Green treasures; adventures in the discovery of edible plants.
Publisher: Macrae Smith
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
Subjects: Plant collectors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Agriculturists -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Plants, Edible -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Plant introduction -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Agriculturists.; Plants, Edible.
Description: Introduces agricultural pioneers through the ages who discovered and cultivated many edible plants and discusses the increasing disappearance of valuable vegetation through careless and uninformed use.