plants, cultivated

10,000 alphabetically-arranged entries describe the characteristics, habitat, and appearance of 9500 plants and explains how to grow them, and provide information on planning, planting and maintaining any kind of garden.

A comprehensive guide to native North American plants that provides gardeners and landscape professionals with an overview of hundreds of different types of native perennials, biennials, and annuals, with a general description of each plant, along with information on cultivation, distribution, garden maintenance, and more.

Discusses the influence papyrus and paper, rubber growing, and the tea and opium trade have had on the relationships between nations.

Discusses almost one hundred plants that were introduced to North America from many parts of the world, including the African violet, banana, cucumber, geranium, jonquil, orange, sugar, and tulip.

Examines the history and culture of Native American foods and food preparation beginning with the pre-European invasion through the twentieth century, and discusses food customs, diet and nutrition, preservation, and more.

Recounts five episodes from history when the introduction of new plants or plant products, from grains and spices to coal, influenced the course of civilization.

An illustrated introduction to plants and how they grow with information on creating a home garden.