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link-box--with-header"> <h3 class="black collapse uppercase">Subjects</h3> <span class="subject"> <a href="/subjects/history">History</a>, <a href="/subjects/fiction">Fiction</a>, <a href="/subjects/catalogs">Catalogs</a>, <a href="/subjects/nursery_stock">Nursery stock</a>, <a href="/subjects/biography">Biography</a>, <a href="/subjects/law_and_legislation">Law and legislation</a>, <a href="/subjects/varieties">Varieties</a>, <a href="/subjects/guidebooks">Guidebooks</a>, <a href="/subjects/description_and_travel">Description and travel</a>, <a href="/subjects/seeds">Seeds</a>, <a href="/subjects/pictorial_works">Pictorial works</a>, <a href="/subjects/prices">Prices</a>, <a href="/subjects/california_fiction">California, fiction</a>, <a href="/subjects/indians_of_north_america">Indians of North America</a>, <a href="/subjects/ornamental_plants">Ornamental Plants</a>, <a href="/subjects/flowers">Flowers</a>, <a href="/subjects/california">California</a>, <a 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href="/subjects/person:ronald_lyle_goldman_(1968-1994)">Ronald Lyle Goldman (1968-1994)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:nicole_brown_simpson_(1959-1994)">Nicole Brown Simpson (1959-1994)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:o.j._simpson_(1947-2024)">O.J. 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Simpson (1947-)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:milo_sturgis_(fictitious_character)">Milo Sturgis (Fictitious character)</a> </span> </div> <div class="contentQuarter link-box link-box--with-header"> <h3 class="black collapse uppercase">Times</h3> <span class="subject"> <a href="/subjects/time:20th_century">20th century</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:19th_century">19th century</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:to_1846">To 1846</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:1846-1850">1846-1850</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:21st_century">21st century</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:1850-1950">1850-1950</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:1951-">1951-</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:contemporary">Contemporary</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:18th_century">18th century</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:tertiary">Tertiary</a> </span> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div id="resultsAuthors" class="widget-box"> <div class="head"> <h3>Prolific Authors</h3> <div class="smallest lightgreen sansserif">who have written the most books on this subject</div> </div> <div class="unordered"> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL41406A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">California.</a>, </span> <span class="count">362 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4828849A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">San Francisco (Calif.). Dept. of City Planning</a>, </span> <span class="count">318 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL1224818A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">California. Dept. of Water Resources.</a>, </span> <span class="count">301 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL6561375A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">San Francisco (Calif.). Planning Dept.</a>, </span> <span class="count">173 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4489781A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. General Accounting Office</a>, </span> <span class="count">167 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL41389A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">California. Bureau of State Audits.</a>, </span> <span class="count">143 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL1926829A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">San Francisco (Calif.). Dept. of City Planning.</a>, </span> <span class="count">138 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4529419A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House</a>, </span> <span class="count">127 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4595060A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources</a>, </span> <span class="count">124 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4869593A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">California</a>, </span> <span class="count">123 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL43204A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.</a>, </span> <span class="count">114 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL18979A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Michael Connelly</a>, </span> <span class="count">108 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL7175823A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">California Nursery Co</a>, </span> <span class="count">107 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL157521A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.</a>, </span> <span class="count">99 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL3606196A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">California State Department of Education</a>, </span> <span class="count">96 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL7791229A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Monrovia Nursery Co</a>, </span> <span class="count">96 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4590286A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Bureau of Land Management. California Desert District</a>, </span> <span class="count">94 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL64335A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.</a>, </span> <span class="count">92 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL7127652A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Bureau of Land Management</a>, </span> <span class="count">90 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL7175858A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Fancher Creek Nurseries</a>, </span> <span class="count">89 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL50352A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. National Park Service.</a>, </span> <span class="count">88 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL6570566A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (San Francisco, Calif.)</a>, </span> <span class="count">87 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL159513A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands</a>, </span> <span class="count">82 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL6827621A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">California Continuing Education of the Bar</a>, </span> <span class="count">82 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL6577701A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors. 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