pathology
and systematics. 1996.
AH 710 = Tropical tree seed manual. 2002.
AH 727 = The Woody Plant Seed Manual. 2008.
1223 pages.
A1.77 Home and Garden Bulletins (HGB or G)
HGB 224 = Major hardwood defoliators of the
eastern U.S.
A1.78 Agricultural Monographs
A1.95 Marketing Bulletins (MB)
A13.52 Forest Pest Leaflets
FPL 94 = Chestnut blight. 1965.
FPL 95 = Boxelder bug.
FPL 110 = Decay and discoloration of sugar maple.
FPL 111 = Bronze birch borer.
FPL 133 = Anthracnose of eastern hardwoods.
FPL 134 = Eastern pineshoot borer.
FPL 147 = Mistletoes on hardwoods in the U.S.
FPL 165 = Oak decline.
A13.82/9 List of Publications (Forest Service)
A57.38 USDA Soil Surveys (Also set in Map
Library)
A67.26 USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
A77.320 USDA Picture Sheets
A77.324 Cooperative Economic Insect Report
A77.511 Plant Disease Reporter
A88.6/2 Standards for Fruits, Vegetables, etc.
A92.11/2-2 Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts Statistics
A92.11/10-2 Vegetables, Fresh Market Statistics
A92.19 Field and Seed Crops Statistics
A92.32 Flowers and Foliage Plants Statistics
AE............National Archives and Records
Administration
C..............Commerce Department
C3............Census
CR...........Civil Rights Commission
CS...........Civil Service Commission
D..............Defense Department
E...............Energy Department
ED............Education Department
EP............Environmental Protection Agency
FR............Federal Reserve System
FT.............Federal Trade Commission
GA............General Accounting
GP............Government Printing Office
GS............General Services Administration
HE............Health and Human Services Department
HH............Housing and Urban Development
Department
I.................Interior Department
Includes national parks, plants, animals, features
I 19...........U.S. Geological Survey
IC..............Interstate Commerce Commission
J................Justice Department
Ju..............Judiciary (Courts of the United States)
L.................Labor Department
LC..............Library of Congress
LC 26.9 Library of Congress classification (Q, S etc.) (See also Z696)
LR..............National Labor Relations Board
NA..............National Academy of Sciences
NAS...........National Aeronautics and Space
Administration
NS.............National Science Foundation
P................United States Postal Service
PE..............Peace Corps
Pr................President of the United States
PrEx............Executive Office of the President
S..................State Department
SBA.............Small Business Administration
SE................Securities and Exchange Commission
SI..................Smithsonian Institution
T....................Treasury Department
T 22...............Internal Revenue Service
TD..................Transportation Department
VA...................Veterans Administration
X and Y......... Congress
Y1...................House and Senate Reports and
Documents
Y4...................Congressional Committees, Hearings