Green immigrants
Subtitle: the plants that transformed America
By: Claire Shaver Haughton ; drawings by Russell Peterson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
Subjects: Plant introduction -- United States -- History -- Dictionaries.; Plant introduction -- History -- Dictionaries.; Plants, Cultivated -- United States -- History -- Dictionaries.; Plants, Cultivated -- History -- Dictionaries.
Description: Recounts the histories, lore, romance, and uses of nearly one hundred plants, ranging from African violets and apple trees to yarrow and zinnias, that have been brought to the United States from other nations.
Notes: Includes index.