American Household Botany
Subtitle: A History of Useful Plants, 1620-1900
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Published: September 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780881926521
Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Plant life: general; Plants, Useful; History; Gardening; Science; Gardening/Plants; USA; Reference; Life Sciences - Horticulture; BOTANY_HISTORY; BOTANY_UNITED STATES; Gardening / Reference; Science / Botany; Botany, Economic; Plants, Cultivated; United States
First sentence: SINCE prehistoric times, we have lived botanical lives, dependent on plants as sources of essential foods, medicines, timber, and fibers.